#440 – Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

Pieter Levels (aka levelsio on X) is a self-taught developer and
entrepreneur who has designed, programmed, launched over 40
startups, many of which are highly successful. Thank you for
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OUTLINE: (00:00) - Introduction (11:38) - Startup philosophy
(19:09) - Low points (22:37) - 12 startups in 12 months (29:29) -
Traveling and depression (42:08) - Indie hacking (46:11) - Photo AI
(1:22:28) - How to learn AI (1:31:04) - Robots (1:39:21) - Hoodmaps
(2:03:26) - Learning new programming languages (2:12:58) - Monetize
your website (2:19:34) - Fighting SPAM (2:23:07) - Automation
(2:34:33) - When to sell startup (2:37:26) - Coding solo (2:43:28)
- Ship fast (2:52:13) - Best IDE for programming (3:01:43) - Andrej
Karpathy (3:11:09) - Productivity (3:24:56) - Minimalism (3:33:41)
- Emails (3:40:54) - Coffee (3:48:40) - E/acc (3:50:56) - Advice
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