Luca Restagno
Indie hacker and bootstrapped SaaS founder; build‑in‑public lessons, resilience, and lean growth.
Five Indicators Your Threads Content Earns Algorithmic Trust
5 signs your Threads account is gaining algorithmic trust. And if the first two are missing, you're stuck in low-distribution. • Replies coming from non-followers • Follows generated directly from a post • Reshares from people you don't know • Time-on-post increasing week over week • Reach growing without follower growth
Sunday Mornings Spark Our Biggest Product Breakthroughs
Sunday morning, coffee, no meetings on the calendar. This is the only window of the week where I can actually think about the product instead of reacting to it. Everything important I've shipped in the last six months started in a...
Swap Viral Vanity for Daily, Revenue‑driven Growth
After 3 years of indie hacking, my definition of growth needed a full system reboot. The Old Code: → Viral posts → Follower count → Launch day spikes The New Code: → Consistent reps, every day → Posts that earn replies, not just likes → Revenue over vanity →...
Daily Posts Signal Algorithm: Fix Your Threads Strategy
I'm a software engineer turned indie hacker, and I keep hearing the same thing: "I post every day on Threads but nothing grows." If you're posting daily with zero traction, the algo isn't ignoring you randomly. It's sending you a signal. Here's what's...
Six Months of Daily Posts, Then Everything Shifted
I posted on Threads every day. Always. For 6 months, it was: Post at 7am. Reply to everyone. Check analytics. Repeat. I kept this routine for a long time. Until...
Consistency Wins: Small Daily Tasks Fuel Long-Term Progress
Sunday night. Tomorrow is week 59 of building this thing in public. Tomorrow: Ship 1 thing. Reply to 5 comments. Write 5 posts. Don't try to make it bigger than that. The streak is the strategy. Talk soon.
New Process Cuts Two‑week Features to an Afternoon
I noticed something this morning. Features I used to plan for 2 weeks now ship in an afternoon. Same complexity. Different process. Here's what changed.
Walk Away From the Screen, Let Ideas Find You
Saturday morning. Walked the dog before sunrise. Notebook came back with 4 ideas. None of them were the ones I'd been forcing all week. Sometimes the strategy is to walk away from the screen. Let the brain do what it does.
Bootstrapping a Startup: Lessons From Year One
1 year ago this week, Mattia and I started building BlackTwist. No team. No audience. No hype. Here's what I learned the hard way.
Feature Kill List: Patterns to Avoid Unnecessary Development
I've killed more features than I've kept this year. A short tour of the patterns. In case it saves you from building yours.
Mix Personal Stories and Community Questions for Growth
Combo day close. Personal story in the morning. Community question at night. That pairing drove every follower spike I had this year. If you tested one new format this week, what was it?
Decade-Long SaaS Lessons: 5 Tips for My Younger Self
I'm 40. Been trying to build a SaaS for years. 5 things I'd tell my 30 year old self. Took me a decade to learn each one.
AI Boosts Management, Not Coding Speed, Raises Communication Costs
AI didn't make me a faster coder. It made me a better project manager. The cost of explaining what I want is now higher than the cost of writing the function. I didn't see that coming.
Consistency Beats Numbers: Connect With Fellow Builders
Founder to founder. I don't care about your follower count. I don't care about your revenue. I care that you show up every day and build. If that's you, let's connect. What are you working on right now?
Batch-Create Weekly Threads in 90 Minutes, Avoid Burnout
I write a week of Threads content every Sunday in 90 minutes. No burnout. No staring at a blank page on Wednesday. Here's the exact process.