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diff --git a/content/posts/2026/from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company/index.md b/content/posts/2026/from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company/index.md index a8e71fd..2fe63bf 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company/index.md @@ -1,17 +1,16 @@ --- title: "From shitpost blog to software company" -slug: from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:45.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:45.000Z draft: false excerpt: "SLIST started as a shitpost blog on Instagram. An anonymous account in Mexico City posting about which raves were good and which ones were trash. No revenue model. No team. … Read more" categories: - - { name: Shitposts, slug: shitposts } + - Shitposts tags: - - { name: format-timeline, slug: format-timeline } - - { name: growth, slug: growth } - - { name: tech, slug: tech } - - { name: tone-casual, slug: tone-casual } + - format-timeline + - growth + - tech + - tone-casual featured: src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company/cover.png alt: "Abstract digital art showing transformation from blog to software"8bc867ccontent: rewrite image URLs from slist.net/wp-content to cdn.slist.net/posts/<slug>/
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company/index.md b/content/posts/2026/from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company/index.md index 9bee0a5..a8e71fd 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company/index.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ tags: - { name: tech, slug: tech } - { name: tone-casual, slug: tone-casual } featured: - src: https://slist.net/wp-content/uploads/ai_69d2a586c5efa3.62658709.png + src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company/cover.png alt: "Abstract digital art showing transformation from blog to software" legacy_wp_id: 16056 ---3c1387ffix(web): point upload URLs at slist.net (cdn.slist.net not wired up yet)
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company/index.md b/content/posts/2026/from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company/index.md index a7979a0..9bee0a5 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company/index.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ tags: - { name: tech, slug: tech } - { name: tone-casual, slug: tone-casual } featured: - src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d2a586c5efa3.62658709.png + src: https://slist.net/wp-content/uploads/ai_69d2a586c5efa3.62658709.png alt: "Abstract digital art showing transformation from blog to software" legacy_wp_id: 16056 ---5add954feat(web): visually mirror slist.net blog (index + single post)
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company/index.md b/content/posts/2026/from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company/index.md index f0e14b8..a7979a0 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company/index.md @@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ slug: from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:45.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:45.000Z draft: false +excerpt: "SLIST started as a shitpost blog on Instagram. An anonymous account in Mexico City posting about which raves were good and which ones were trash. No revenue model. No team. … Read more" +categories: + - { name: Shitposts, slug: shitposts } +tags: + - { name: format-timeline, slug: format-timeline } + - { name: growth, slug: growth } + - { name: tech, slug: tech } + - { name: tone-casual, slug: tone-casual } +featured: + src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d2a586c5efa3.62658709.png + alt: "Abstract digital art showing transformation from blog to software" legacy_wp_id: 16056 --- SLIST started as a shitpost blog on Instagram. An anonymous account in Mexico City posting about which raves were good and which ones were trash. No revenue model. No team. Just a guy who couldn’t speak Spanish trying to get on guest lists.30e0ee3feat(web): full posts+pages sync, browseable UI, curated pages allowlist
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company/index.md b/content/posts/2026/from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f0e14b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2026/from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +--- +title: "From shitpost blog to software company" +slug: from-shitpost-blog-to-software-company +pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:45.000Z +updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:45.000Z +draft: false +legacy_wp_id: 16056 +--- +SLIST started as a shitpost blog on Instagram. An anonymous account in Mexico City posting about which raves were good and which ones were trash. No revenue model. No team. Just a guy who couldn’t speak Spanish trying to get on guest lists. + +Three years later it’s a software company. + +The arc makes no sense unless you understand that every stage was the same instinct applied at a different scale. The flyer-sharing account was a funnel. The guest list exchange was a CRM. The WhatsApp group was a community platform. The commission tracking was a marketplace. I just didn’t know the business terms for what I was building until I’d already built it. + +Creating funnels to bring new people in is my biggest passion — probably more than DJing. I got into DJing so I could get aux priority at afters. The promotion was always the real thing. + +Now the same systems that fill dancefloors are being rebuilt as actual software. Booking infrastructure. Commission tracking. Community tools. Data layer. The super app for underground culture — a software company disguised as a rave brand. + +Rave organizing feels more like a software project than an events business. Always has. The rave is the output. The system is the art.