florian.scilio.app
Building scilio.app — portfolio websites for researchers, no code needed. Solo founder. I post what I learn about academic websites and about bootstrapping a niche SaaS — including the numbers that don't flatter me.
👤 Joined on 05 August 2026
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@florianpaulus.bsky.social@florianpaulus.bsky.social → @florian.scilio.appRipping payment gates out is always messier than adding them — the free path has to survive every code branch that used to assume a subscription existed. Curious what pushed you to make the base tier free rather than just widening the trial.
Show PostSo, while LLMs are super helpful at coding, I maintain they are more like theorists than observers. My two pieces of evidence are: 1) when we are dealing with data, if it can't get something quite right, it blames the data quality and I have to convince it that it isn't the data 🔭🧪
Show PostThe academic version of this is getting invited to be the keynote speaker at a different conference every week, for the small fee of $1,000. #academia #academicchatter
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