An exchange between SaaS founders Matt Welter and Pedro Machado sparked debate after Pedro said regarding Welter's app, ReelFarm. Welter accused Pedro of going beyond personal use by copying the product and misleading users, while Pedro denied ever launching a competing service. Levelsio highlighted the interaction as an example of how AI is lowering barriers to building and copying software.
1 year ago i made $48,000 in a single month
but now with the product being 10x more developed and better in every way, i'm not hitting that $48k anymore
i'm at $30k a month
how do i get back to $48k months plz
Hey Matt! I purchased ReelFarm for 2 months, and for what is worth it was amazing. It got my app from 0 to 5k by just posting slideshows. Eventually i built a version of it myself so i didn't have to pay. I think reelfarm is still better then the version i made.
Ngl i think the
happy u like reelfarm and made ur first $5k from it and got 2M views!! thats amazing man
but i have to say something
making your "own version of reelfarm" is cool and all if it's just for personal use idc
but it's another thing to 1. use reelfarm 2. copy/clone the entire site
Loll Matt, my tweet was very genuine. I think there is a misunderstanding. Im never releasing autoslide, i considered it for like 3 days but realised that my time is better spent on my app. It does look like reelfarm bc i copied it for myself.
I did consider making a “better
haha thanks but yeah i do agree to add more customization
the goal is to pretty much any type of slideshow format 100% automated so just increasing the number of options and formats customers can create will always be net positive
showing exactly what's going on
No judgement on both btw, just interesting to observe:
Matt complains how he improved his product 10x but revenue is down by 1/3rd. Shouldn't it go up if you make the product
Also some thing I forgot to add
There's so many things now where I don't even use the app anymore but just generate my own app to do things
Like WHOOP, for years I wanted to know the correlation between stuff I do and my workouts and sleep, like going to sauna, or what I eat.
Damn this got way more attention then i thought it would hahaha thanks Peter!!
Just a note for those who read this: Yes, i was able to clone the core functionality of ReelFarm using Claude very easily. But… it was still not as good as ReelFarm. If my app’s niche was better
lmaoo never thought u wouldve quote tweeted that exchange
also rev is low bc i havent been marketing as much as i should, not necessarily bc ppl like pedro is copying reelfarm but i do agree with ur point
and to your point of "app layer is possibly getting removed" i only think
