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Developer tool launches with Nico Botha

Nico Botha is the founder of Ship SaaS, a Next.js Saas boilerplate that allows you to ship your SaaS in no time. Nico is also co-founder of Supermeme.ai ****an AI meme generator. ****


Scaling DevTools is the podcast that investigates how DevTools go from zero to one. Created by Jack Bridger, founder of BitReach. BitReach helps DevTool companies reach more developers. In this series, Jack will explore how startups sell to developers, build tools and become successful.

What we cover

(00:28): What made you start Ship SaaS?

(01:06): How did you go about getting your first customer?

(01:29): Do you have any advice for someone starting to build a tool for Developers?

(02:06): When you describe justifying your tech stack and developers asking lots of questions, how can someone ensure they prepare their tool for that kind of scrutiny?

(02:54): Could you dig a little more into how you plan to grow Ship SaaS and your plans for the future?

(03:38): How have you currently been thinking about SEO?

(04:52): Did you specifically set out to rank for that key term? Or were you just creating content that you thought would be useful?

(05:12): One of your other projects is Supermeme, a tool for generating memes using AI. How do you think memes can play into Developer marketing?

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