Archive - Alex’s Newsletter

I got to the top of Hacker News and got 12,000 unique visitors in 24 hours

About 2 weeks ago I decided to launch a small project I made on Hacker News.

Aug 19, 2025 • Alex Ellman

Cursor’s New Pricing Blew My Budget

So I Built a Usage Tracker

Aug 12, 2025 • Alex Ellman

May 2025

Turning My Learnings Into an MVP

Introducing Post Paddle

May 27, 2025 • Alex Ellman

April 2025

Sixth Metrics Update

Explosive Growth from Week 5 - Week 10

Apr 28, 2025 • Alex Ellman

March 2025

Fifth Metrics Update

Continued Growth in Week 5

Mar 24, 2025 • Alex Ellman

Fourth Metrics Update

Continued Exponential Growth

Mar 18, 2025 • Alex Ellman

Third Metrics Update

Hitting Exponential Growth

Mar 11, 2025 • Alex Ellman

Second Metric Update

Metrics After 3 Weeks of Posting

Mar 3, 2025 • Alex Ellman

February 2025

Seasonality on Pinterest

Knowing how to schedule content

Feb 25, 2025 • Alex Ellman

Technical SEO for Pinterest

Making My Sites Pinterestbot Friendly

Feb 21, 2025 • Alex Ellman

Welcome and First Metrics Update

Intro to this Newsletter

Feb 19, 2025 • Alex Ellman

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