Senior SWE. 5k subs on YouTube. Did $100k/mo, keyword banned overnight, now rebuilding codeprepped.com in public.
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I was making $100k/month and then got keyword banned overnight. Back to zero.
Now I'm building CodePrepped.com from scratch, living off savings with a wife and two boys.
I landed interviews in 7 days using my own methods while senior engineers struggled for months/years.
Follow along for the journey 🎥
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A week ago, a 7.8% engagement rate would have sent my impressions flying. Today it got me 2.1K.
Replies and engagement aren't the be all and end all anymore.
Making something worth reading long enough for the algo to push you is what the new algo changes point to.
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My last product did $100k/mo, then got keyword-banned overnight.
Now I'm building @codeprepped in public and running my agency.
If you're a
- founder
- agency owner
- marketer
- developer
- designer
Let's connect 🤝
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This is @JamesPardoe he's literally one of the best accounts on @X .
If you're into startups, saas, dadprenuer, game-building content.
Check him out! 👀
This is what it's all for.
The early starts and the late nights.
The impossible decisions, and the guaranteed sacrifices.
I feel guilty when I'm not working, and guilty when I am working.
But the precious moments with my wife & four boys, and the enormous potential of our shared future, are what drive me to work hard every day.
And I will never give up.
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Day 5. Here’s how it went.
3-4 posts a day. That’s the goal.
Posts: 2 (3 with this)
Impressions: 1,404
Replies made: 46
Followers: −9
Definitely a change in the algorithm. We’re going to figure out next steps. Interesting watching impressions in real time this week, we had double or triple this at the start. Something shifted.
More tomorrow.
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X quietly changed its algorithm last week. No announcement. It's all in the open source repo.
Here's what moved, what it means, and what to do about it.
WHAT CHANGED
• Clicks count for less (0.4 → 0.3)
• Time spent reading after the click now counts (0 → 0.4)
• "Not interested" hurts 10% more
• The small account boost now covers up to 50k followers (was 1k), but only for posts under 2 hours old with fewer than 200 views
WHAT IT MEANS
Getting the click used to be the win. Now it's what happens after the click.
A hook that pulls people in and lets them down is worth less than before, and costs more if they hit "not interested".
And if you're under 50k, the first 2 hours decide whether a post gets a push at all.
WHAT TO DO NOW
1. Only promise what the post delivers. The hook gets the click, the content has to keep it.
2. Write for the read. Specifics, numbers, steps. Give people a reason to stay to the end.
3. Post when your audience is online, then stick around for 2 hours. Early likes help decide who gets the boost.
4. Post less, post better. Extra posts from the same account get scored down in the same feed.
5. End with a question that needs a real answer. A reply is weighted 10x a like.
6. Make it worth sharing. Copying the link to a post carries the heaviest weight in the repo, 40x a like.
7. Drop the drive-by replies under big accounts. There's now a separate reply spam model for those threads.
Stop farming engagement, start earning attention.
And that's it now. The X meta going forward.
Now you know.
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Major AI companies are now rolling out these watermarks, hidden in their output.
Good thing or a bad thing?
🚨JUST IN: OpenAI models will now have invisible watermarks hidden in ChatGPT and Codex outputs
>"We are not making text watermarking a global default AT LAUNCH"
>"phased approach starting with the EU"
>"this regional approach gives us room to learn"
>"starting today, API customers around the world WILL be able to opt in…"
"We expect to revisit each part of this approach as the technology, standards, and evidence evolve"
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Day 4. Over halfway through 👀
House full of colds. Still hitting post.
3-4 a day. That’s the goal.
Posts: 2 (3 with this)
Impressions: 1,474
Replies made: 54
Followers: +10
Half yesterday’s volume, more replies than Day 3. The growth is in the threads. Week’s +62.
More tomorrow.
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I'm Harry, a senior software engineer from the UK 🇬🇧
I quit my job in early 2025 and have been a startup founder ever since.
Hit $100k/mo, then got keyword-banned overnight.
Now running my agency hashton.agency and building @CodePrepped from scratch, vlogging the whole journey here on @X 🎥
Happy to #connect with more founders & builders 🤝
#buildinpublic
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Before posting a product demo, check these 3 things:
1. Show the problem before the feature.
2. Keep the clip on one user task, like turning a job description into interview questions.
3. End with the next step: try it, reply, or tell me where you got stuck.
A polished video can earn views.
A clear task shows whether someone wants the product.
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Day 3. We’re gaining momentum.
3-4 posts a day. That’s the goal.
Posts: 4
Impressions: 1,577
Replies made: 30
Followers: +8
Four, right on the goal. Followers still green, just not like yesterday's run.
More tomorrow 👀
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Imagine shipping a rough version in public.
Good news: feedback comes early.
Bad news: people judge the product you have, not the one in your head.
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I'm working on agency delivery plans and a handover document. Agency builders or freelancers, what do you always want included in the handover?
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SaaS founders, where do you host your product videos: YouTube, Loom, Wistia, or Mux?
- YouTube
- Loom
- Wistia
- Mux
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Day 2. Let’s see.
3-4 posts a day. That’s the goal.
Posts: 5
Impressions: 4,307
Replies made: 125
Followers: +35
Still one ahead of yesterday. Followers ticked up again.
More tomorrow.
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Where did your current business idea come from?
-Personal problem
-Trend
-Competitor
-Pure accident
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