10 months ago I launched a file converter app from my laptop.
Jake Mangerยท1 min read
10 months ago I launched a file converter app from my laptop.
Today people in 77 countries are using it.
๐บ๐ธ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ฆ๐บ ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ท ๐ณ๐ฑ ๐ซ๐ท ๐ฎ๐น ๐ช๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐จ๐ญ and 65 moreโฆ
I built this while finishing my PhD, coding in cafes at home in Australia and more recently across England, France, Austria, and Belgium.
No VC funding. No team. Just solving a problem people actually have.
10 months ago I launched a file converter app from my laptop.
Today people in 77 countries are using it.
๐บ๐ธ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ฆ๐บ ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ท ๐ณ๐ฑ ๐ซ๐ท ๐ฎ๐น ๐ช๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐จ๐ญ and 65 moreโฆ
I built this while finishing my PhD, coding in cafes at home in Australia and more recently across England, France, Austria, and Belgium.
No VC funding. No team. Just solving a problem people actually have.
10 months ago I launched a file converter app from my laptop.
Today people in 77 countries are using it.
๐บ๐ธ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ฆ๐บ ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ท ๐ณ๐ฑ ๐ซ๐ท ๐ฎ๐น ๐ช๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐จ๐ญ and 65 moreโฆ
I built this while finishing my PhD, coding in cafes at home in Australia and more recently across England, France, Austria, and Belgium.
No VC funding. No team. Just solving a problem people actually have.
I made howtoconvert.co
I was sick of sending my files to sketchy sites on Google.
And sick of looking up how to use command line tools every time I needed to convert a file.
So, I made a drag and drop app that does everything locally.
I made
http://howtoconvert.co
I was sick of sending my files to sketchy sites on Google.
And sick of looking up how to use command line tools every time I needed to convert a file.
So, I made a drag and drop app that does everything locally.