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[@JacobSucksAtCode]

🚀 Join Jacob's Dev Club: subbb.me/jacob

[@imkir4n]

Everything happens for a reason. We've been following your journey, and I wanted to extend my congratulations.

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Thanks dude!!

[@caleboni.certified]

I was laid off from my first ever tech job, I used that as motivation and a chip on my shoulder to make sure I go harder at what I did next 🔥 getting laid off is often a massive blessing in disguise and an opportunity to focus on what you actually wanna do 🤩💪🏾

[@alexanderrotmg]

It's crazy how far you've come. From the first videos I watched when you were still in NZ to now building and scaling your own business. Proud of you Jacob!

[@igorsyrbu]

I've been following you since the NZ vlogs, and this is so crazy and inspiring how far you've got and what you've achieved so far! congrats, man!

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Appreciate it 💪

[@mikestrives]

Honestly, this is not only the best vlog I've seen of you. It's also the best vlog I've ever seen on KZbin. Documenting next level. Man. I'm so super excited for you, Maddie, and this journey. This all happened for a reason. Subbb's going to be 🔥

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Legeeeeend! Appreciate you bro!

[@wilfredodice7972]

Greetings Jacob, can you recommend which lawyer helped you with the legal issue of your startup, I live in New York, I also need legal help for my startup. thank you

[@harshithmuthangi4420]

Congratulations on fund raising. Hoping you would definitely hit that $100M mark . All the best

[@columbo1977]

Rewatching these videos as You Tube keeps playing them when a videos ends until I get some new videos. But it's surreal to watch this one know how far Jacob and Maddie have come since he was laid off. Amazing. :)

[@MultiDebaz]

Been following you and subbed to you since NZ and around 1 - 2k subscribers. So excited and proud for you Jacob! All the best man and you are truly an inspiration for the community! Cheering you on from AUS!

[@TheSocialDeveloper]

This is the exact raw, authenticity that I was talking about. Post was great by the way, and just shows more of how and why you are where you are right now. It's real bro and you're doing it so keep up the good work!

[@ianfrye8988]

I always say when something bad happens its just something trying to get out of you way so that you can push yourself to do bigger and better things. I can look back on my lowest parts of my life and realize they were all necessary to get me to where I am now. They have also given me the drive and determination I have to day to keep pushing myself, to keep learning and growing. Thanks for being one of those aspirations my man.

[@sensational_one3150]

Bro!! Big shoutout for taking account of accessibility in your videos 🙌🏿 Congrats on the current & future success

[@ckubes3389]

Don't worry bro...bad times make strong men...and strong men create good times....and we are sure you will create great times....keep your motivation high and keep hustling....we are always by your side...

[@daniellaerachannel]

Jacob, you're a great guy, always smiling and providing motivation for coding and vlogs!A lot of support for your journey! keep doing great stuff man

[@craiggazimbi]

Congratulations Jacob. As someone building a product as a solo dev , I always come to your videos for inspiration. Thank you for this.

[@jkrnz]

Your journey is really inspiring and it's great that you openly share everything with your audience on this path. Getting laid off is a tough time, but you got through it. As they say, when one door closes another door opens. I hope everything goes well for you guys. Keep going, you got this! 💪🏻

[@thehopelesscrossfitter]

So I just want to say that I found your channel when I was looking at becoming a software engineer/developer. I have since decided that it may not be the area for me but I still love the channel. I really enjoy how you explain everything unlike some channels that do their day in life but you don't actually get details. so looking forward to this project and extremely excited to see where this goes.

[@AngeloMutti]

Yo Jacob that's insane. Have been following you since keychron reaching up in NZ. Congratulations, man! So proud of you guys

[@BadgerFriday]

Comrade! Welcome to the VC funded SaaS club. I raised in 2021 (yep, the golden days!) after working at startups for years. I’m heavier, broken, unhealthier , tired and (obvs) older …. but 3 years later I probably wouldn’t have done anything differently. Enjoy!

[@brianruizy]

Nailed the story telling on this video! 🔥 Congrats on funding, excited to see what’s next for y’all

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Appreciate it!!

[@edmugi]

It's been amazing following your journey as a UX designer. It's always very interesting to see the developer's point of view through your lenses. Congratulations mate!

[@zoyW3301]

You guys are killing it, from the first video I saw, I knew you would create something special, and it's just the start. Keep on building.

[@AnthonyGrant-qo3bw]

I got laid off from my job 6 months ago too. Very similar situation, ended being a (very scary/forced) opportunity to go all in on starting my company as-well (I'm an ultra-runner building a tool to help people find the right running shoe online, easier!). Nice hustle man, admirable how you respond something pretty "bad" happening! (ps commented on your LinkedIn post, I'm from 🇳🇿 too!)

[@iim_human]

The resilience from you both and Hermy is great! I’ve been watching since NZ like some others and it’s been interesting to see your lives change in positive ways! Keep pushing through, you guys will do great things!!

[@steffmoto1209]

This was so inspiring. I've been on a holiday for a month taking a break from my day job and following your content and what you manage to create is truly great! Been following along for a while, keep it up! Would love to contribute in the future!

[@BeserkGames]

Big big news.. BIG future ahead. Can't wait to take part on this journey! Best of luck and congratulations!

[@rafaelfrancisco1150]

Since you’re aiming very high (which is awesome btw, good luck!) I would already start planning some way to mitigate the dependency on third party services. No need to address this in the near future of course, but I think keeping this in mind adds a lot of value to your business plan in the long run.

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

For sure!

[@ozanbilgili]

Let's go brooo! it's exciting to be part of the story.

[@kyouko3856]

Great to see things working out! I'm finding myself in a similar position, and seeing your optimism and ability to never back down really motivates me to keep going Thanks for the videos!

[@Highfiify]

I’m so happy for you! You got put in a really tough situation and you came out thriving ❤

[@benbugraer]

Congratulations jacob I hope things will get much better for you you deserve it.

[@andrewlabrado8414]

This is really great content man! I found you when I was just searching youtubers when I started out learning to code(still learning) and it's given me so much motivation. Even if I don't reach this level it's inspired me to keep pushing on my learning hopefully I can just take that first step of finding a dev job.

[@LukeMadeIt]

often the hard times turn into the biggest of blessings, W comeback man 🤝

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Thanks bro! ❤️

[@robby_rice]

Been lurking for months - dropping a comment to say congrats. Inspiring!

[@joeltrent]

Seriously great pivot guys, we’re all rooting for you both 🤘🏻

[@princy_vinc]

Sorry, Jacob. I also got laid off last year. As a web developer.

[@stratiskarastamatis]

congrats mate , been here since the earlier vlogs . Happy to see you getting what you deserve!

[@andrewhansen1859]

So excited for you bro, will be following along every step from across the tasman!

[@ch1nc2yk39]

It feels amazing watching you achive success on this competitive field

[@alexanderswan4264]

I've been waiting for this, love the honesty. Respect

[@minha.asgard]

Bro, absolutely goosebumps. Congrats & Love you, Jacob.

[@blasandresayalagarcia3472]

Congratulations! I see you've been working hard on this and hope you make it work.

[@grimm_gen]

as a fellow developer who is also trying to make a startup, congratz!

[@somethingsomething5759]

Congratulations mate !!!!!! I feel pumped every time I see your videos.

[@alaeherrak388]

Been watching since NZ, love this journey you've been on, such an inspiration! Keep it going man, alright let's write some code shall we.

[@chrismanning5232]

Eager to follow the rest of this story! Also, random tech note: please stop serving images directly from S3! You're throwing money away and it takes 2 seconds to put Cloudfront in front of it in AWS. I know this video was probably filmed ages ago, but I just checked the link in the description and you're still doing it. Anyway, cheers and best of luck on the startup!

[@Gaiuscassius565]

This is huge man, congrats❤

[@Michael-te6tb]

Congratulations, this is really inspirational. I hope you scale it like crazy.

[@riclerico]

And i can say I've been a subscriber from when it all started.

[@danicunhac]

Dude, what the heck! That's amazing. Congrats on successfully getting funded!

[@germanou]

Amazing stuff what you're doing right here, keep it coming brother!

[@itsgox]

As a verified discord bot developer myself, the bot verification process was super stressful for me, because if the bot gets denied, you gotta get people to add a new bot, and it's just super annoying 😆

[@richardthomas19]

Congrats on your funding. However, don’t lose sight on why you started this channel like many other KZbinrs. Excited to see what’s next

[@henriquematheusroos5804]

Very happy for you! You're an inspiration for me, like an idol. Congrats!!

[@soitahi]

they say the end is just the beginning of something greater! All the best Jacob!, also how can I apply for the frontend role?

[@elijahgummer9250]

as Joseph Kennedy once said "when the going gets tough, the tough gets going"

[@joshflugel]

I got fired and had a surgery at the same time, took off a year to recover and now that I am back it's been 5 months of interviews and I can't get a job, Android has changed too much, faster than I can keep up, I am virtually obsolete right now. Wish me luck haha

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

You got this!!!!!

[@NashIvan19]

@joshflugel how's life mate

[@joshflugel]

@@NashIvan19 It hasn't got any better in terms of tangible results tbh, I am preparing for the post summer interview season staring in september, the first one is next week, its a good chance in terms if difficulty vs my skills. Sounds negative, but I am ok with it, fear, insecurity... can't bring them into what seems to be a final stand.

[@Moose_1994]

Congratulations bro that is awesome on the fund rising. The only way to go is up 🔥

[@ecode5225]

Bravo bro. Your success is not a surprise you have a life partner pushing it hard with you. Respect to you and your wife. Keep coding!

[@Tessastiel]

🎉 congrats Jacob! All the best!

[@FreeRangeTesters]

Man, if you ever need a test engineer in that team to build some serious quality pipelines and automation, here I am! From Wellington with love 🙂

[@eS_DOOM]

Congratulations man. Wonderful work.

[@jeffnhorner]

Really cool to see your vulnerability in this brother. Encouraged by you!

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

I appreciate that!

[@friendly__drone9352]

You’ve got this mate!

[@fferreira93]

Hey! First of all congrats on the achievement! I'm curious about the tech stack you used for Subbb, could you share it? Thanks

[@franklinmike3726]

I'm so happy for the funding omg congralations

[@ralify]

Wait how did you raise 250k, was your prototype built? Tested? Who did you raise it from?

[@PadreDProductions]

Why New York and not Sydney Australia?

[@matousnajman5155]

Hey, quick question: Are those the prescription eyeglasses (dioptric) or just glasses to block the blue light? I absolutely love the look of ur glasses and since i got my prescription atm (last trait of the programmer:D) i think i will go for the same ones.

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Prescription!

[@BrailleSounds]

Nice work and great idea! 🙌🏽

[@argonjs]

Keep going strong man 🚀

[@web.mayk3l]

Bro can you tell us how many hours you work in a day? Also, do you work at home or only in the office? Do you run everyday?

[@camilonino2726]

Hey Jacob, I love your videos about software development, I am systems engineer, Full stack Developer and I like work in other projects with any frameworks, I use the motivation to solve problems, If do you need a developer, I am the person who works in projects with you.

[@bjojosimpson]

Huge props for your partner! She’s the real deal…

[@johnnydev819]

Am I missing something? Discord already has a feature for monetization of your Discord server, doesnt it?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Yep! You should check out their fees + processing fees + Apple iOS tax 💀

[@johnnydev819]

@@JacobSucksAtCode oh ... I see 😀

[@GhassneV.2]

100M? ridiculous, you should aim for 1B bro, you have it in you !

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Hahah legend!!

[@kingwoodbudo]

Good for you man, raising that money is great!

[@officialdanieldsouza]

Amazing content, like always. I am so super stoked for you for building subbb. Excited to see your journey being a founder and more importantly you being you. Lots of love dude! Keep going like always excited for the journey ahead. P.S - I recently started learning Nest.js because of you, and it's super kl. It's because of you that I started getting more serious into coding and learning how to build kl stuff like Subbb

[@PixelYeeti]

Super inspired by the work you're putting in man, hope everything works out for the best! I really want to start my own side hustle but starting to take money everything requires you to have a business. Did you use Stripe Atlas to incorporate a business or did you go another way?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Yep atlas!

[@Hiosableful]

If you guys are hiring interns for full-stack or frontend, I'd be happy to apply as I am eager to learn and want to grow as a web developer

[@officialdanieldsouza]

Would making the codebase open-source be something that you would be doing later down the line, so other devs can contribute as well? 👀

[@Astar337]

What is this office? Is this like a VC office or something? Curious how this works

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Vc

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

It’s an Antler office, you can have a look at them online 👊

[@REXTECH9]

I have already claimed a subbb! Yet to connect my discord server but I've been looking for a way to create a tight knit community and monetize for a while but I've been putting off. But I believe Subbb is going to the place I launch it!! So far so goood, if you're ever looking for any ambassadors, count me in!

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Sounds great!

[@georgedebb]

you are a legend my guy. proud to be your mate

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

❤️

[@agusaleo6891]

you're amazing bro! cheers

[@kotadiyachaitanya7957]

I want to work with you as a video editor can I show my previous work I really would like to work with you and your team as well

[@JoyfullyFearless]

love the idea def think it do very well questions i got how you find the investors and how much of the app do you actually own if you cud even say that?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Antler is where I started

[@jbusom]

holy fucking shit jacob!!!!!!!! congrats dude!

[@facundotoloza8418]

Congratulations Jacob, this shit has future

[@tommywills]

what camera and mic you using when out and about?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Dji mic

[@tommywills]

@@JacobSucksAtCode not when you are inside, i can see you holding the mic. I mean out and about. Cant see a mic attached so must be a shotgun? What camera?

[@MainActor]

7:29 JCal is on the pip

[@mohamethseck]

What do you use to record?

[@fahmyboy1]

i found you from that linkedin post

[@Keeper3035]

Reported for false advertising….this guy does not suck at code

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

hahahah

[@boris.iaminvincible]

What's Pave building? He's always around so he should share :)

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

He’s building a referral affiliate service for iOS developers!

[@DuBritoo]

Im your fan, jacob!!!

[@robertgolic212]

What's the case on your iPhone Jacob?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Honestly the most basic case haha

[@arpitchaudhary563]

Well you have me here to help you out in the development in free if needed just loved your series sir!! , I am a full stack developer from India !!

[@vsvid]

Hi, what's the place where you are and are coding with other people?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Antler in NYC

[@jbusom]

holy fucking jacob!!!!!!!! congrats dude!