Birk Jernström
@birk
Founder/CEO @polar_sh – Monetization platform for developers and the next generation of software | Ex-Director of Product @shopify
Thrilled to announce our $10M Seed led by @Accel today, with continued support from @AbstractVC & @MischiefVC, and incredible angels. Join us and let's build the future of billing for developers to empower the next generation of software 🚀
Announcing our $10M Seed Round led by @Accel alongside incredible angels 💫 It's never been easier to build & ship software. But it's also never been harder to monetize it. We’re building the open-source monetization platform to empower future one-developer unicorns. How? 🧵
Polar is such a great tool. it’s easy for our developers to work with, and on top of that, their customer support is excellent, thanks @polar_sh
Has anyone used Polar? 🛒🧐 What is your opinion? I'm looking for alternatives for my store because Lemon Squeezy isn't responding...
Building with @polar_sh today and interested in helping us with customer support for others building on @polar_sh? Remote and hourly vs. full-time. Share your GitHub profile and what you’re building below or in DMs ☺️
How can you not be romantic about open source?
Building with @polar_sh locally? I missed the Stripe CLI "listen & forward" flow, so I hacked a tiny Deno CLI that forwards Polar webhooks to localhost. One-liner dev loop. Drop a ⭐️if useful & tell me what to add next!
I have this idea for @polar_sh that can either: 1) Bankrupt us 2) Change the game I’ll bet on #2 🚀
At an AirBnB with 40-60mbps Internet. Feels like I'm on 56k again [1]. How can the Internet be slow with 40-60mbps? What have we done? [1] Normally, I have ~4-600mbps at home.
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when can I start calling myself design engineer?
Do you know how I know @polar_sh will be the next European unicorn? The founder @birk answering any support request within 10 mins at ANY time of the day (or night) Either they have figured out AI support and will launch this as a product or they never sleep
I remember using Subversion, Perforce etc and how Git came along and made most of the pain go away like it was yesterday. TIL Git turned 20 years old this year. Hardest you're-getting-older slap I've felt in a while.
I love my city and the nerds in it 💪🏼
Lovable just raised $200M at a $1.8B valuation led by Accel. This all started unexpectedly with me calling my friend at 6AM to go for a walk. I've never shared this story before: (thread)
I’ve been a founder in my 20s pre-kids and now in my 30s with kids. Kids are the best. Time constraints are a feature and getting home after rough days and putting kids to bed is the best mental reset ever.
TIL That parking meters in France seem to take a siesta between 12.00 - 14.00 - love it
Someone asked me: "Why is Polar remote vs. in-person?" Because LLMs can't be applied to what is said in a room. Yes, building team morale is harder short-term. But long-term, I'm bullish on forcing context to be stored in .md + .mp4 files.
Just hit `Remix` to launch you own shop powered by fellow Stockholm startup @polar_sh 🇸🇪 Link below
Probably the most gorgeous & inspiring thing online in a long time. Excited to work with @raunofreiberg and for @polar_sh to power the payments for this masterpiece.
A year in the making, my interaction design manual is available today. With 20 chapters and 20 downloadable React components on an interactive custom platform, it includes everything I know about not just interactions, but design. Registration is open for 2 weeks.
Built @polar_sh with @tailwindcss so I could pay to sponsor @tailwindcss via @polar_sh checkout.
Huge thanks to the companies that are already sponsoring Tailwind CSS after launching our partnership program last week ❤️