Brian Sierakowski
@bsierakowski
Brian is best known for his breezy, conversational style. Cofounder @ Changebot, Partner @ TRMNL.
Excited to share a research project I’ve been working on for a long time :). Going live with the “Art of the Update”, everything you wanted to know about customer updates (and probably way more): changebot.ai/blog/the-art-o… I realized most of my past products got owned by not…
for when you're a little thirsty ahhh hahahahah
what is the point of this
the "internet money" barrier to entry is too high. stoked to knock it down a few pegs. if you can write HTML/CSS, you can make money building on TRMNL. usetrmnl.com/blog/creator-f…
Was absolutely wracking my brain on what this account could be, then remembered that 13 years ago a bandmate name Steve fell asleep during practice and was then known as "sleepy steve" for the rest of time. I made an email address for people to send fan mail.

Point: people will not pay to hurt themselves. Counterpoint:

BIG NEWS: Starting June 30th, 2025, Brian Sierakowski (one of the founders of Changebot) will be adopting the following text based mirth indicator: ^_^ Please update your records accordingly, and thank you to everyone who made this possible.
Finally got around to publishing my @useTRMNL Apple Notes plugin as a Recipe. This plugin allows you to easily send reminders, events, quick thoughts, and other notes from your iOS/iPadOS or macOS device. Get it here: usetrmnl.com/recipes/96659 GitHub: github.com/MarkHopper24/T…
One pushup every time I updated my customers on product improvements.

ICYMI, Recaps live now. Just wrote our first monthly update with it, out the door in 15 mins.
New feature we've been working on called "Recaps." Get your monthly newsletter out on the 1st instead of the 15th :)
New feature we've been working on called "Recaps." Get your monthly newsletter out on the 1st instead of the 15th :)
Had a lot of fun talking to Steve Taplin on his Software Leaders Uncensored podcast. We talked about my Commodore 64, book writing, AI, entrepreneurship, and my evolving views on no-code technologies. youtube.com/watch?v=JETwmJ…
We have been working hard to make screencasting.com the comprehensive destination for all things screencasting. 🎉 We're excited to announce FIVE new courses 🎉 • How to Screencast • Screenflow • Premiere Pro • DaVinci Resolve • Final Cut Pro But that's not all!
huge opportunity!
Hey fellow developers! Love to work for Simple Analytics? As the technical founder, I'm on the hunt for someone to take over the tech-related aspects of my role. We're offering a senior full-stack developer position. Skip the cover letter. Instead, send us a video of something…
You're in an "I'm from Maryland" battle and the other dude pulls this out... Wyd?

You might hear me talk about why customer updates are important (actually, you definitely have.) Partially this is because sending updates does triple duty: they showcase hard work, ongoing value, and a thoughtful, customer-focused team. Some more reasons to send updates:…
Reminder to SaaS builders: there are no Gantt charts in rock-and-roll. I turned a 4X-overrun rewrite into lessons you can steal. Blog post → changebot.ai/blog/the-devel…
I've had my fair share of price increase pain... here's my best advice on how to avoid that pain yourself. changebot.ai/blog/how-to-up…