Paul Graham Essay Tracker

Paul Graham Essay Tracker

Track your progress reading PG's essays

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Keep track of your progress reading Paul Graham's essays. - Mark essays as "read" until you've read them all. - Bookmark your favorites to come back to later. Learn how to build startups from the legend himself. (no affiliation with Paul Graham or YC)
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Matthew Busel
Whalesync
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Reading Paul Graham's essays changed my life... and eventually led me to start Whalesync (YC S21). When I first discovered PG's essays, I read one essay a day for almost a year. At the time, I wished there was a better way to keep track of my progress and save my favorites. So I figured I'd make that possible! Hoping this helps others benefit from PG's essays in the way I did when I was first starting out :)
Matthew Busel
Whalesync
Maker
@julia_zakharova2 hahah, love that comparison! Indeed a long exciting adventure. appreciate the kind words and good luck on your upcoming launch!
Julian Götze
Simple, but so powerful, I'm a fan 😅
Matthew Busel
Whalesync
Maker
@juliangoetze thanks Julian - means a lot! was definitely going for simple
Maurizio Isendoorn
Ringly.io
Instead of scrolling on Instagram for 5 minutes, we can now read legendary essay for 5 minutes. Just created an account, will use this for sure! Congrats Matthew🥳
Matthew Busel
Whalesync
Maker
@maurizioisendoorn 😄 haha yes! so glad - let me know if there's anything that would make it better for you. btw, ringly looks awesome!
Jemmy
oMoo
Looking forward to your product!
Matthew Busel
Whalesync
Maker
@amiaomomo much appreciated Jemmy!
Jemmy
oMoo
@mbusel Will you share how to make such a TRACK tool? Or will you make tracker for other authors? I think you guys built a great project management/task driver!
Matthew Busel
Whalesync
Maker
@amiaomomo yes actually! i'm working on creating a video that walks step-by-step through how we made this. will comment here once it's live!
David Fischer
Awesome idea @mbusel ! I've just created an account and read two essays already. It matches perfectly today as I decided to grow my habit to read more really meaningful things instead of using social media. Upvote! 💪🏽 Suggestions to better your tool: -It would be awesome to have a short summary of 2-3 sentences each essay or keywords what it is about. -Search for mentioned companies and people. -Add more high quality free sources later. Thank you and keep building! 🙏🏽🫶🏾
Matthew Busel
Whalesync
Maker
@david__fischer thanks David! And love those ideas! I actually tried to add that keywords feature but it got a little complex so I decided to cut it before launch. Will have to try again! Thanks again for the feedback!
David Fischer
@mbusel You are welcome! I'll share more ideas having them while using :-)
Rami Alhamad
Great call, I literally have a reminder to do this
Matthew Busel
Whalesync
Maker
@ramialhamad thanks Rami! I do the same thing now. About once a year I'll think "I should re-read these" haha
Xinwei Xiong
This is such a thoughtful tool! I’ve always wanted to dive into Paul Graham’s essays but felt overwhelmed by the sheer number of them. Being able to track my progress and bookmark favorites makes it so much more approachable. Love the idea of sorting by reading time too—super practical. Can’t wait to start using this! Congrats on the launch! 🚀
Matthew Busel
Whalesync
Maker
@xinwei_xiong so glad to hear it! :) appreciate the kind words! hope it's helpful.
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