Hey Jacob , really nice video ! I was wondering if I could help you with more Quality Editing in your videos and also make a highly engaging Thumbnail and also help you with the overall youtube strategy and growth ! Pls let me know what do you think ?
@alexeygerasimenko325827 күн бұрын
Great videos, subscribed! What makes those paying customers to pick your solution over a free web version of Companies House while the data is the same there, in your opinion?
@Theo-wv5tz28 күн бұрын
Can you make a video showing your obsidian setup? And your workflow setup.
@nickcraux28 күн бұрын
Really great progress! Congrats on the customer, keep it up 🔥
@JacobSargentTech28 күн бұрын
Thanks Nick! 🙏
@Joe-qt2qx29 күн бұрын
Interesting stuff. I'd suggest adding posthog over mixpanel/segment, same product analytics with a bunch of nice extras thrown in like session recordings plus it captures events automatically
@JacobSargentTech29 күн бұрын
Thanks for the suggestion of posthog, I stumbled across their website a few weeks ago and was amazed by it's quality. I'll defo check it out before deciding what analytic tool to use.
@chocolatelover739629 күн бұрын
Nice work. From what I got is that you have the data saved in your dB, questions is how do you update the data and how often ? Thanks
@JacobSargentTech29 күн бұрын
Great question! So Companies House provide a live streaming service which you can subscribe too - which keeps you db up to date!
@universe_decoded79729 күн бұрын
You may add caching now when you finally have customers, add search bar instead of ctrl f, add advanced search as a button like dropdown in the search page . Remember that simplicity is key, this will make the user feel comfortable. People can be 40, 50 years old that we as devs forget sometimes. You’re doing a good job.
@JacobSargentTech29 күн бұрын
Great points all round and noted 📝 Thanks for your comment 🙏
@tsykin29 күн бұрын
Very inspiring to see your app getting customers 👍 One note about search and analytics: I have a feeling that you might regret making seach in stare, not in searchParams, because analytics tools don't collect that data by default. I am working on a nextjs starter kit and I have implemented search with searchParams, so you might see my implementation someday 😊
@JacobSargentTech29 күн бұрын
Great suggestion! I’ll have a look into this and see if it’s worth implementing now. If not it will be done later down the road. Thank you for your comment 👍
@hoangtran-ek8mn29 күн бұрын
Love to see your progress here and sharing with everyone. Keep doing the meaningful work!
@JacobSargentTech29 күн бұрын
Thank you and of course I will! It keeps me motivated to make interlu even better!
@IkraamDev29 күн бұрын
Good work, looks great!
@JacobSargentTech29 күн бұрын
Thank you! Still so much more to come but it’s good progress 🙌
@IfedolapoAjetunmobi29 күн бұрын
Amazing and nostalgic progress so far…
@JacobSargentTech29 күн бұрын
So much more to come! Thanks for your support! 🙏
@WoWKormir29 күн бұрын
I love watching these updates, it's such a cool project and is inspiring to a junior dev like myself! If you're ever in the position for it, I'd love to work on a project like this so would love to send you a CV!
@JacobSargentTech29 күн бұрын
Thanks Ed! I’ll be sure to mention it on my channel if I’m open to hiring for interlu!
@noorlancer29 күн бұрын
Also if you don't mind me asking , what kind of client work do you do on the side whilst working on interlu?
@JacobSargentTech29 күн бұрын
A mixture of design and full stack dev work!
@noorlancer29 күн бұрын
Do you have any certification or sort of proof that the information on all companies is valid and up to date?
@JacobSargentTech29 күн бұрын
Great question, so any key data which is seen in the company profile page is double checked with the current records using the companies house API. I'm not sure if there's any official certification I could use. Thanks for your comment 🔥
@jarostaz29 күн бұрын
Nice one! I'm doing something similar with my agency and launching saas products! 💪💪
@JacobSargentTech29 күн бұрын
Dude real great devs looks so cool! Nice work 🔥
@jarostaz28 күн бұрын
@@JacobSargentTech Thanks! Same for interlu!
@JacobSargentTech28 күн бұрын
Thank you! 🙏
@mzee886629 күн бұрын
How does communicating with the API work, guessing the request is made in the backend, but what if users are requesting similar data, how do you handle that without the back end having to keep fetching the same data, caching?
@JacobSargentTech29 күн бұрын
So right now I'm not caching any request res, as I don't have enough demand to warrant it. Of course when it becomes a problem I'll add it :) Thanks for your comment 🔥
@imchristos29 күн бұрын
Hey Jacob, I really like the fact that you are still working as a freelancer on the side which funds your startups, I feel like it's a good transition from working for a company and doing your startups on the side to working for yourself, what's your tips on getting to that stage where you are a strong freelancer and acquiring clients?
@JacobSargentTech29 күн бұрын
Hey Chris, such a great question. I think I should make a whole video on it to be honest. To quickly answer you on here I would say it's a mixture of doing great work, being a good person, over a long period of time. Compound interested doesn't just work with money, it works with relationships too. 🔥
@alimajeed530829 күн бұрын
Awesome, Where do you get the data from?
@JacobSargentTech29 күн бұрын
UK companies house api!
@kwamenadadson29 күн бұрын
Bro about the pdf reading what library did you use for it ?
@JacobSargentTech29 күн бұрын
In production I'm using Amazon Textract, when I was developing it I was using the tesseract.js npm package!
@kwamenadadson29 күн бұрын
@@JacobSargentTech thanks man
@JacobSargentTech29 күн бұрын
You're welcome 😉
@taump_dev29 күн бұрын
Interesting! Thank you for content. ❤
@JacobSargentTech29 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@windwardhive736329 күн бұрын
its not too late to rewrite it in typescript
@JacobSargentTech29 күн бұрын
🤣 think I will once I start to get other people to work on it! Otherwise I think it would be a bad allocation of time. Thanks for your comment 👍
@manlikeP29 күн бұрын
the advanced search is a great feature but i think it would be a better implementation if it was an option in the normal search bar/screen, like a + sign with "advanced search" so when a user clicks on that it shows those additional filter parameters. Also being able to search the sic codes/text without having to use ctrl+f but have a built in search list> But overall amazing product and amazing to see how far it has come🙂👍
@JacobSargentTech29 күн бұрын
Completely agree here! Such great feedback - thank you 🙏
@JacobSargentTech29 күн бұрын
Back with another update on Interlu and my freelancing journey! Thanks for all your support - I appreciate every bit of feedback and any questions you have. If you're interested in joining my friend's company as a founding product engineer, send your CV to info(at)jacobsargent.co.uk. Cheers Jacob ❤
@ShaneCurtis-nl2evАй бұрын
What do you use for backend?
@JacobSargentTechАй бұрын
I use a simple heroku instance, but could/should be using an EC2 instance tbf !
@tvby4916Ай бұрын
Im trying to get into software engineering when im older, im 14 at the moment, have you got any tips and what to do after six form or college for the job?
@JacobSargentTechАй бұрын
Great question, to be honest start building things for yourself. You'll learn more and have way more fun then following a course end-to-end!
@gourabsarker9552Ай бұрын
Sir do you earn 120k pound sterlings a year in London? Plz reply. Thanks a lot.
@JacobSargentTechАй бұрын
Have a search on Google for average salary for software engs in london, it will give a good mark for salary!
@Nikolaos-Gkionis2 ай бұрын
You must be happy. This looks like Astro and GOVUK had a baby…😂 Congratulations
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Haha! Thank you ☺️
@ShaneCurtis-nl2ev2 ай бұрын
I use vim btw
@JacobSargentTechАй бұрын
Is this the same comment from my other video?
@Tyzer1262 ай бұрын
Hi Jacob, congrats for your first customer !! I was wondering something : you've been building your SaaS for several months now and you've got your first customer now. How do you consider the fact that customer growth is rather slow? Do you think this product has a good market fit ? I wonder if you should focus more on getting your product known to prospects.
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
This is a great point/question and something I am very aware of. As I split my time between freelancing, building interlu, marketing both and this youtube channel I don't have too much time... so everything just does take longer. Having this validation is a step in the right direction and in other positive news I have had more requested features which I think will really improve interlu's value prop! I look forward to sharing more soon 🔥
@Tyzer1262 ай бұрын
@@JacobSargentTech Great to have your feedback, keep up, it's really inspiring !
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@ShaneCurtis-nl2ev2 ай бұрын
I use vim btw
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
How long have you been using vim for?
@ShaneCurtis-nl2ev2 ай бұрын
@@JacobSargentTech Just long enough to brag about it haha
@ShaneCurtis-nl2ev2 ай бұрын
The no database is crazy to me
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Hey Shane, thanks for your comment! I'm glad to report that interlu now has a database with over 6 million UK companies!
@ShaneCurtis-nl2ev2 ай бұрын
@@JacobSargentTech Elite!
@wetals.2 ай бұрын
Congrats mate, just stumbled on your channel while researching an idea. What's your tech stack for interlu?
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏 I’m currently working with the MERN stack (with Next.js) for interlu. Thanks for your comment!
@yarbas892 ай бұрын
great video. how were you able to download the CH db? The bulk download has a 1 month lag and the api is rate limited to about 100 requests / min.
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment and great question - so they have a streaming service which you can provide a start date (which you put the date of the bulk download in) and they will stream all updates from that date and all updates in real time once it's caught up. So you end up with a full up to date DB of uk companies. Hope that makes sense :)
@yarbas892 ай бұрын
@@JacobSargentTech Oh nice, thanks for the quick reply. There are some interesting ones in the GOV.uk API catalogue actually. I have a partial collection of the full db focusing on some particular SICs. What happens if I link that up with the streaming service? Would it be possible to only update the matching records in my db? I have never worked with streaming before.
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Yeah so you could just set it up to filter events only matching the companies you already have. Obviously there’s a bit more to it than that! Hope this helps!
@Rob-wp1ep2 ай бұрын
First SaaS youtuber who speaks authentically and doesn't try to frontload the conversation with paid courses or false claims. Great work Jacob. I'm a fellow engineer, co-foudner / CTO, keen to connect on LinkedIn if you're interested.
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Thanks for your kind words Rob! I'm just trying to share my journey and hope that people find it interesting. Happy to connect on Linkedin 👍
@Rob-wp1ep2 ай бұрын
@@JacobSargentTech just sent a connection request
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Accepted!
@marcuadrian51362 ай бұрын
Did you use websocket for autocomplete or just api call after each character typed in?
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
I use a debounced api call, but a web socket makes way more sense now. Maybe I’ll change it up! Thanks for the comment 🙌
@marcuadrian51362 ай бұрын
@JacobSargentTech Thanks for the reply, it's nice interacting with someone that goes through the same struggles as I do, doing SaaS.
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Yes it's nice to know you're not alone!!
@Lolpop7512 ай бұрын
15secs into this was hoping the SaaS was how to get luscious locks
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Hahaha maybe my next idea!! 🤣🤣🤣
@oszi70582 ай бұрын
1. Amazing app 2. Is there anything you can do to make it faster, its pretty fast but after I used algolia at work it seems average xD
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment! I’m still working on it, stay tuned as I believe it’ll get much faster soon!
@oszi70582 ай бұрын
@@JacobSargentTech 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
🔥
@realsemig2 ай бұрын
Nice to see someone doing similar things, keep it up! I am also a founder of a SaaS startup (AI hiring software) but I'm pre-revenue so I still have to experience the first paying customer.
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Keep going! You can do it 👌 thank for your comment 🫡
@tylinrayland2 ай бұрын
Can't hear what are you saying at all😍
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Oh no! Well in short I got a paying customer for a product feature which doesn't exist yet. Thanks for your comment 🫡
@tylinrayland2 ай бұрын
@@JacobSargentTech Sorry, What I meant was you looks so handsome that I can only focus on your face, and I completely overlook what you are saying.😘
@tylinrayland2 ай бұрын
@@JacobSargentTech Why aren't you responding to my comments? If I offended you, I apologize, my baby😭
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
You're good! Thanks for the kind words 🫡
@psboy138922 ай бұрын
Congratulations. Thank you for sharing. Do you mind sharing how did you come up with the idea? 😊
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Great question, at my old job I was using companies house everyday and felt there must be a better way of doing this... and there wasn't (IMO)! So I thought why not build it. And here we are 🎯
@psboy138922 ай бұрын
@@JacobSargentTech Thank you 😊
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
@sophanysc2 ай бұрын
great progress mate! What platform are you using for video recording?
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Thank you!! I just use quicktime it comes with the Mac. I then film my face using my 90D and then sync it all up in premier pro 🫡
@gurvirbaraich2 ай бұрын
Congrats Bro!, I am still trying from 3 months.
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
You can do it - you are closer then you think. Try to get closer to your customer if you can :)
@mattspriggs58282 ай бұрын
Great videos Jacob, keep up the great work! What's your tech stack out of interest?
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Thanks Matt! I use MERN at the moment, only because I'm familiar with it. What tech stack are you currently using?
@mattspriggs58282 ай бұрын
@@JacobSargentTech I'm using a fairly vanilla LAMP stack but using Laravel for the codebase. I do want to start getting into using some new front end framework, I've been playing it very safe with standard jQuery for the last 20 or so years I've been developing.
@Eliel102682 ай бұрын
Hey Jacob, how long does it take to learn react native (for cross platform mobile apps) assuming someone knows MERN stack web development.
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Hey Eliel, great questions I would say a couple of weeks to get up to speed. Although you must also consider all of the extra domain knowledge needed to submit to the app/play store!
@Eliel102682 ай бұрын
@@JacobSargentTech Awesome. Will take it into account.
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
You're welcome :)
@IkraamDev2 ай бұрын
I’m guessing, future customers would want an Interlu for charities. When I had a short accountancy apprenticeship, some of our clients were charities.
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Good point and notes for a potential further feature - Charities do exist on companies house but interlu doesn’t sync with them yet!
@IkraamDev2 ай бұрын
Looking great!
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@EnyoAbraham2 ай бұрын
I love the interface
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Thanks Enyo!
@humnashafique1932 ай бұрын
Congrats🎉 Best of luck for future ❤
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Thank you! I have got a long way to go :)
@Eliel102682 ай бұрын
Impressive. Which tech stack did you use?
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Thank you - for intelru I'm using the MERN tech stack!
@Eliel102682 ай бұрын
@@JacobSargentTech awesome. Also my fav stack. Keep it up 👍🏼.
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
@@Eliel10268 Will do!
@plutato2 ай бұрын
Hey! Have you considered adding webhooks so that your clients can have messages sent in a slack channel instead of/as well as email?
@plutato2 ай бұрын
Also, what ui frameworks did you use for this? I've got a saas product i've been working on, but I can't get the interface right
@JacobSargentTech2 ай бұрын
Hey, Alfie thanks for your comment! Great suggestion ref webhooks it has been noted. For the UI I’m using material ui joy - it’s really great 👍