Arvid Kahl
Person on 4 sites
Arvid Kahl is a software engineer, bootstrapped founder, author and podcaster.
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Founded: FeedbackPanda (with Danielle Simpson; sold 2019) and Podscan.fm (acquired by Audiohook, 2026) (opens wiqqi.app)
- Now: At Audiohook, working on Podscan (as of November 2026) (opens wiqqi.app)
- Books: Zero to Sold; The Embedded Entrepreneur; Find Your Following; The Bootstrapper's Bookshelf (opens wiqqi.app)
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3 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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x.com: @arvidkahl (opens x.com)
“Hrm, frontier AI platforms making cyber program access a high hurdle for verified software business owners/operators with a vested interest in securing their platform feels problematic. @AnthropicAI, what does a SaaS…”
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Blog: thebootstrappedfounder.com (opens thebootstrappedfounder.com)
“The Increasing Risk of Building in Public”
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GitHub: arvidkahl (opens github.com)
“sizeable — An Elixir library to make File Sizes human-readable”
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x.com: @arvidkahl (opens x.com)
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23 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Product quality and software engineering ability no longer function as a competitive moat because AI can replicate them quickly. (opens korrents.com)
“But here's what I know for certain: product isn't a moat. Software engineering capability isn't a moat. Not anymore.”
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The revenue level at which publicly sharing business details invites cloning has fallen to essentially zero because of AI coding agents. (opens korrents.com)
“the likelihood of inspiring someone to build a competitor was too high, and the return on sharing was too low to justify the exposure. That threshold has effectively collapsed to zero.”
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Deep, relationship-based customer moats remain something AI coding tools cannot replicate for a competitor. (opens korrents.com)
“No agentic coding tool is going to replicate that for your competitor.”
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Product quality and software engineering ability no longer function as a competitive moat because AI can replicate them quickly. (opens korrents.com)
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3 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Claude (opens rcmnd.app)
“What amazes me about these interactions is not just that Claude could help me solve the problems, but how it walked me through the process, explaining each step.”
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ChatGPT (opens rcmnd.app)
“This includes platforms like ChatGPT and Claude. These are my go-to for brainstorming, writing, problem-solving, and even some coding tasks.”
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PHPStorm (opens rcmnd.app)
“These are integrated directly into my IDE (I use PHP Storm).”
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Claude (opens rcmnd.app)