#440 – Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

Pieter Levels (aka levelsio on X) is a self-taught developer and entrepreneur who has designed, programmed, launched over 40 startups, many of which are highly successful. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep440-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc.

Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/pieter-levels-transcript

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EPISODE LINKS: Pieter's X: https://x.com/levelsio Pieter's Techno Optimist Shop: https://levelsio.com/ Indie Maker Handbook: https://readmake.com/ Nomad List: https://nomadlist.com Remote OK: https://remoteok.com Hoodmaps: https://hoodmaps.com

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OUTLINE: (00:00) - Introduction (11:38) - Startup philosophy (19:09) - Low points (22:37) - 12 startups in 12 months (29:29) - Traveling and depression (42:08) - Indie hacking (46:11) - Photo AI (1:22:28) - How to learn AI (1:31:04) - Robots (1:39:21) - Hoodmaps (2:03:26) - Learning new programming languages (2:12:58) - Monetize your website (2:19:34) - Fighting SPAM (2:23:07) - Automation (2:34:33) - When to sell startup (2:37:26) - Coding solo (2:43:28) - Ship fast (2:52:13) - Best IDE for programming (3:01:43) - Andrej Karpathy (3:11:09) - Productivity (3:24:56) - Minimalism (3:33:41) - Emails (3:40:54) - Coffee (3:48:40) - E/acc (3:50:56) - Advice for young people

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