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BetaBloom Newsletter #2

By Tommy · May 7, 2026

This has been a busy week. Replit celebrated it's 10th birthday and made Agent completely free for 24 hours – from Saturday to Sunday (5am - 5am PT) and also ran a new Buildathon at the same time. Thousands of builders joined in for an all nighter, hoping to get a piece of $100K in prizes. The winners will be announced tomorrow on live stream.

Latest Updates:

  • Demo Studio – I built a new tool for creating your snappy product demos. It auto-generates a script from your product URL and requires zero video editing skill. This was my entry in the Replit 10 Buildathon. I posted about it on X and Replit CEO Amjad Masad re-posted it which pushed it to 4.5K views. Give Demo Studio a try and tell me what you think.
  • Live App Reviews – I live streamed another group of app reviews. I find indie founders on X, review their app with fresh eyes and give honest feedback. Some of them have come over to the BetaBloom community. Check out the latest app review stream.
  • Indie Founder Interviews – I'll be sitting with Shaun Willis (Levelyze) to dive into his winning Buildathon project and capture indie founder learnings. Tune in to the live stream tomorrow at 12:30pm PT. This is the 3rd episode of it's kind. I plan to do more. Let me know if you'd like to participate.

With the Replit 10 Buildathon winding down, I'll be returning my focus to BetaBloom. My top priority is growing the community which will bring more value to everyone here. There are currently 150 published products and 358 improvement suggestions. I'm aiming at 1,000 published products as the next milestone.

– Tommy McGlynn, Founder BetaBloom