Sahil Lavingia

Keeps the anxiety at bay until I build up momentum with my creative work, and keeps my energized for longer.

People in the US discount the need for PayPal. 38%+ of our incoming payments come through PayPal, especially internationally. If you’re not supporting PayPal payments, you’re missing out. And it’s gotten a lot better to work with over the years.

We use it for all credit card payments at Gumroad, and have been since it was in closed beta in April 2011. Nothing comes close, to their product but especially their marketing.

Good for stacking.

More fun to drive than a Tesla Model 3, and cheaper too. I drive a 2008, and at 196,000 miles it's still chugging along fine. Though the chugging is getting louder...

Besides using it to plan my wedding, I credit Pinterest for bringing me to Silicon Valley and jump starting my whole career.

The greatest fitness app. It's clear the makers behind this thing use it every week, because it is so perfect. (I've tried Future. I prefer going to the gym and figuring out my own routine myself.)

Our whole company runs on Notion. (Except the codebase.) Excited to open source it all! But for now: https://www.notion.so/gumroad/Public-Wiki-72663c59ed5a432a9d52accafd8f166e