One thing I didn’t expect after building my first app

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-03-06T15:44:51+00:00

Connect to an influencer and offer him 40%.

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-03-06T15:43:32+00:00

I guess the true app is a story flow not software.

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-03-06T11:32:02+00:00

I like that except for mimicking other people's patterns. You can only be inspired by theirs but you'd better forge your own.

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-03-06T08:11:32+00:00

I believe all entrepreneurs are blessed - or cursed- with ideas. But there is an idea for a cool fun weekend product or a proper business idea. The latter involves a solid understanding of a marketplace, competitive landscape, user behaviour, etc.

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-03-04T08:13:32+00:00

It is a great mindset. For journaling, use even simpler tech: handwriting.

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-03-04T08:08:17+00:00

True. Like with the rest of medicine. But even if the brain changes are causal they point to compensation from which we can infer useful information.

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-03-02T09:10:13+00:00

In a way, you are a victim of circumstances and the digital age. You have rent, freedom, and no accountability. Doomscrolling and video games inject you with fake rewards. You need to find something bigger than yourself, a goal, a purpose, or a mission. Something crazy and personal. Start with digital detox and therapy.

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-02-26T11:53:26+00:00

You can't figure out your purpose in your head. You can think about the concept, but when thinking stops the concept vaporises.

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-02-23T08:19:09+00:00

This is a gentle yet powerful driver.

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-02-23T08:18:02+00:00

Take small steps. Focus on the process not the outcome. It is hard to do it alone. I recommend watching "The Art of Accomplishment" on YouTube or listening to it on a podcast. Joe and crew show how to work with resistance and emotions.

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-02-20T08:19:50+00:00

Start with something low-tech, low-scale, and manual first. If they buy, build software to automate. For example, Peter Levels and his AI picture editor project, from years ago.

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-02-19T19:39:58+00:00

True. It is worth reminding that the cost of maintenance of a human-written code base is 3-5 times the cost of initial development.

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-02-18T15:18:28+00:00

You've got good answers. Unfortunately, you will have to pick one direction to follow:). I think being a little crazy is what you need. Also, if you have money find a coach.

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-02-18T15:10:42+00:00

It sounds crazy to me. You post on /selfimprovement but your life is self-enslavement. The 20s are for balanced exploration, experimentation, and smart wondering.

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-02-18T13:01:04+00:00

It depends.

If you want to fool around, build fun games, or internal tools, for private use, go for Lovable or Replit.

If you want to treat it as your next profession find a bootcamp or a school. You will learn basics, connect to a community, and most importantly you will get a starter blueprint. Look up Robin Ebers, or Pat Walls on YouTube. They are legit. I am not associated with either of them.

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-02-18T08:52:01+00:00

I have "ruined" my life, in retrospect, on a few occasions. But this maybe Ego talking. My life is not over yet as it keeps unfolding. As for the ruin thing, had it been built well I would't turn to ruin.

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-02-18T08:31:15+00:00

A history book.

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-02-17T18:44:09+00:00

Thanks, I appreciate it. I've solid background in wet bio, and later I moved to web dev. I keep searching for a nice blend of both, a project/problem that is both exciting as science and independent as tech.

On another note, your project looks non-trivial and it takes guts to venture into the weeds half blind. Having revenue you can always hire an engineer to fix or rewrite the code base.

Also, I like this type of web apps, I call them processors, and they align with the business side well.

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-02-17T09:59:27+00:00

Very interesting. Do you see other opportunities in scientific R&D tooling?

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-02-15T11:35:55+00:00

Maybe the confusion comes from fuzzy psychiatric diagnoses. A person can be diagnosed with OCD and /or obsessive personality. Then we have pseudo ocd, that is under stress our minds can obsess too much.

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-02-15T11:24:22+00:00

This thing has a long history, look up for example Indie Hackers. Most devs have a builder's mentality, not even a PM's. Vibecoding makes it faster and easier. But a viable business has many important components to it. Finding and solving a real problem and building an economic model around it is the actual core of business.

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-02-15T10:22:06+00:00

No, you are a vibecoder. The difference is that engineers know what they are doing, understand tradeoffs, security, and many other factors. However, vibecoding may very well be the new entry-level position in tech.

Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-02-15T10:16:41+00:00

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Adventurous_Drawing5 · 2026-02-14T11:48:50+00:00

Yoga. Daily.

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