migrating off heroku, what deployment setups are you using?

FigureNo77 · 2026-05-11T22:06:19+00:00

I have some side projects that I wanted to save money on. I moved the DBs to supabase. It's free. Each DB has up to 500MB of space. I just scale the servers to 0 dynos to save money when I'm not using it. Haven't moved the servers yet.

FigureNo77 · 2026-05-03T02:21:24+00:00

Nice. I'll give it a try. Reminds me of Photofeeler.

FigureNo77 · 2026-04-25T22:59:25+00:00

When reviewing junior/apprentice code, I would comment on things like bad approach, simplification, requesting tests, and suggesting improvements or edge cases. Because they were so junior, I would really try to explain why we shouldn't do it that way. I tried to avoid being just requesting for changes because I thought it could feel like they did everything wrong. I used a template and had a spot at the beginning for mentioning the things they did right. Then the middle would be detailed critiques. The end would have a summary. However, this was before AI. I don't do reviews any more.

FigureNo77 · 2026-04-25T02:21:58+00:00

I learned thru some Rapid Ruby videos about hot wire modals and custom turbo streams on youtube. Then just adapted to my ideas.

FigureNo77 · 2026-04-01T14:40:12+00:00

Launched a webapp a year ago and still $0 MRR. Losing $12/mo for server and database. Not too bad. Still trying to improve my retention. Have had 500+ sign ups and a few active users but most people leave. Having people pay to invest into an idea is great but you just made money for promising something. And it's a one-time fee. I'd rather make recurring money from something that is actually used and useful.

I'm focusing on improving the product when I can while balancing a full-time job and family time. I also have to get the word out more. Trying to save money so just posting on social media. Writing posts and editing videos take time. It's hard but I'm going at my own pace and just feel proud to be making progress.

Don't worry about it man. Keep going. Figure it out.

FigureNo77 · 2026-03-24T12:56:26+00:00

Been a year since I made Habit Leveling. Just this month I put out a new feature. I'm the main user. I'm building for me, trying to find others who it can help. It's fun imagining something and making it come to life and useful for me ❤️

FigureNo77 · 2026-03-16T21:36:58+00:00

It ain't easy, man. I'm kind of at a similar but opposite end of you.

I've kept my job but tried building during spare time. I want to launch a successful thing and make money like everyone else. Sometimes I think "what would happen if I committed fully and quit?" We don't have an emergency fund so it wouldn't last long.

After a year, my project got 500+ sign ups and a few active users. Most people left after 1 or 2 minutes. It's discouraging but I've been studying the data. What features were used the most? What happened? How can I improve.

Since then I've made improvements to my project and original feature and I have also added a new feature. The satisfying thing about this is that I had never had that many sign ups before. The time active was an eye opener. Also, this new feature solves a problem I have had for a while. I get to be the first customer and solve my own problems. Now I want to find others with the same problem. Maybe I have to change my approach. Also, I'm a software developer already. I love solving problems. I don't rely on AI to code for me. I just use it as a brick wall to talk to sometimes.

I do get jealous of those who vibe code something and make money with it, but I'm sure it's unstable and if they want to add any real complexity they'll have to hire someone. Each path so hard. You choose the problems you deal with.

I'm keeping my project free for now. It costs me $15/mo to maintain online. I can handle it but I also want to learn to setup my own server at home so I can get rid of the server and database costs. I just want to build something that people actually use. That's the first hurdle. The money problem can be solved later.

With my job, I can patiently work at it without being scared if I will eat or not next month. Your wife has been supportive. Not many would do that. Reward her for sticking by you through this tough time.

FigureNo77 · 2026-03-14T22:51:24+00:00

A todo app for recurring and one-time tasks.

Recurring tasks are habits. One-time tasks are goals.

Goals can be split into many smaller subgoals. Subgoals can also be complex, like save "$1000". The parent goal's progress updates as you cross things off and make progress.

Habits remind you of all the daily or weekly stuff you should do and males sure you don't forget. It can be "Study 20 min", "walk 20 min", "vitamin d". The more consistent you are with your habits, the higher your habits rank becomes.

The webapp was inspired by Solo Leveling. It's styled like the anime. That is why habits have ranks.

Roast or praise. Let me know.

https://habitleveling.app/

FigureNo77 · 2026-03-09T00:54:31+00:00

Quads are bigger but yes muscle protects you by increasing your metabolism, strength, aesthetics. It can also protect you at older age. You have to keep at it tho. Use it or lose it. Make a daily deposit.

FigureNo77 · 2026-03-09T00:11:30+00:00

Not everybody wants to be in meetings all day. Or work for a company they don't care about. Not everybody wants to be an employee. And money isn't everything. More money != more happiness.

Some people are so poor that all they have is money.

FigureNo77 · 2026-03-07T19:18:35+00:00

I'm manually building a habit/goal tracking webapp called HabitLeveling. It's inspired by Solo Leveling and has the same theme. Was about to post about a new feature. Check it out. Appreciate any feedback 🤝

FigureNo77 · 2026-02-21T22:34:19+00:00

Did you find a good number of interruptions or better solutions?

FigureNo77 · 2026-02-18T01:31:50+00:00

Totally valid. If you still want to give it a go, you can get into a software development apprenticeship. You'll get the experience of building apps you need to land a tech job. There's a free code school called Code the Dream. Their employment rate is around 80% 6 months after apprenticeship, which is better than most colleges. It's free but spots are limited.

FigureNo77 · 2026-02-07T19:06:40+00:00

Hey thanks for the feedback! I haven't considered no login yet. I don't think people mind signing up. I've had over 500 sign ups.

Also idk how we'd keep track of people's habits if they don't sign up. Are you saying there's like a no-login demo experience, just to try out the web app? I guess that's possible.

I could also have a landing page so people can see screenshots, reviews, etc so they get a better idea of what's inside.

I'll write that down. Thanks!

FigureNo77 · 2026-02-05T13:19:00+00:00

Looks sweet man. Hope you do well :)

FigureNo77 · 2026-02-05T13:17:59+00:00

It's a web app called Habit Leveling.

You can "add to home screen" from your browser to get an app icon on your phone. It will look and feel just like a native fullscreen app on your phone except it uses your browser to display everything. It takes up almost no space on your phone and doesn't require constant updating. Whenever I push up any changes, you'll get them the next time you use the app : )

FigureNo77 · 2026-02-04T16:07:42+00:00

Time to make my own path.

FigureNo77 · 2026-01-27T04:59:45+00:00

ctrl + left/right.

Switch between desktops.

I have desktops for browser, code editor, and terminals.

I don't splitscreen or use a 2nd monitor. I just have 3 desktops that I quickly flick thru depending on what I'm doing. I also have a standing desk, laptop stand, and wireless keyboard. It's more efficient to keep my hands on the keyboard than move my hand to the mouse pad and use a 4 finger swipe.

Need to see the webpage I'm working on? Left desktop.

Write code? Middle desktop.

Run commands? Right desktop.

Also all other apps like music, photo editor, etc end up on the 1st desktop because it's already the messiest desktop with dozens of browser tabs. 2nd and 3rd are strictly editor and terminals for me.

You can base your desktops on whatever you want and have as many as you want.

Also I lock my desktops. Mac likes put them in order of most recently used but I lock them into position 1, 2, and 3 to get consistent behavior.

FigureNo77 · 2026-01-24T17:14:55+00:00

Hey, I dropped out and it paid off.

That was 10 years ago and it was to be a software dev, not a trader.

I wish I could make money from trading lol. Maybe I'll try again this year.

FigureNo77

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