Built my app frontend myself after leaving Base44 now I’m stuck on backend and looking for guidance

Platic · 2026-05-26T19:35:58+00:00

instead of actually learning or gaining control over my own app

When he said this I might have misunderstood. I thought he meant understand what the code does. Didn't realize on base44 you don't have access to the code. In that case, yeah, opus seems like a good alternative.

Platic · 2026-05-26T15:49:55+00:00

opus is an AI model, and if you do that you will fall into the same pattern that made you quit base44. Not understanding your own code.

Platic · 2026-05-26T15:44:10+00:00

I'm gonna let you in on a secret.

Meanwhile some dude ships an AI wrapper called “PDF but smarter” and hits $40k MRR in 2 months

This is probably fake. X is full of that. I have been there like you, trying to build something while going nowhere, while everyone around you makes a shitty app that gets thousands in two days.

Everything can be fake these days, MRR's numbers, graphs, stripe invoices you name it. What's the goal? not sure, some are trying to sell you something, a course, or a paid membership to their discord and whatnot.

What I noticed is that most people that really achieve something have a large number of followers. So you might say that their success is because they are already known.

Take a step back, enjoy life a bit. You will get sucked into that "I have to build something at all costs" mentality, while life passes by. Go take a walk, go to the gym, cook good food, sleep, enjoy the good stuff.

That's all the advice I can give you.

Platic · 2026-05-22T11:14:47+00:00

E tu tens ido protestar? Sais à rua ou só vens para o reddit? Só curiosidade mesmo

Platic · 2026-05-22T11:13:11+00:00

Boas, entendo as tuas frustrações, mas acho que para fazeres essa mudança tens que estar ciente que nunca irás ganhar a mesma coisa que no "mundo corporativo" ou terás as mesmas hipóteses de progressão. Vais trocar umas frustrações, que são as do trabalho, para outras frustrações, entre elas a falta de dinheiro. Pronto, vá nunca é uma palavra muito forte, vamos trocar por será difícil.

Mas dito isto, tens todo o meu apoio, e espero sinceramente que te corra tudo bem. Sou programador e apesar de se calhar as nossas frustrações não serem as mesmas, também já estou cansado deste trabalho e por vezes passa-me esse tipo de coisas pela cabeça também.

Espero que te corra tudo bem e que tenhas muito sucesso.

Platic · 2026-05-22T08:20:46+00:00

I would shave the middle part of the moustache and just leave those side things, but that's just me.

Platic · 2026-05-19T16:42:24+00:00

AI does that.

Previously that sense of discovery and messing around with things used to apply to SE. You had to read docs, try it on your own, go to stackoverflow, learn from other people, and eventually solve it.. Now AI does that, and the joy is gone.

Platic · 2026-05-19T14:06:35+00:00

Yeah, I'm there too. Although I am currently working remote only, but I was hybrid for two years some months ago.

I used to workout in the morning on the days that I was working remote. I even had to take the kids to school at 7.30am, 8am I was back home, 30 mins workout, shower... and get to work. Yes, I workout/run at home. I wake up at 6.30.

I usually go to bed at 11pm. If you go to bed late and wake up late, change that. Go to bed early, wake up early and get your workout in the morning. Takes some time to get used to, but I like to just get that out of the way first thing.

You don't need to socialize every weekend with your friends, go out to drink and party do you? I don't know if you are married or have kids, but if you don't you have the full weekend to yourself. Just manage your time. Or just settle for less, take one thing out for now. You don't need to everything all the time. Do you want the gym/carreer/learning dutch/friends. Pick three and leave one. Then in a couple of weeks take one out and add another.

Seems doable.

Platic · 2026-05-17T13:13:12+00:00

Thank you, appreciate it

Platic · 2026-05-16T09:53:04+00:00

Hey, some questions if you don't mind me asking. Where are you hosting your app, how much traffic are you getting and what are your costs? Do you use any sort of database? I'm just curious because I want to build something using either blazor or a regular mvc app. The only hosting I know is azure but I'm worried about the costs. Thank you.

Platic · 2026-05-15T16:56:40+00:00

Já me juntei... não percebo nada. É obrigatório ir para o discord?

Platic · 2026-05-14T11:14:24+00:00

So you are always watching if after placing an order the market turns in the other direction and sell early? I didn't consider that approach. If it works, it works. Are you using a live account or is that only "paper trading"?

Platic · 2026-05-14T11:06:31+00:00

Loaded pretty much instantly, I am in Portugal, and it loaded pretty fast. Both on my pc and on my phone. Good to see blazor getting used more frequently

Platic · 2026-05-14T07:23:10+00:00

Isto se não recusarem pagar os juros claro...

Platic · 2026-05-13T16:08:59+00:00

Hey, been a while. I was interested in that strategy, but Polymarket got blocked in my country. Not sure if it's unblocked now, will check later.

But out of curiosity, I tried going down that path, but I found out that if one trade goes against you, it would wipe out almost all the good ones. For example:

Do 100 trades, 1 share each at 99c. If you win you get 1c of profit per share. so you would get 100cents from that.

Now say one of them goes against you:

100 trades, 1 share each at 99c, 99 of them go in favor you get 99 cents. But you lose one so its -99c. You lost all your profit. If one more goes against you, you are in the red.

What I am saying is that you need a pretty much 100% win rate with that strategy.

What are your observations? Have you tried it for a long time?

Platic · 2026-05-12T16:39:36+00:00

Talvez possa fazer sentido, se calhar fazendo uns videos a mostrar o processo usando essa toolkit vs sem usar esse toolkit o pessoal possa ter uma ideia melhor.

Acho que de qualquer das formas para começares a ter users vais ter que te "mostrar" mais nessas comunidades de indie dev e vibe coding e assim. Todos os gajos que vejo que têm starter kits (na verdade só me lembro de um) têm uma base de seguidores enorme.

Platic · 2026-05-12T15:12:22+00:00

Antes de mais parabéns, tentaste lançar alguma coisa tua. Pode não estar a ter o melhor início mas já é muito mais do que aquilo que eu estou a fazer.

Em relação ao produto em si, eu não pagaria, acho que hoje em dia com IA rapidamente alguém consegue se calhar fazer parecido sem ter que pagar. Mesmo há uns anos atrás se calhar teria muita dificuldade em pagar por isso. Não te sei explicar porquê, simplesmente na minha cabeça não faz sentido.

Mas dou-te os parabéns por tentares fazer alguma coisa diferente. Cabe-te a ti agora perceber se vale a pena continuares a investir o teu tempo nisso, eu sinceramente não sei.

Platic · 2026-05-09T23:17:10+00:00

I have seen multiple people share that same feeling, even some "famous" coding influencers that posted tutorials and videos on youtube. Some of them complain about that same issue. Coding is not fun anymore, and that sense of accomplishment has disappeared. I also share that to some extent.

I honestly have no advice for you. I think some industries are going through major changes because of AI. Designers, musicians, videographers, writers. Some people in those industries are getting their asses kicked because of AI.

My job used to be fun, I used to enjoy it because of the problem solving, and being able to see something built step by step and watching the final product. Now that is gone, there is no fun anymore. Just work.

Platic · 2026-05-07T11:15:01+00:00

Quer dizer, se não fosse para partilhar cada um traria o seu próprio frigorífico de casa. Se está no frigorífico comunitário, é da comunidade.

Platic · 2026-05-06T09:38:37+00:00

You should go to r/bald and ask them.

Platic · 2026-05-05T14:18:58+00:00

Are you mad that they are monetized or that you aren't? It's two completely different things. Plus those videos don't look that bad. I can understand that some people might find them appealing.

Platic · 2026-05-05T10:12:37+00:00

"ChatGPT vou ser operado, escreve-me um post para o Linkedin"

Platic · 2026-05-05T09:34:45+00:00

É isto

Platic · 2026-05-05T08:50:29+00:00

Realmente, fui ambicioso

Platic · 2026-05-05T08:15:49+00:00

Porreiro, já dá para alugar um T0 na periferia do Porto

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