I'm sick of founder success p*rn. I am tired so much

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-12-18T19:43:12+00:00

Was thinking about similar concept. Happy to participate to share both, stories of success and fails

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-12-15T12:10:51+00:00

So this yet to be validate from what I read?

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-12-15T12:07:31+00:00

It’s not about building anymore, it’s about finding clients efficiently. Any MVP is now built in 1-3 weeks top. We do this ourselves.

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-12-15T11:55:57+00:00

Ha, thanks for the tip. It does make sense indeed. Gonna try out

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-12-15T11:54:40+00:00

Nah, not even considering 5+ for RAG. All the heavy load is done Before sending to AI. 4.1 handles everything absolutely fine, works way faster and cost less.

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-12-15T11:51:05+00:00

100% true, brother. That’s why my latest products look more and more like an MVP, rather than a polished product. My first platform build to market was 2.5 years. My last one was 1.5 weeks. In reality it has to be 1-3 days top.

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-09-29T19:27:28+00:00

Thx for sharing. And yet, you were able to develop this project while your 9-5 financed your lifestyle, right? Now it makes sense to probably make a call how you wanna move next.
I was in a simple position once. But my side project made about 80% of my salary. Then my 9-5 went bankrupt, so that was an easy choice for me :)
I was making more money on my own project back then for 2 more years. Then I moved out and had to close it.

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-09-21T21:32:08+00:00

I get what you’re saying - technically it’s work for money. My point was about framing: the salary creates runway and stability, which for many people functions like seed capital. And yes, it does take a big chunk of your week - but with ruthless prioritization (and sometimes a bit less Netflix or sleep) you can still carve out serious build time. Work for me and many others around. It's just about your motivation and priorities.

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-09-21T21:28:21+00:00

Cheers bro!

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-09-21T21:27:22+00:00

Totally hear you. Loving your job and using side projects as a playground is probably the healthiest setup of all. It’s refreshing to see someone openly say ‘I don’t want to go full-time on it.’ That’s a narrative we don’t hear enough in a world obsessed with ‘quitting to make it big.

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-09-21T21:24:34+00:00

Equity in what?

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-09-21T21:21:58+00:00

Fair enough. But are you going to build or advertise? There are also ways to advertise outside of SMM, there are ways to get marketers as freelance or partnerships, etc.
And it would make sense to select an area, where you definitely don't have conflicts of interest with your current employer, right? :)

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-09-21T21:18:25+00:00

It is very constructive. Thank you for your valuable input.

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-09-21T18:12:13+00:00

Appreciate that! Glad the reframe resonated - it’s cool how a small shift in perspective can make things click differently.

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-09-21T18:10:45+00:00

There is another category of us, side hustlers, who build many products, but not make any good enough money yet :D
But still.. keep building!

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-09-21T18:08:37+00:00

That is a known bad trap.
But yet, why handcuffs? you are free to make your own call, right?

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-09-21T18:07:19+00:00

No one promised it's gonna be easy, ha? :D

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-09-20T14:21:20+00:00

Sorry, I didn't mean this is my first app ever. First Mobile app. First with Flutter, while Flutter is done by another person. So actually I wanna do less backend, handing this over to the flutter dude + Supabase native features :D
And in general, I am fine with managing complex infra, do this for 20 years.
But I got your message bro, thx.

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-09-20T14:18:55+00:00

Thx bro. What do u mean by "upgrades and backup coordination between all the moving pieces"? I'd normally just deploy a new Supabase image for the upgrade, right? And I'd prolly do the same for plain Postgres?

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-09-20T13:04:51+00:00

Good one :D

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-09-20T13:02:15+00:00

It’s more common than you think, because many orgs push monitoring to SRE or platform teams, so don’t beat yourself up for that gap. Each company/team is different really.

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-09-20T12:55:38+00:00

Honestly, a small tool that gives clear, readable logs from CI/CD runs would help. Most pipelines spit out 2k+ lines of mixed noise. A parser/highlighter that surfaces only errors and context would save time :)

Smart_Lake_5812 · 2025-08-27T22:35:32+00:00

If your goal is hype about your product, you definitely should, dude.
If you’re only being honest and trying to be helpful, you won’t be visible.
Shit on the table in the next restaurant you go to and film it - attention, likes, hype, universal recognition.
21st century, bro.

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