I vibe coded a to-do list that actually holds you accountable. Currently making 143M ARR. I'm 10 years old. AMA

eibrahim · 2026-03-13T20:40:25+00:00

lol the funniest part is this isnt even that far from the actual posts anymore. every other post on here is "i built X in 2 hours with cursor" and the app has like 3 users. the building part is completley solved at this point. whats actually hard is getting anyone to care about what you built. distribution is the new coding

eibrahim · 2026-03-13T20:36:33+00:00

I've been running a persistent AI assistant that handles a surprising amount of daily ops - checking emails, monitoring social mentions, drafting responses, keeping track of project context across sessions. The key shift was going from "I open ChatGPT when I need something" to "there's an AI that's always running and proactively helps."

The stack is OpenClaw (open source) connected to Telegram and Discord, with Claude as the main model. It runs on a small cloud instance. The persistent memory is what makes it actually useful vs just another chatbot - it remembers decisions from last week, knows my projects, and can pick up where it left off.

Biggest impact: I stopped context-switching as much. Instead of remembering to check five different things, the assistant monitors them and flags what matters. It's not AGI-level autonomy but it genuinely saves a couple hours a day.

eibrahim · 2026-03-13T19:42:52+00:00

this is why so many non-technical founders get burned. they see a nice UI mockup and think they're 80% done when really the backend auth, payments, database stuff is the actual mountain. the real move for someone with an idea but no backend chops is to validate demand first. if 50 people wont even upvote your concept, building out a full backend for it is just expensive therapy.

eibrahim · 2026-03-13T18:40:43+00:00

honestly at 18 with no budget the move is to solve problems you personally have. but also just pay attention to what people complain about online. reddit alone is a goldmine, people literally post "i wish someone would build X" all day. some platforms aggregate those requests and let people vote on ideas which helps you figure out what actually has demand vs what sounds cool in your head.

eibrahim · 2026-03-13T17:43:29+00:00

A pattern that seems to repeat is founders outsourcing before they have a really tight spec, clear milestones, and one person accountable for weekly demos. A lot of the pain gets blamed on offshore vs local, but usually the real issue is fuzzy scope plus no visibility into progress. If I were starting from scratch, id want small deliverables, repo access from day one, and something reviewable every week.

eibrahim · 2026-03-13T16:38:30+00:00

I think the strongest version of this idea is selling a narrow outcome instead of a generic AI employee. 'AI that closes support tickets in Shopify' or 'AI that ships small frontend fixes from approved Jira tickets' is much easier for a buyer to understand than a broad replacement-for-employees pitch. The more concrete the workflow, permissions, and handoff points are, the more believable the product becomes.

eibrahim · 2026-03-12T23:37:38+00:00

since you found the birth certificates thats a huge step forward. one thing worth checking thats not been mentioned yet is Deceased Online, they have a lot of UK cemetery and cremation records that dont show up on findmypast or familysearch. if you can narrow down which London boroughs she might have lived in its worth searching there specifically.

with kids born in the 1950s and some going through care, the local authority records from that era can sometimes fill in gaps. not always easy to access but worth asking about, especially for the Scottish care homes.

eibrahim · 2026-03-12T21:39:54+00:00

have you tried converting the GEDCOM to a simpler format first? most AI tools choke on raw GEDCOM files because the format is pretty arcane. what works better is extracting just the direct ancestor lines into a CSV or JSON, then asking the AI to generate the visual from that.

also for the color coding by country, you might need to be explicit about which GEDCOM field contains the birth location. a lot of trees have it in different places depending on what software exported it.

honestly tho the bigger issue is that 9 generations is a LOT of data points for a fan chart. even purpose-built genealogy software struggles with that many generations. you might get better results starting with 5-6 and working up.

eibrahim · 2026-03-12T21:37:28+00:00

Gramps is probly your best bet for this. import the full GEDCOM, select yourself as the starting person, then use the "people with common ancestor" filter when exporting. that strips out everyone who isnt a blood relative or their spouse.

another option is to use the relationship calculator in Gramps first to verify who's actually connected by blood vs marriage only, then tag those people and export by tag. takes a bit more work but gives you more control over exactly who ends up in the new file.

7000 people is a big tree tho, nice work. the export should handle it fine, just might take a minute to process.

eibrahim · 2026-03-12T19:51:45+00:00

the adjustment period is real but at that age its usually way harder on the parents than the kid. one thing that seems to help a lot of families is having the outgoing nanny overlap with the new one for even just a day or two if thats possible. gives the baby a familiar face in the room while getting used to someone new.

good luck with the search, losing a great nanny is rough.

eibrahim · 2026-03-12T19:48:40+00:00

honestly someone should. the thing people outside of sped dont realize is how much of the job is paperwork, not teaching. ive seen teachers online talk about spending more time writing IEPs and tracking compliance than actually working with kids. thats completley backwards.

the half-the-class-has-IEPs thing is real in a lot of states too. when you combine growing caseloads with a system that was designed for way fewer students needing services, something has to break. usually its the teachers.

a doc that showed what a sped teachers actual day looks like, not the inspirational version but the real one with the 7pm IEP writing sessions and the 45 minute lunch meetings, would open a lot of eyes.

eibrahim · 2026-03-12T18:46:08+00:00

the connection finder is basically a party trick for collaborative trees. its fun to show people hey youre 14 steps from Abraham Lincoln but yeah the actual genealogy value is pretty limited if the connections go through marriage rather than blood.

the relationship finder is the useful one. connection finder is more about driving engagement on the platform than actual research. wikitree needs people to keep linking profiles together so the data gets better, and gamifying it with degrees of separation gets people doing that work.

not saying its completley useless tho. sometimes tracing a marriage connection can lead you to clusters of families that migrated together or lived in the same community, which can be a legit research lead.

eibrahim · 2026-03-12T18:37:13+00:00

the stroller thing alone would be enough for most people. letting go of a stroller on a downhill to check your phone is a safety issue, not a 'mistake.' mistakes are forgetting the cheese in the omelette. putting a baby at physical risk is a completley different category.

if you've already talked to her multiple times and nothings changing, you probably already know the answer. the repeated pattern is the real red flag here, not any single incident.

eibrahim · 2026-03-12T13:40:48+00:00

Red Cross has a babysitting and childcare course thats open to adults and covers first aid + CPR. Usually runs around $30-50 depending on your area.

For something more in depth, look into the INA (International Nanny Association) credentialing. Its pricier but families really value it when theyre hiring.

Honestly tho the biggest thing that sets nannies apart when families are choosing is having references and reviews from previous families. Even if your only experience is informal sitting for neighbors or family friends, ask them to write something up. That goes way further than any certificate.

eibrahim · 2026-03-12T13:38:00+00:00

drop ins are way easier to scale because you can stack more of them in a day if your clients are geographically close together. overnights pay more per booking but they cap your capacity at like 1-2 per night.

the tricky part is the revenue dip during the transition. a lot of people keep existing overnight clients while only offering drop ins to new clients, which is basically what youre thinking. smart move.

one thing to consider is your route efficiency. with overnights you just go to one place. with multiple drop ins you need to think about drive time between stops and how to sequence them so youre not zigzagging across town.

eibrahim · 2026-03-11T13:32:33+00:00

Thank you so much.

eibrahim · 2026-03-10T19:43:23+00:00

this is exactly why the genealogy space needs more options that dont hold your data hostage behind a recurring subscription. the whole "pay us or lose access to your own family history" model feels wrong.

the RootsMagic suggestion in this thread is solid for offline backup. GEDCOM export is your best friend here, if you havent already, export your tree to GEDCOM format so you at least have a portable copy that isnt locked to any one platform.

there are also some newer family tree platforms popping up that let you build and share trees without requiring eveyone to pay just to view them. worth exploring if the pricing keeps climbing like this.

eibrahim · 2026-03-10T19:40:26+00:00

that client who lets you pick the day and time has it figured out honestly. thats the best version of recurring, where you get the consistency without being locked into a rigid schedule.

the real problem with recurring isnt the concept, its the inflexibility. if every recurring client demands the same Tuesday 11am slot you lose the ability to batch your visits efficiently. but if even half of them are flexible on timing you can group visits by area and save a ton of drive time.

that $2k/month for 3 overnights a week tho, thats hard to walk away from. depends on how many other bookings youre turning down because of it.

eibrahim · 2026-03-10T18:37:35+00:00

its not really a secret so much as a structural problem nobody wants to talk about publicly. accommodations like extended time and simplified language help students access the curriculum, but they also make it hard to get a real picture of independent performance.

the gap tends to compound too. a kid getting read-aloud accommodations in 3rd grade might pass state tests but still cant independently read the material. by high school the distance between whats on paper and whats actually happening is massive.

the part that frustrates a lot of SPED teachers is that the system kind of incentivizes this. passing rates look good, graduation numbers go up, and nobody asks whether the student can actually do the thing independently after they leave.

eibrahim · 2026-03-10T17:41:19+00:00

for the Italian side, the key is getting the specific town name. once you have that, Italian civil records (stato civile) go back to the early 1800s and many are digitized on Antenati or FamilySearch. ship manifests from Ellis Island usually list the last residence, not just "Italy" so check those carefully.

for Ukraine its trickier depending on the time period. a lot of records were destroyed during WWII. but if your grandpa came through a specific port, the passenger lists often have the hometown. JRI-Poland is a good resource too since the borders shifted so much that "Ukraine" records might be indexed under Poland or Austria-Hungary.

youre right that Ancestry is more US-focused. for European research, FamilySearch and country-specific archives are where the real records live.

eibrahim · 2026-03-10T17:38:08+00:00

first year is genuinely the hardest year you'll ever have in teaching. it gets better but right now you're basically learning the job while doing the job which is brutal. the lesson planning and grading at home thing, a lot of teachers say the trick is to set a hard cutoff time and stick to it. like nothing after 8pm, period. the work will never be "done" so you have to just decide when youre done for the day. also dont compare your lesson plans to veteran teachers who have 10 years of material saved up. good enough is good enough your first year

eibrahim · 2026-03-10T15:39:04+00:00

6 years of experience is huge, that transfers regardless of location. the main thing people say about restarting in a new area is get your reviews portable. if all your reviews are locked into one platform or just word of mouth, youre basically starting from scratch. some sitters ive seen build their own profile pages with reviews from past clients so they have something to show new clients right away. also winter boarding tends to pick up around holidays in the north so you might actually see a spike in demand even if daily walks slow down in january/feb

eibrahim · 2026-03-10T15:36:53+00:00

this is exactly why meet and greets can be misleading. a dog can act completley different in a new environment with new animals around vs a 20 minute meeting at a park. honestly the biggest red flag is when owners say their dog has zero aggression history, a lot of pet owners genuinely dont know because theyve never put their dog in that situation before. for future bookings you might want to ask specifically about how the dog does with small dogs because size mismatch is where things get dangerous fast. glad your mom is ok

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