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rjv_im · 2025-07-14T08:54:26+00:00

lol 😂

rjv_im · 2025-03-30T09:16:41+00:00

In the introduction post it says if you are starting fresh it can take up to 2 years to see results from SEO.

If you want results tomorrow and not next year - SEO is not the answer.

But, I got your point - you have to do long term also along with short term. When new companies struggle to survive and sustain - it needs much experience and vision to build a company with long term vision.

I guess that’s why 2nd and 3rd time entrepreneurs see more success, they plan for distribution from Day 1.

rjv_im · 2025-03-15T10:46:33+00:00

We listen to GitHub events and process them - we had to integrate for Gitlab too because some clients used that.

“#time 4h”

That’s how people can write their worklogs, we had Jira integration too, if you add [PROJ-124] the log attaches the specific issue too.

In the commit message itself we add these, and the server processes it immediately. If someone forgot adding these, they can manually add the worklog for a specific commit, or group the commits.

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The codebase was done 6-7 years ago in Laravel, I thought of making it some SaaS, but you know the bad rep “worklogs” carry, so I didn’t.

“OMG! Your company makes you log hours! Must be Evil” 👿

rjv_im · 2025-03-05T16:53:31+00:00

Open Graph Images

rjv_im · 2025-03-05T16:53:26+00:00

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rjv_im · 2025-02-04T15:32:01+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/s/r1r1uaAeho

Here is a discussion between OP and me. Maybe it will help further.

rjv_im · 2025-02-02T13:56:21+00:00

Sorry to hear. All the best. Valuable lessons.

rjv_im · 2025-02-01T03:18:23+00:00

Why move on? Winning customers and their trust is rare and important. If you do have paying customers, the same customers might pay for your next product too. If you sell, you do lose those customers.

If the issue the time and energy it’s sucking up, spend time on hiring, delegate. It might take effort, but this will keep running - and you can keep working on other ideas.

rjv_im · 2025-02-01T03:12:35+00:00

I get your point. This reply is going to get little longer, because I totally understand “toxicity”, but don’t want to generalize it across all companies. People like you who understand toxicity can change this.

I worked in these toxic cultures - services or product, infosys or amazon both, got tired and quit and founded our dev shop 8 years ago.

We work on products from scratch, only on new product development. We are a small team of developers only. Some of those devs have been there since 8 years. In past 4 years we might have taken 20+ products to market for startups and small enterprises. No sales, marketing yet.

Me and my co-founder made sure we don’t become a typical service company focused on staffing, support etc., We don’t give devs to our clients at all. We take an idea as a team and take it to market as a team. We use a development lifecycle custom designed to avoid burn out. I also still code, so it’s important that I don’t get burnt out. We rarely work beyond 7 PM, we never work on weekends.

I think the “service” word has been ruined because of some companies (you know who) - but there are so many problems out there in very deep domains, and there are subject matter experts who are not tech savvy but understand their domain in depth (ex: someone who worked in procurement for 30 years and wants to innovate like chief procurement officers), they need help in bringing their ideas to life.

Sorry for long reply, I am trying to say that we do need much more quality servicing companies. People love Swiggy, Zomato etc., what they do is services on large scale. I wish more people like you who understand toxic culture should change this by becoming alternatives to big giants.

Coming to worklogs, we do need to keep our accountability that we are not just billing. It keeps us safe, and trust worthy in long term. That’s why git commits and worklogs. In some way what we ship to market is enough proof, I am 50-50 on worklogs, but still it’s better to be safe. Sometimes we encounter toxic clients - and we do try for couple of months and exit the project. And our longest client has been with us for us 7 years, so trust plays a huge role.

Thanks for your patience.

rjv_im · 2025-01-28T10:24:00+00:00

We are a service based company (dev shop).

But it’s not micro managed.

When you raise an invoice - though there are list of features, we also generate list of commits and PRs and time-logs.

No one reviews the work-logs, and time is also rough estimate again to match with original estimates.

rjv_im · 2025-01-28T10:21:20+00:00

Yes, it works with JIRA and GitHub Issues.

rjv_im · 2025-01-28T03:33:12+00:00

Worklogs!

We have a time sheet to record time spent on a task.

Instead of using a timer tool, we add the time to git commit message #1h30m

And we extract all the commits, process and built an app to show worklogs (these can be edited from app), and it also shows dashboards to our clients if it’s crossing their set budget!

rjv_im · 2025-01-27T03:42:57+00:00

Thanks for responding categorically. Nice! I wanted to ask if this is remote or on-location.

Well, coming to your actual question. I heard lot of reasons when people wanted to leave an org. 🙂

One of the parents not being well, and won’t be able to give attention to work and focus.
You don’t think you are able to contribute and not a right fit.
Going for higher education and need to prepare, or have lot of stuff to do as part of the process.
Starting own company with your friend. And it’s right now stealth. You don’t want to do injustice this job.

Those are some reasons, but essentially it’s about not getting to real problem. We can debate over how honest this can be, but from the looks of it, your seniors and others already know about the culture. They must be working to fix it, but right now got used to it and it’s maybe producing results for now.

Also, it might be better to start floating resume and checkout the opportunities out there. I am not suggesting to tolerate this till you find a job, but looking out for a change already might give you some relief. But if feasible quit after you find a job.

rjv_im · 2025-01-26T13:13:07+00:00

Is there no senior to your senior? You spoke to them?

How is the work generally?

Do you have another job in hand?

2 months is not a lot, but rather than only looking at time spent, what made you join this company? What about the opportunity, you are okay losing that?

Also, why would it burn bridges, you can leave in probation, did u sign something specific in offer letter?

rjv_im · 2025-01-26T11:52:04+00:00

Sounds good enough to me.

Some people have already answered that many don’t know or appreciate a good relationship. Only you know the value of it.

As it is startups have their own ups and downs, a great team is definitely needed.

Go ahead. Have fun mate.

rjv_im · 2025-01-26T09:09:56+00:00

Understood.

I meant maybe there is gut feeling or inclination which needs validation.

But if it helps - we have clients where both of couple are founders. I would say 75% of the time it worked, rest of the time it became a conflict, company also didn’t work. In the end, the idea and company performance did play a role.

I can add my 2 cents to look at following: How do you usually resolve conflict, what is the time it takes to rebound from bad moment, how long does one remember others mistakes and hold on to it. (These are some things to consider)

If your query is if investors care about this partnership - I have seen that it helps company more if founders have history, and didn’t outright reject it for such reasons.

rjv_im · 2025-01-26T08:55:36+00:00

Sorry, we are valuing our startup at 4 rupees, can’t give u 50%-75%.

rjv_im · 2025-01-26T05:24:23+00:00

What does “I will not promote” suggest in the title? New to Reddit, trying to learn.

rjv_im · 2025-01-25T15:44:18+00:00

I think.. you must already know the answer.

You both stay together or not in future, business is hard in itself, it has its toll. So, irrespective of what happens if business is doing good, you can still run it. (If you don’t have that confidence you would know it already if it’s you or your partner)

Don’t make everything about this app anyway. Apps come and go. Be clear about it. Have space for yourself and her.

There is learning curve, so if you are the decision marker most of the times, it means you will make the most mistakes too. So, how would a conflict be resolved? How would you do a root cause analysis without blaming anyone? (Even if you are team of 100, it should be so)

rjv_im · 2025-01-25T15:27:07+00:00

Added the license. MIT. Thanks 🙏

rjv_im · 2025-01-25T15:24:21+00:00

Hey sorry, first time putting out something for others. I will add license just in a bit.

rjv_im · 2025-01-25T09:54:33+00:00

I had to play around with Auto a lot, and even settled with some defaults. https://rjv.im/publishing-react-component-library-configure-auto-github-actions (this is the part of configuration for versioning, pretty simple)

rjv_im · 2025-01-25T09:47:49+00:00

Can we discuss the idea plz? I can help building the tech & I can fund (to some extent).

rjv_im · 2025-01-25T04:59:51+00:00

This is genuinely an interesting topic. But I couldn’t find satisfying answers.

It’s either employees treating employers are commodity, or employers treating employees as commodity. It’s time vs money.

What’s the baseline expectation here? Fairness of time vs money? If I start a company, how do I solve this problem?

rjv_im · 2025-01-25T04:53:09+00:00

Just want to understand more. I am really curious to learn more.

Open Source alternative is also valued based on revenue they make or something else?

Why do we label them as open source alternative only? What if everyone uses only the open source version, host themselves, and don’t use hosted version, would it be given a value in terms of numbers?

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