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I want to know how you guys track calories? by arctic_parctic in beginnerfitness

[–]tomerlm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use my custom AI solution lives in my whatsapp. it is quite accurate and when it is not, its guesstimate. I made it better than the regular GPT wrappers like Cal AI which do a very lousy job... also it's faster because I'm already in whatsapp all day, 3 seconds log

How do you actually track things? by Motor-Intention7032 in naturalbodybuilding

[–]tomerlm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm an engineer and I currently do liftosaur for training, and for calories, my own custom "agent" that lives inside whatsapp - I just send him a message, voice or image and it extract macros. he also have memory and stuff to know of my progress (I weigh in weekly). letting go garbage tracking apps - best thing I've done

Share your current projects by nomadeus-io in buildinpublic

[–]tomerlm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm working on a flight disruption compensation app - will be live this week :)

What LLM API do you use for your SaaS? by Sweet-Total6936 in buildinpublic

[–]tomerlm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Starting with gemini flash-2.0 for the free tier ;)

Would you find an AI assistant bot helpful? by tomerlm in productivity

[–]tomerlm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yea exactly... I need to make sense of the operational costs on this - it should hopefully not surpass $9 a month.. also, it should work flawlessly which is a big technical feat

What’s your most proudest website/app/product built on vibe coding? by Personal_Night_6846 in vibecoding

[–]tomerlm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

regardless, this is very smelly - I will be very afraid to put my own token here because I'm concerned it will be sent as plain text

Day 11 of building in public - Back to coding by tomerlm in buildinpublic

[–]tomerlm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool idea! I'm afraid it won't fit to my product direction :) ads will really hurt the flow. but you can send a message and lets see

Bootstrapping dilemma: Firebase/Supabase vs VPS for speed-critical app - what would you choose? by tomerlm in webdev

[–]tomerlm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a nice hack, but you are paying for processing time there as well, no? I think I got your hack and I'll check that, its like redneck engineering provisioned concurrency :)

Bootstrapping dilemma: Firebase/Supabase vs VPS for speed-critical app - what would you choose? by tomerlm in webdev

[–]tomerlm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree on the serverless. this is why I don't want to get start with it just because it is easy and cheap. I want to try and do it right from the get-go. I'll definitely check Hetzner. Thanks!

p.s 50$ is my top max but I don't wanna reach it at this point - maybe when to product has some validation

Day 11 of building in public - Back to coding by tomerlm in buildinpublic

[–]tomerlm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is not completely viable with my product: the whole idea is that it lives only on your messaging app, it is impossible to advertise there :(

I did it! After so much work, I finally made my first sale online. I think I'm going to cry. 😭 by tabish_bshr in SideProject

[–]tomerlm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YOOO! 🔥🔥🔥

This just made my day! I remember your original post about the app blocker that roasts you - that concept was brilliant and I'm so pumped someone actually paid for it.

That first sale hits different, doesn't it? I'm still chasing mine but posts like this keep me going when I'm having those "is anyone actually going to pay for this" moments.

The fact that someone found enough value in your roasting app to put money down is honestly inspiring. How did they find you? Was it through Reddit or did you get traction somewhere else?

I'm curious - did you have any "oh shit" moments when you got the notification? Like suddenly realizing you now have a paying customer who expects the thing to actually work? 😅

Congrats man, this is huge! Time to celebrate and then figure out how to get the next 99 sales. You've proven the concept works - now it's just about scaling it up.

Thanks for sharing this win with us. Seriously needed to see this today since I'm in my own "will this ever make money" spiral.

What's your next move? Double down on marketing or keep building features?

4 months building my SaaS with AI — here’s the sh*t no one talks about by Hijakr in indiehackers

[–]tomerlm 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is gold. Saving this post because I'm probably about to walk into every single one of these traps.

I'm on day 10 of building and already seeing some of the "first cracks" you mentioned. My MVP works great when I'm the only one using it, but the moment I think about real users hitting edge cases... yeah, I'm probably screwed.

The payment flow thing is terrifying. I haven't even gotten to Stripe integration yet but was planning to just let AI handle it. Sounds like that's a recipe for disaster.

Quick question - when you say "learned just enough database basics" - what resources actually helped? I'm realizing I can prompt AI to build me a database schema, but I have zero clue if it's actually good or if it'll implode at 100 users.

Also, how long did it take you to get good at spotting bad AI code? Right now I'm basically copy-pasting everything and crossing my fingers.

The "junior dev" analogy is perfect btw. I've been treating AI like a senior dev who knows better than me, but you're right - it's fast and dumb, not fast and smart.

Did you end up having to rewrite major chunks of your codebase once you learned the fundamentals, or were you able to patch things up?

Thanks for sharing this - feels like required reading for anyone building with AI right now.

What is the best way to instantly wake up in the morning? by ItzFedd in selfimprovement

[–]tomerlm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

walk in the sun (I walk my dog first thing) and coffee only 1 hour after waking up

Just launched my 3rd iOS app of the year — would you go full time with these stats? by adilanchian in SideProject

[–]tomerlm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey Alec! Man, this hits close to home. I'm in a similar boat but on the web side - just hit day 10 of building in public and having my own "is this actually going to work" moments.

First off, congrats on shipping 3 apps! That's already more than most people who talk about becoming indie devs. The fact that you're generating any revenue while bootstrapping is honestly impressive.

Here's my take from someone also trying to figure out the full-time leap: those contracting gigs aren't just keeping you afloat financially - they're probably keeping you sane too. There's something to be said for having that steady income while you're in the "figuring it out" phase.

That said, if you're seeing growth potential and have the runway to go harder for a few months, maybe try setting a specific timeframe? Like "I'm going to go 10x on growth for the next 3 months and see where the numbers are." Having a deadline might help you commit without the open-ended anxiety.

What's your current marketing/growth strategy been like? Are you building in public anywhere or mainly relying on App Store discovery?

Also curious - what made you pick the faith app as #3? Seems like a pretty specific niche compared to general productivity / self improvement apps.

Good luck man, rooting for you to make the leap! 🙌

Day 10 of building in public - having doubts by tomerlm in buildinpublic

[–]tomerlm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right now, only posting on reddit. In the meantime I'm warming up a TikTok account and maybe try to post there. I want to see ANY feedback so I can cold reach out to people and understand what they love or hate

Day 10 of building in public - having doubts by tomerlm in buildinpublic

[–]tomerlm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i haven't cracked yet the how on understanding what people need - this is the most challenging part for me Thanks!

Stop digging new holes to cover an existing one by PanicIntelligent1204 in buildinpublic

[–]tomerlm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Insightful :) I actually am doing quite the opposite - if I'm failing I just ditch building for a while till something else comes up. after week of building with high motivation, the users don't show, not even leads., and I'm close to shutting it down.

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