Stuck for 2 hours trying to name a sidebar component. Not the product, not the startup. The sidebar. This is 90% of building a product no one tells you about.

There’s a special kind of pain when you build a feature nobody ends up using. But that’s how you earn taste. Keep going.

Comfort sneaks in with success and slows you down. Set one daily non-negotiable task and finish it no matter what. Staying consistent beats staying cozy.

The best way to build something people want: Solve one problem so clearly that they don’t need to ask what it does. No elaborate onboarding. No 2-minute demo video. Just an instant “oh, yes.”

AI won’t take your job. Your mid-tier skills will. Being “decent” isn’t enough anymore. AI is exposing everyone who was average all along. The good news is this isn’t the end. Treat AI as a tool, not a competitor, and you can upgrade from average to exceptional.

“what do users want?” start with: – faster – simpler – less thinking required

Most “feedback” isn’t feedback. It’s just people trying not to hurt your feelings. If it sounds polite, vague, or delayed, then it’s useless. The best feedback is always hard to hear. That's how you know it's real.

Success usually looks like repetition.

99% of startup advice will stop working the moment you actually start building. “Talk to users.” “Ship fast.” “Solve a real problem.” Sounds great until no one replies and no one signs up. And you're staring at your screen wondering if any of this is gonna work out. The

building a product is 90% learning. if you’re not humbled daily, you’re not close enough to the user.

PMF in the AI era isn’t just: “does it work?” It’s: - does it still work after 10 weird edge cases? - do users trust it to do the thinking for them? - does it quietly disappear into the workflow? if yes, you’re close. if not, you’re building a toy.

I’ve seen it 100 times!! A product starts clean, clear, and sharp. Six months later, it’s a cluttered mess of good ideas. Every startup falls into the same trap: they confuse adding value with adding features. You launch something simple. It clicks. People love it. Then one

Looking to connect to people who’ve tried using AI to automate customer support. If that’s you (or almost you), drop a “👋” and I’ll DM. No sales. Just want to get some insights!

With AI is easy to prototype Hard to keep useful Even harder to retain users Most of the work is: - Prompt engineering - Guardrails - UX that hides the weirdness The “AI” part is 10% of the product. The real challenge is everything around it.

90% of people “learning to code” never make it past Tutorial #3. It’s not motivation you lack. It’s a deadline with consequences. Give yourself one weekend, one tiny project, and one friend who’ll hold you accountable if you bail. You can move faster than ever with AI now.

If a feature flops, you might think: “Users didn’t need it.” Sometimes that’s true. But more often, it's either buried, unclear, or lacking context. “Low usage” doesn’t always mean “wrong idea.”

Everyone’s chasing “smart AI” Few are building “useful AI” Smart gets attention Useful gets retained You don’t need a breakthrough model You need a boring product that works every time

same. scrolling is a trap. i used to jump into every debate, now i just log off, build, and let the work do the talking weekends = “offline mode” for me. no drama, no takes. just progress. funny how much more i get done when i stop trying to win the internet

the hottest new programming language? english not kidding most folks still obsess over syntax, but the real game is knowing how to ask for what you want prompt engineering > code memorization if you can explain it clearly, you can build it faster than ever before that’s the

Your first 50 users aren’t about scale They’re about obsession Get obsessed with their feedback How they use it What they don’t say Product-market fit starts with 1 user who keeps coming back