Thoughts on building products, indie making, and the journey of being a solopreneur.
From chasing overseas markets to building for a real user on day one. Why pivoting to solve a real-world inventory problem inspired Talk2Stock—and why distribution is the next big challenge.
What happens when an AI agent deletes your production data? Why software engineering jobs aren't disappearing, but the easy coding jobs absolutely are
A case study on the shift from traditional apps to conversational AI, demonstrating how a production-ready e-commerce backend was built via Telegram and NocoDB in just one week for $39/month.
Scaling development with Kimi K2.5 and Kimi Claw. A CTO’s approach to onboarding an AI agent as a formal team member for autonomous bug fixes and GitHub PR workflows.
One month after launching with zero users, I am documenting the shift from building deterministic systems to the unpredictable world of marketing. After realizing X is mostly for builders, I am pivoting to Reddit to find my actual audience. This is the reality of the indie maker grind.
On paper, 2025 should have been a great year for me. I had a steady salary and some freelance income on the side. But in reality, I spent most of the year feeling financially "stuck." Every time I checked my banking app, the number looked okay, but I felt like I couldn't move forward. I wasn't getting poorer, but I wasn't getting ahead either.
A transparent 2025 year-in-review of a 7-year developer and CTO transitioning into solopreneurship. From Shopify plugins to AI agents built with Claude 4.5 and Windsurf, this article explores the "Builder’s Trap"—how 1,255 GitHub commits resulted in $0 revenue and why coding speed doesn't guarantee business success.
One simple question at the Chiang Mai Digital Nomad Summit made me pause: what if I could work differently? This moment lit my first candlelight in Solojourn