Tamara Martinović

I started coding at 37 after spending 10+ years in academia as a molecular biologist. By accident. No grand plan. No childhood prodigy story. Just curiosity, a laptop, and the extremely dangerous discovery that making computers do things is addictive 😊

@MartinTale You go Martin!!!! I'll never forget the feeling I had after running 5km for the first time ever. I cried like a baby for 30min. I could not believe I had done it. I had been a couch potato previously. Once I pushed trough those 5, I new I'd do 20 one day. And I did 😉

First 20km EVER!!! 🥳🎉 I'm ready Half Marathon now 💪

@acadictive I love the sunglasses, I'm guessing you have a daughter? :) My husband is at the beach at this very moment with our daughter, while I'm enjoying some quite time doing what I love best, building :)

Weekdays: builder mode. Weekends: parent mode.

A few days ago, I shipped a small quiz. 20 questions, 30 seconds each, a check on how well you actually understand the AI tools you use every day. I expected a few friends to humor me. Instead, 164 developers took the quiz 🤯 Which on are you? 👇 vibeordev.com

@SeanOHannahan I've heard this sentence many times. That means it must be true. I'll obey 🙂

@CodeWithTamara Treat your first customer like royalty. They are your future marketing department.

I just landed my first paying customer 🤑🤑🤑 200€, it feels like 20000 🤣 I still don't have the money, so I won't celebrate too early, but damn I feel good 😁

@mubeenchatthaa Can you believe it!

@CodeWithTamara those fb groups are still working 🤯

I launched my app less than 2 days ago. Posted in several FB groups. Got one client in the pipeline, and a second one asked me to contact them. The best part: it's a family run tourist agency that has over 50 apartments on the island Krk 🤑 My product must be damn good 😎

@nickventuri But I already live on it 😀 If you'd like, you can come and stay instead 😉

@CodeWithTamara sounds like you just secured some cheap summer accommodation on krk island 😂

@Jbm_dev Carpe diem is my moto! Who knows what the future will bring!

is anyone else's entire business plan just: "keep going and find out" things change so fast it's wild

Building the app was the easy part. Finding someone locally who can print a decent QR stand or a fridge magnet with a QR code is impossible. I might have to order them online and wait for delivery. Can anyone recommend a website where I could order these from? Europe, please.

@KevinFengX I found my ikigai 3 years ago when I discovered programming. I still don't like waking up before 8 😂

I wake up at 5:30 every day with no alarm. Not because I'm "grinding." Not because of hustle culture. Not so I can take cold shower #2169. I do it because I'm building something I'm excited about. If you haven't found that thing yet, please... Go find that thing.

@m_illiyin It is, isn't it 😎

@CodeWithTamara Thats so cool

@jessyka_boat Nah, I just got very lucky 😀

@CodeWithTamara Girl!!! That’s freaking awesome. You are a gorilla with marketing

@CadenBurleson @eliana_jordan I just got lucky with these groups I believe! Got banned on Reddit too!

@eliana_jordan @CodeWithTamara Yea insta ban for me as well in discord, reddit, and FB…

@AndresDefi Exactly, one app per island basically. Thank you, I will!

@CodeWithTamara Gotchu, so its more so catered to a specific area Really like the concept! Keep us updated as to how it all develops!

@dramaricic Thanks! This particular app was no hard work though, easy peasy. But I like to think that all the hard work I've done in the past 3 years (career change) had lead me to this 😊

@CodeWithTamara Incredible start! It's so rewarding when your hard work pays off this quickly. Keep up the amazing momentum!

@Anas_founder Thanks Anas, means a lot!

@CodeWithTamara Congrats tamara🍀

@catocino_ I think I've bought 10 domains in the past 6 months, and never launched anything, except for my vibeordev.com quiz. For this project, I decided not to buy one in advance, to stop spending money for no good reason. I guess I'm gonna buy one tomorrow 😊

@CodeWithTamara amazing - but why not use a custom domain? 😅

@eliana_jordan Thanks @eliana_jordan! I was lucky that the local Croatian tourism groups I posted too do not have any rules for posting. I got banned from Reddit though 😂

@CodeWithTamara Congrats tamara! I got banned in every fb group or post got removed to post links! How did you manage that

@iamcenks I remember an episode of Black Books when Bernard wrote a children's book so good that he destroyed it not to become famous and have to deal with paparazzi and spotlight all the time. You can always delete your account 🤣

200+ replies on my posts this week. sounds like the dream. honestly? i’m drowning. i try to answer every single one like a human. some only get a like and i feel guilty about it. worst part: the small circle i talk to daily is getting buried under new names. if you’ve grown past this — how did you handle it? genuinely asking.

@FlowHaa Reminded me of Breaking Bad 🤣

That's how a happy (or crazy?!) indie hacker in the middle of nowhere looks like 👀 I now already visited every Australian state and it has been an amazing journey so far 🤩 I still build Huebert on the side and would love to see it grow soon 🚀

@FilipPanoski My favorite 🤣

@CodeWithTamara source: trust me bro

95% of SaaS products never make a single dollar. so if you've made even $1? you're already ahead of almost everyone who ever tried. most people quit before the first dollar. the ones who don't quit are the only ones left to win. keep going.