Ethan

@noahinx So far, I’ve found Railway very simple and easy to use. Project setup is quick, and it’s cost-effective while the user base is still small. As usage grows, though, it may make more sense to migrate to something more scalable.

@_heyethan How do you feel working with railway by the way? I heard that they’re very cost effective

Uhm… Railway?

@noahinx It’s working again now

@_heyethan Is it working?

Rude 😭🤣

I’m not gonna comment “Hello” anymore 🤣🤣

Most people think building software is about writing good code. It isn’t. It’s about asking uncomfortable questions early. On almost every project I’ve worked on, the biggest risks weren’t technical. They were: - Unclear ownership
- Assumptions nobody challenged
- “We’ll figure it out later” decisions
- Features built before the problem was understood Early in my career, I focused on delivery. Ship fast. Meet deadlines. Keep clients happy. It looked productive. But months later, those same projects needed rewrites, workarounds, or damage control. Not because the code was bad. Because the thinking was rushed. What changed for me was being willing to slow down at the start of projects. Spending more time on:
- How this will actually be used
- Who owns what
- What happens when it breaks
- What success looks like in practice Less excitement. More clarity. It’s not glamorous. But it saves years. If you’re building something right now: Where do you feel pressure to “just move fast” instead of thinking deeper first? #softwaredevelopment #founders #productthinking #startups #consulting

Great session, goodnight 😴

Hot take 🔥 This is becoming my go-to stack for shipping fast: Next.js + Django
Redis
Postgres (Railway)
AWS SES + S3 Prototyping speed without sacrificing scale. Overkill or just right?

@BellaBaddie__ Mxit

what was the first social media platform you had??

@_Riyatwt To look mysterious, but no one looks at me 🤣

@ick_real Drugs

What prevents most people from getting rich?

@deepacodex VS Code 😌

Which code editor do you use daily?

@ick_real Thats me, I am people 🤣

Ppl who get 0 likes and still keep posting are built different.

@vivoplt In my experience, yes

Honestly, is Redis always the best choice for backend caching?

How much do you guys pay monthly to host your ASP.NET apps on Azure?

@noahinx I’m sure we will!

@_heyethan Yes, hope we have another discussion someday.

@noahinx Thank you as well, these conversations help me do better and get better too

@_heyethan Oh sounds nice. Thank u for sharing. It helps me a lot

I haven’t experienced an inherently broken API between them. In our setup, fragility usually comes from direct browser-to-Django calls - mainly CORS, auth, or unversioned API changes. We mitigate that by treating Django as a versioned API and using a proxy layer in Next.js where needed, which removes most of that fragility.

@_heyethan Thanks. How do you handle API stuff between them? According to my experience, it was fragile due to an API being broken

@iyoushetwt Python ☺️

as developer, which one do you prefer for backend ?

@noahinx I love that you’re making it easier for people to use AWS and at a way cheaper cost than a lot of these companies Sendbase on top! 🥳

That's why I built Sendbase. It connects to YOUR AWS account and handles the complexity for you. AWS pricing. Zero headache. If email costs are holding you back → getsendbase.com

I tried to send emails to 3,000 users for my app. The email service provider(ESP) wanted $30 ~ $40/month. AWS SES would cost $0.09 total. I thought, why are they so expensive? 👇