day 14/30
today's builder lesson.
your first open source contribution isn't about writing great code.
it's about learning how large teams communicate.
reading discussions.
accepting feedback.
improving your work.
the code is only half the contribution.
day 12/30
i think ai is entering a different phase.
for the last two years everyone chased bigger models.
now i'm seeing more excitement around smaller, faster, cheaper ones.
turns out most products don't need the smartest model.
they need the one users can actually afford.
@aryakceo think of it this way:
the payment provider says "payment successful."
before your server finishes saving that information, it crashes.
from the user's perspective, nothing happened, so they click "pay" again.
how do you make sure they aren't charged twice?
backend interview question.
your api creates an order.
the payment succeeds.
right before saving the order to the database,
your server crashes.
the customer refreshes and clicks "pay" again.
how would you prevent charging them twice?
Day 30 : Completed my ai revision app for developers.
Live - covalentai.vercel.app
Github - github.com/aryaksinghh/co…
This is a revision app for developers with feynman learning methods.
It has a learning engine full tuned to make your memory long term.
Make sure to checkout.
Looking to connect people on @X
if you're into
- design
- building SaaS
- vibe coding
- AI tools
- shipping in public
- figuring it out as you go
say Hi or drop what you're working on looking to follow active ones 👋
Day 30 : Completed my ai revision app for developers.
Live - covalentai.vercel.app
Github - github.com/aryaksinghh/co…
This is a AI revision app for developers with feynman learning methods.
Make sure to checkout and give star in github.
I don’t understand the argument that LLMs can’t come up with original ideas.
“It’s just trained on existing data, predicting the next token.”
How is that different than human ideation?
We’re also pattern-matching machines, influenced by our life experience.
day 11/30
today's builder lesson.
people don't pay for code.
they pay for confidence.
- confidence that it works.
- confidence that it scales.
- confidence that you'll still be there when something breaks.
writing code is only part of the job.
earning trust is the rest.
day 10/30
today's builder lesson.
i used to think writing code was the hard part.
it wasn't.
the hard part was:
> deciding what not to build.
> saying no to unnecessary features.
> keeping the product simple.
> resisting scope creep.
> shipping before perfection.
every feature has a cost.
build carefully.