drew • building

I'm learning that build in public has two paths: encouragement. or comparison. encouragement is easy to manage. comparison is subtle. you see someone’s MRR post. you know you’re early. you’re happy for them ... but your brain starts accelerating timelines. that’s where bad decisions happen. how do you stay disciplined without isolating yourself?

@an_engineer_log up till 330 woke up at 8 to go to the 9-5, did some work before work and took my laptop to do some more throughout the day

Late-night coding isn't hustle porn It's a strategic weapon when you're racing giants Speed compounds: ⚡ Ship before they plan 📈 Build momentum while they debate 🎯 Earn validation while they optimize ✨ Stack wins before they notice Perfect execution loses to rapid iteration Who else is shipping at 3am?

@cesaralvarezll read this. just dug up my old macbook and old pc i was about to throw out just so i can do/try this

Stop what you’re doing. Grab your old laptop or PC and plug in OpenClaw. You won’t regret it.

@NathanGeckler love how you checked everything except twitter

million dollar app idea an app that blocks your other apps until you read a certain number of pages

@ErnestoSOFTWARE i actually used it to test my app a few times by creating and listening to an audio version … but real talk though it’s so good of a read/listen

my article on how to make $800,000/yr with apps was viewed by 3M people It will literally change your life But out of 3M probably only 10,000 people Actually read it fully. (0.01%) So I created this speed reading version of it using higgsfield vibe motion. Vibe motion is basically Claude with video editing skills So I made this in 1 prompt. If you haven’t read it, here’s is the super speed version:

@victor_bigfield 100%, yes. I think also, even if you don't, you get a lot of signal, and that can answer things like PMF or wrong ICP overall

do you think that by running a marketing campaign for 30 days, you can make at least one sale?

@jiayun_studio ooof. design work only looks easy once someone else has done the thinking. but it’s just so wild how fast “small change” turns into “free redesign” when the scope was never written down. smh

I just had a terrible client call It’s for one of the web designs i launched a while ago. The client now wants me to change the pricing format and told me to just “copy paste her new pricing text” But her pricing text was a bunch of bullet points with no formatting at all… I explained to her that I had to redesign the pricing section and make sure clients understand the new pricing format. But she kept saying that it’s just a matter of copy pasting… Since this was a friend’s mom, I didn’t charge her a retainer fee after the launch, but now she’s trying to gaslight me into doing this “super easy change” for free Anyways… I just had to rant it out Btw lmk if you know somebody that needs a UX consultant for their business! :)

@damianplayer yeah 1000%. most “innovation” is basically just renaming the same workflow. the real leverage shows up when you automate the boring parts everyone already understands but avoids touching.

stop trying to innovate with AI. every business runs on the same 5-6 core processes. the bones are identical across industries. lead generation, sales, onboarding, fulfillment, reactivation. the people making real money with AI aren’t reinventing the wheel. they mapped what already works and automated it.

@svpino i suspect it’s distribution tbh firing off the most replies possible to “hopefully” get some traction .. i mean it’s a volume game instead of a value game but it must work to some degree

what's the end game of the ai reply guy? are they trying to get people to follow them? are they looking to build reputation? are they just after a $1.32 monthly payout? what is in this for them? from my point of view, it's very obvious they are using ai to reply, especially when you see them more than once in your comments. very low quality posts. word salads that say nothing of value. i block them or ignore them. i suspect many people do the same. they are making this place worse for everyone else. so what is this about?

@LouisDavidPH most people only see the outcome. they don’t see the years where faith is the only thing keeping you moving.

People ask me how I went from uni dropout to $800k in app rev All while failing over and over again The kind of failure where you're: • 20yo • broker than broke • watching everyone else graduate. The kind where you can't explain to your family why you're still "trying this app thing" …until you finally build that one app that changes everything. So how did I do it? Honestly? God was with me all the way from broke freelancer → 800k in rev at 24. Don't underestimate your relationship to God. He wants the best for you. • Physically • Financially • Spiritually Trust in God. Your abilities. And keep building.

@eliana_jordan people see the mobility. they don’t see the distance. choosing remote is really choosing which sacrifices you’re okay living with.

Remote work looks like freedom on socials. Reality? It comes with sacrifices. I gave up: • seeing my family often • a perfect setup (but my second monitor is non-negotiable) • feeling “settled” • old friendships But in return, I gained experiences I wouldn’t trade for anything: • that summer learning kitesurfing in Greece • that winter scuba diving in Thailand • that year living in a van in Australia • eating street food in Taipei while building my SaaS • sunsets after coding in Palau Freedom always has a price. For me, it’s worth it.

@szewailaw_lis light more. dark mode is a little hard to make out the text etc ... maybe if that's a tad brighter

@an_engineer_log i'm convinced that most real progress looks like “this probably won’t work” right before it does.

Most people don't realize what Claude can actually build. The gap isn't technical skill - it's knowing what's even possible. How I stay calibrated: - Watch what other builders ship on X - Burn through my $200/mo limit testing wild ideas - Ask "could this work?" then just try it The best features in Agent37 came from experiments I thought would fail.

@ErnestoSOFTWARE knowing what not to ship and sticking around long enough for any of it to compound is a major part of the equation here ..

Reminder: you can literally just build anything with a few prompts → add a paywall → crack a viral format → do it consistently And just like that retire your mother and future wife That’s pretty much how it went for me.

@orbyx9 oh for sure. clarity is # 1

Most people don’t need motivation. They need clarity. #orbyx9 #clarityoverchaos #mentalwellbeing #humanfirst

@orbyx9 it’s going pretty good. learning a lot bc of the stress testing i’m doing .. happy i’m doing that rather than jump to just release

@drewisbuilding How is it going?

@adriamatz most people don’t fail from lack of signal … they fail from not trusting it when it shows up. at least you recognized that for future

I think I failed this time and it’s on me My first app got 4 trials in 48 hours Instead of doubling down on that signal I chased something else Now I’m focusing - Improve the app - Fix onboarding - Go all in on marketing I’ll make this work I promise

@LouisDavidPH that feeling makes sense. end of the day money closes a chapter, it doesn’t define the direction. wanting the work to outlast you usually shows up after you’ve already proven you can make it pay.

I made 800k with my 13th app. But I still feel like I'm at the starting line. I built my first app at 20. Made my 6-fig first exit at 24. Sounds like I made it, right? Well. Not quite. I don't want to be remembered for the money. Not the exit, revenue, or downloads. Sure, wealth helps provide for family one day. That's important. But what do I care about now? Building apps that help millions of people. Creating something meaningful that lasts. And an impact money can't buy. Because in the end, it's not what you earn - it's what you leave behind.

@RandallKanna the real skill is staying with the confusion long enough for it to turn into clarity. coding just happens to be where that muscle gets trained.

The most valuable skill I learned in tech wasn’t coding. It was sticking with a problem until it got solved. Perseverance. AI can’t build that for you.

@an_engineer_log most traction seems to come from projects that started as “this annoyed me” instead of “this should be a company.” i have a lot of those i plan on building

been vibe coding for 3 months and honestly the best stuff i built came from just... messing around like i'll wake up with some random idea - "what if i connected this API to that model" - and just start building zero planning. zero "market research". just curiosity the projects that actually got traction? none of them started as "saas ideas" they were solutions to annoying problems i had that day or just weird experiments that made me laugh my advice: stop trying to build a billion dollar company on day 1 build something that solves YOUR problem first if one other person finds it useful, you're onto something the muscle you develop from shipping weird stuff > any startup course