Nitesh Kumar

400+ days. 150K+ lines of code. $0 spent. Built a social media platform from scratch using Claude’s free tier. It’s now live: wavmate.com #BuildInPublic #IndieHackers #AI #Startup #Solopreneur #WebDevelopment

@i_mika_el Appreciate it, will keep you posted on the progress. Real feedback real fix 😅

@imnit3sh Sure, haply to help 😁

@i_mika_el Building Wavmate — click any country on a map, instantly see their news, posts and people. No algorithm, no bubble. 400 days. $0. Solo. wavmate.com

@i_mika_el That's actually a solid short term fix, will do that for mobile while the app version is in the works. Appreciate the suggestions

@imnit3sh Yes, native rendering was my next proposal. I would replace heavy svg with gif for mobile for now. Improves experience by a lot and should be cheap fix. Unless your main traffic is not on mobile and you can neglect this part for now

@i_mika_el Great to hear it works on iOS! Will get the Wavmate map fixed from tomorrow. Thanks

@imnit3sh Yes, works great. Need only to reduce zoom ratio so more map can fit on the small screen

@i_mika_el Absolutely, looking forward to it. Will keep building 🤝

@imnit3sh Sure, any time. Lets stay connected so I will see your journey on my feed 🤝

@i_mika_el Well this was my early test build of the map — if you're on iOS, mind checking gleamp.vercel.app? I don't have an iOS device to test on myself so would love to know how it runs for you.

@imnit3sh Why svg and not canvas? It would be more performant. I agree that it will work good on desktop and most notebooks, but if your main distribution channel is X and/or linkedin, then 80-90% of your users will be with phones

@i_mika_el Once I launch the app version it will work smoothly on mobile too. Lots of features in the pipeline, will roll them out one by one. Appreciate it

@imnit3sh Also don’t show interactive map on phones, it gets stuck. I would use some gif instead

@heyarthix Thanks! What are you building? Always good to connect with fellow builders.

@imnit3sh Hey, That’s really good. I am also a software developer, building my own startup. Best of luck.

Hello everyone, I would like to connect with startup owners, marketing agencies, freelancers and tech people. I am a software developer working with singapore government. Thank you #webdevelopment #aistartup #grok #founders

@maheshnani122 Building Wavmate — click any country on a map, instantly see their news, posts and people. No algorithm, no bubble. 400 days. $0. Solo. wavmate.com

Does pure vibe coding make you successful in building your Startup?

@heyarthix Hey! I'm Nitesh — solo founder building Wavmate, a geo-based social media platform Also a fullstack dev open to opportunities. Would love to stay connected!

@imnit3sh Hello

@PMOIndia @narendramodi As a solo Indian developer who built a full social media platform from scratch with $0 — I believe this completely 🙏 India has the talent. We just need to keep building. 🇮🇳 wavmate.com

दुनिया भारत के युवाओं और भारत की technological progress को लेकर बहुत उत्साहित है। आज दुनिया भारत की विकास यात्रा का हिस्सा बनना चाहती है: PM @narendramodi

@siddarthpaim Never left India. Built from here. If one developer can build a full social media platform from scratch with $0 investment — imagine what happens when the ones abroad come back too. The infrastructure is ready. We just need the builders. 🇮🇳

I have made decision to come to India and build in India this march #aatmaNirbharBharat

@stats_feed Built @wavmateOfficial solo — ~150K lines. $0 to build. $0 to run. Realtime social platform. One founder. No team.

Lines of Code MS-DOS (v1.25 / v2.0): ~4,000 lines WhatsApp (early/client estimates): ~30,000 lines Telegram (client estimates): ~50,000 lines Zoom (client estimates): ~60,000 lines TikTok (client estimates): ~80,000 lines Space Shuttle (primary flight software): ~420,000 lines Minecraft (Java Edition client/decompiled): ~285,000 – 500,000 lines Instagram (app estimates): ~1 million lines US Military Drone (control software): ~3.5 million lines YouTube (core estimates): ~5 – 10 million lines World of Warcraft (core, older estimate): ~5.5 million lines Boeing 787 (avionics + support systems): ~6.5 million lines Google Chrome / Chromium: ~6.7 – 36 million lines Chevy Volt (vehicle software): ~10 million lines Twitter / X (pre-2022 estimates): ~10 million lines Android OS: ~12 – 15 million lines iOS (estimates): ~12 million lines Mozilla Firefox: ~21 – 32 million lines Windows XP: ~45 million lines Linux Kernel (2025, v6.14+): ~40 million lines Large Hadron Collider (software suite): ~50 million lines Ubuntu (full distribution): ~50+ million lines Facebook / Meta (main codebase): ~62 million lines Mac OS X (Tiger-era estimates): ~84 – 86 million lines Modern cars / Tesla (average vehicle software): ~100 million lines Google (entire codebase & services): ~2 billion lines Notes: • All figures are estimates — LOC varies by counting method (with/without comments, tests, libraries, etc.). • Small apps (WhatsApp, Telegram, etc.) usually refer to client-side only. Full backend systems are much larger. • Modern projects grow rapidly; these are snapshots from reliable historical and public sources.

@svembu This thread is for you @svembu — built @WavmateOfficial solo at $0, hit every infrastructure wall India doesn't have. Would love your thoughts. 🧵

Once again, my appeal to Indians in America on a visa. Please come home. Even if you feel it is hardship and sacrifice, self-respect should dictate your course. Let's make Bharat proud 🙏

We have the engineers. We don't have the founders willing to build boring infrastructure for 10 years. The gap is not talent. The gap is conviction. Build something. Anything. Even if it mirrors what already exists. #India #AI #BuildInIndia #IndianStartups #SovereignAI

You don't have to beat AWS. Just make a cloud with good docs, rupee pricing, honest support. Every Indian startup will switch. @svembu @Zoho proved it in software. @harshilmathur Razorpay proved it in payments. @Nithin0dha Zerodha proved it in fintech.

When I talk about India's stand in the AI race with my friend @RharshX , it hits different. We realized something uncomfortable — We are not in the race. We are watching it. 🧵