Kaviox

🧵Thought I’d share a bit of game footage from my most developed game, Ridge Run: kaviox.com/ridge-run/. This is the Jeep. It starts a bit slow, but it gets better fast

@BoBrainerd It really depends. If you live in software land, then the world really does move at software speed because someone else in the bubble can disrupt you.

The biggest misconception in tech right now is thinking the real world moves at software speed. Had a conversation with an investor in NYC today. His core insight: We’re living in a bubble where it feels like everything is instantly automatable, but outside of it, the real world is still fragmented, slow, and operationally messy. And that gap creates a ripple effect most builders underestimate. Without a unified way to actually distribute, coordinate, and complete real-world actions through technology, adoption always hits friction. The assumption that “it just works” breaks the moment software, specifically AI meets reality. Regular people are scared, resistant, and don’t have tangible evidence of why AI affects them positively. That’s exactly why we’re building @opheliaapi the execution layer that lets AI agents and consumer platforms actually complete real-world experiences across fragmented supply. If software is accelerating, the world needs infrastructure that can keep up with it.

@icanvardar Hence why side projects are the main proof of progress. Yeah, you’re still shipping, but you can go at your own pace and indulge your curiosity

dev culture treats “side projects” like the main proof of progress, but most real growth doesn’t come from constant building or shipping, it comes from unstructured curiosity, messing around with tools, and learning things without trying to turn everything into output

@shafu0x Yup, and they are trying to snip the rest out with tempo. DeFi still has cool things. Lending markets on everything. Trade any token/asset with leverage at any hour. But that’s not a consumer usecase

the only reason anyone still takes crypto seriously is stablecoins

@AlekPerak @shafu0x Hence Tempo

@shafu0x Meanwhile associating stablecoins with crypto hurts stablecoins

@pcshipp People think building and marketing are separate, but they aren’t. If you feel like marketing is way too hard, spend more time on your product. If it feels easy, spend more on marketing and hold on

Building is 100× easier nowadays Marketing is 100× harder nowadays That’s the truth

Another great kitesurf today. Really feeling the inspiration to digitize this

@uhhh_its_jose Thanks man! I’ll try to keep up them coming. Was just doing an experiment, but might do them for my next couple game announcements

@kaviox_ Only good ad on X

🧵Thought I’d share a bit of game footage from my most developed game, Ridge Run: kaviox.com/ridge-run/. This is the Jeep. It starts a bit slow, but it gets better fast

@stevelauda_ I looked through it yesterday, but I feel like I need to do some thinking to use it. I don’t have any design experience and found it kind of intimidating

Who is actually using Claude Design? Anyone?

@britdimwit Lol nah, it actually handles decently

@kaviox_ Does the Jeep fall apart above 50mph? If not, I’m not buying

@ravikiran_dev7 Yeah, I’ve also felt this with polish. “Just need to fix this one more thing.” That impulse feels correct though. You want to ship, but you also need to respect your audience

@buildwtim Yeah there is a big hidden psychological tax. I think those who can figure that out have a huge leg up on efficiency

70% of solo dev/builder/founder life is just quietly debugging your own brain - even when you're not building The code is the easy part

@mal_shaik Yeah. It does feel pretty cringe/embarrassing when you’re getting started

the real reason most ppl never start a company isnt fear of failure its fear of looking stupid in front of ppl who never tried anything themselves once u stop caring about that audience ur free

When your project isn’t getting the traffic you want, make it better or build something new. Keep iterating

@rcmisk So far I’m mostly been reply trying

you shipped. congrats. now you're staring at zero traffic, zero signups, zero signal. the product works. nobody knows it exists. what does your distribution routine actually look like on a normal week?

@adahstwt There’s no way to say this without taking the bait, but why do we need it? Using the CLI isn’t that hard. The hard part is resolving merge conflicts and keeping branches up to date which is easy with the CLI plus your editor

unpopular opinion: GitHub Desktop is literally one of the best tools a dev can use but people just avoid it for ego

@md_kadiwal Ok, that’s the exact mistake I’m making. I’m posting to generate traffic. How do you fix conversions?

"i just need more traffic" is the most dangerous lie in indie hacking. more traffic to a broken funnel is just more people leaving faster. if 1000 visitors give you 0 signups, 10,000 visitors will give you 0 signups. fix conversion first. then go find traffic. in that order. always in that order.

@TTrimoreau I’m building for fun. It would be great if what I’m building made money and let me spend more time on what I’m doing, but I’m mostly building because it’s fun building for yourself

Are you building for freedom… or for money?

@BacLeodiv Yep, doing the bootstrapping thing

are you working a 9-5 while building your side project or are you a full-time indie hacker?

@buildwithsid Probably merged 5-7k LOC changed

how many lines of code did you write today?

The last vehicle you can currently unlock is the bush plane. It still has a gas tank, so you still have to manage the terrain a bit, but as you start leveling up, you get to play the game from a whole new perspective

The next vehicle is perhaps the most dynamic. The dirt bike is fast and thrives on the Canyonlands map where you can farm airs and flips