Javed A.

Hey, I'm Javed 👋 Solo dev. 13 years building. Crypto bots → SaaS → AI tools. Currently shipping: → ExpenseNote — finance OS for freelancers → StartupMRR — verified revenue database Follow for honest dev/founder lessons. No fluff.

i think it's funny how the bar for "real indie hacker" has shifted - back then shipping anything was impressive, now if your MRR isn't growing 20% month over month you're basically a fraud and doing it wrong LMAO

Why do builders who actually ship, stay honest about failures, and skip the hype always seem to struggle the most with getting traction? Whether it's distribution, pricing, or just being seen.

Building solo teaches you one thing above all: ship anyway. Even when it's broken, when no one's watching, when revenue is flat - the work is the work. Don't wait for confidence. Fight the build, fight the build.

The most important thing I learned about launching solo was this: "Every product gets abandoned at least once before it works." Once you know that, you stop treating the dark weeks like failure.

"Slowly, I realized building software is not the same as building a business. Software has its own logic. The thing you ship is not the thing people buy. It has been framed. That makes distribution hard. It's not technical. It's closer to storytelling. " - 13 years in

Everyone talks about building in public, but few talk about how to actually ship consistently. Like any habit, it gets easier - but the early days are rough. Knowing that the friction is normal helps more than most advice. I wrote about my approach to staying consistent across 13 years of solo projects. Link in comments.

talked to a builder on reddit shipping his 9th app this year zero revenue on any of them says he loves coding with ai, ships fast, feels productive then hits distribution and quits to build the next thing classic trap: optimizing for the dopamine of shipping instead of the pain of selling he asked what to do wrong question the real question is whether he actually wants customers or just wants to feel like a builder because if you ship 9 things and bail every time you have to market, you already answered it

"Slowly, I realized building software is not the same as building a business. Software has its own logic. The thing you ship is not the thing people buy. It has been framed. That makes distribution hard. It's not technical. It's closer to storytelling. " - 13 years in

@elonmusk calling a single tool call "progress" is a low bar. the real test for agents is long-horizon multi-step tasks with error recovery and reasoning, not calendar entries.

Grok continues to make progress

A lot has shifted over 13 years - the tools I built, the problems I chased, the version of me doing the chasing. First chapter was about shipping things that worked. Now it's about something harder to name. Started with crypto bots. No roadmap. Just iteration. Bots turned into SaaS. SaaS turned into AI tools. Each one taught me something the last one couldn't. But lately I feel the pull toward a different kind of work - less about building products, more about building clarity for people still figuring it out. This next chapter isn't about scaling for myself. It's about passing the honest lessons forward.

@droidbuilds @elonmusk bought Twitter and you still post on X😭

if Elon buys Claude, Anthropic is cooked or the most powerful company alive?

@elonmusk Even Grok is fact-checking reality now 😭

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@DanielSmidstrup Cursor

Be honest. As a developer, which code editor do you prefer? VS Code / Cursor / Windsurf / Antigravity

@anupamrjp last 30 day

Vibe coders, real talk 👀 How much are you burning on AI tools every month? • $0 (free tier warriors) • Under $50 • $50–$150 • $150+ (building serious stuff) Drop your number 👇🚀

@TheGBreaker @elonmusk Challenge accepted on behalf of @elonmusk. A single reply from him would be far more valuable than any ChatGPT subscription. The choice is clear. @TheGBreaker

If @elonmusk replies to this post I will unsub from ChatGPT.

@BillyM2k Hi — but if you need replies to prove they’re real, they probably aren’t.

why do i have 2.8 million followers now if you’re not a bot say hi so i can see my real number

@auwal_sls x = Post , Video , Reels , DM (whatsapp) , Grok ( chatgpt)

If you had to use just one forever, which one would you choose?

@Steezehuman Yes

A laptop can change your life.

@dianagenius_ In the AI era, the ‘best’ database doesn’t exist — the best developer does. Postgres + vector extension = power Mongo = flexibility (aka future bugs) MySQL = inertia Supabase = convenience Pick your poison.

Be honest As a developer, which database is better in the AI era?

1. Use AI to find real problems 2. Use AI to build solutions 3. Small problem = $1k/mo Big problem = $100k/mo 🚀