Solo dev | building in public | Sharing mistakes and lessons from running my own business | 15 years experience as a DevOps and backend engineer| 日本語も喋る

At a desk with a computer
Joined January 2026
A wild week of bug fixing, getting the last few MVP features in, and some SEO updates. A few more ideas to try for marketing next week but this will be the lost code to this idea unless something changes. Still proud of it though. apps.apple.com/us/app/make-m…
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eMudhra ca cert is called: emSign_ECC_Root_CA_-_G3.crt. if updating your ca-cert package fails for some reason, remove that cert from you ca-certificates.conf and run update-ca-certificates -f or equivalent for your os. Stay safe and may your coffee be strong.
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How can a company file for an IPO an astronomic proportions while losing $80B in 6 months. The math aint mathing.
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Reminder to those building websites: Pretty animations and photos are worthless if your visitor can't actually find/see/search for the information they want.
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I believe anyone who believes AGI is possible doesn't have a high enough regard for the human mind and what it can do.
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A reminder I think everyone needs to hear. You can build things how you want. AI, no AI, some AI, it doesn’t matter. But build something worth building, not something that’s “just good enough”. The world has enough “good enough”.
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We take the ease of things for granted now-a-days. Whether it's students or professionals, I've started to see it more and more while many care less and less about doing a good job. Full thoughts below but personally, I want to change my outlook. quietforgesoftware.com/Artic…
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Difference would be that ffmpeg works well, does what you tell it, and is stable. I'm yet to see a good example of an AI utility that does that.
"LLM code is sloppy" Meanwhile, this is actual code in ffmpeg, one of the most popular libraries in the world
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I hate to say it, But I wish Unreal luck with their full AI pipeline because either: 1. It will go amazingly well and prove me wrong and I can move on. 2. It will go horribly and a big company will have to admit AI doesn't replace software developers. My $ is on 2
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Day 50/103 - italki challenge complete - 200ish vocab and kanji cards done - footage shot for two videos I have spread myself too thin 😂 but commitments are commitments. Also, forgot how fun segmentation faults are to debug.
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I couldn't quiet crack top 500 for the @italki challenge, but still proud of how much I improved during it. Next time!
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I've come to the conclusion that no matter what AI is said to do on any given day, I will continue to investigate what I find fascinating, being curious, and improving my skills. If I get to continue making my living in tech great. If not, I'll find something else to do.
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If you ever want a reminder of how complex and cool computers are, look into how your system deals with time.
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When was the last time you did something that was hard? Something that was scary or difficult but you did it anyway.
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Anyone have any experience running AMD ROCm on Pop!_os? My gaming system has a gpu that I want to play with models on and I’d like to not be on windows anyway. But it’s my gaming PC. Any info would be awesome. #linux #popos
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It’s obvious that those saying it’s the era of everyone writing their own custom software has never had to support production software.
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Saw these two posts next to each other and almost laughed. People will try to destroy or break your app whether it’s online or offline. So build whatever you think serves your customer better.
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Day 47/103 Looked back on my time since going solo and can say I’ve improved more in 6 months than in the last 6 years. I am still filled with doubt about what I’m building and if it’s worth anything. But I’m not ready to throw in the towel yet.
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The more I use AI, the more I am convinced that everyone saying it will “replace software engineers” isn’t a very good software engineer.
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I'm only about 2 hours in and already loving it! The art is beautiful, the characters are fun, and I have already had a few head scratchers that remind me of the puzzles older games used to have! Can't wait to dive in more this weekend. Congrats @Jonathan_Blow and team!
After TEN LONG YEARS, Order of the Sinking Star is out Now! On Switch 2, PS5, and ... it's at the top of Popular New Releases on Steam, already! Thank you everyone for your support during this long, long, long, long, long development!
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Day 44/103 - Japanese lesson and was able to use new words and grammar! It’s sticking - client work done - new article started and excited to write again - app updates started Being consistent isn’t pretty. But it does bring results!
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