@coder_zi

Web and Mobile app dev @__starlabs, obsessed with the confluence of statistics, psychology, existence and beautiful enigmatic problems • building @clipifai

Joined May 2021
So your reading list just keeps getting longer? I get it, always busy, no time to actually sit down and read. But hey, what if, instead of jamming Spotify music while working, you could listen to the books instead? Clipifai converts your e-books to natural sounding audiobooks.
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So your reading list just keeps getting longer? I get it, always busy, no time to actually sit down and read. But hey, what if, instead of jamming Spotify music while working, you could listen to the books instead? Clipifai converts your e-books to natural sounding audiobooks.
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some hero sections and website sections of some digital products and websites I've worked on... designed and developed by me with next.js and typescript
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neat designs, functional too ✨
some hero sections and website sections of some digital products and websites I've worked on... designed and developed by me with next.js and typescript
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some hero sections and website sections of some digital products and websites I've worked on... designed and developed by me with next.js and typescript
okay, I think I feel a bit nostalgic, especially when I remember that I had to design and write the UI for my micro SaaS - @clipifai entirely by hand rarely anything was left to AI, and even then there were no agents, so it was basically copying and pasting from chatgpt... I just realized that I've been so stuck up on talking about @clipifai's main feature that I totally forgot to mention that there are certain free tools that can perform a bunch of doc manipulations etc, maybe not cool now, but it was when i built it before agents 🫠 most importantly, it still has viability, even today...
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when last did you set your eyes on a website that was built brick by brick no GPT - 6 Astra no claude just you, the browser and vs code first slide; my first ever website built with react + react-bootstrap + firebase © 2022 BC (before claude) second slide; one of my more recent works, built with next.js, typescript, tailwindcss, supabase and codex do you think you could ever go back to writing code by hand?
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As a business owner, your social media shouldn’t be the only place people can find you. When someone searches for your business on Google, or asks AI about businesses in your space, you want your name to show up. A website gives people a place to learn about what you do, build trust, understand your services, and take the next step. Social media gets attention. Your website helps turn that attention into business.
There’s a different feeling when your business has a website. People can find you on Google. They can see your work without scrolling through Instagram. They can understand what you offer. And when they’re ready, they can book, enquire, or buy, without needing to send a DM. That’s what I built for First Choice Studio. And the same idea works for luxury event planners, photographers, creative studios, salons, consultants, startups, and founders building their next big thing. Not just a digital presence, but a 24/7 storefront that works for the business.
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to all the "but Claude can code this up in a weekend" clients show them this tweet 👇🏾
Replying to @denk_tweets
couldn't justify spending $10 on a loaf, so i bought all the ingredients for $20 and now not only do i have a kitchen to clean but it tasted like shit
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hehe, where's the lie?
Here is how to raise money on X: Step 1: Be an AI founder. It sounds the coolest. Step 2: Get your first client. Let’s say they pay you $20K/month. Step 3: Calculate your ARR. You made $20K today. There are 365 days in a year. $20K × 365 = $7.3M ARR. Step 4: Post your new ARR on X. “Just crossed $7M ARR.” Step 5: Raise at a 40–50x multiple. Step 6: Congratulations. You are now worth $300M. Welcome to the AI bubble.
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firebase once sent me a notification stating that any of my projects that have remained inactive for more than 4 months will be shut down soon, so I decided to go check out my older projects... among one of the projects that was to be shutdown was my first ever web app, built with react.js, react-bootstrap and firebase no gpt astra, no fable, just raw dogging everything with sleepless nights and stack overflow 😂 it's a vacation destination site; anyone can upload an entry, the upload form basically had, an image url field, image alt, city name and description, with an option to login and add specific entries of interest to your "favourites" the design isn't the best, I can see that now 😂, but at least the functionality is there, looking back, I'm so glad I got to build it fr you can check it out if you like:
Just saw the first website I made using React.js and TailwindCSS. damn, it's quite ugly.
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okay, so a client just reached out to me and asked me to send the logo I designed for them a while ago... they want to re-print their business card for an upcoming event, so they need the new logo on the new business card... but they specifically wanted the image in PDF format, and yes, I know there are countless tools out there that can quite easily convert images to pdf, but I decided to use the tool I built myself, and trust me, it just hits different when you use a tool you built yourself to carry out the task... I feel like a builder!!
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one of the first marketing websites I built to market a digital product design & dev by me...
I'm sure the concept of building out an entire SaaS by hand - brick by brick, is an entirely outlier concept in 2026 like why would you do that? But here's one such SaaS like that - @clipifai "but why?" I hear you ask and no, I'm not an "enemy of vibe coding" short answer; I started building clipifai in the early days of AI when they really couldn't be trusted with much however, over the years my writing style has evolved, I no longer write everything by hand, I set up the environment, initialize the first few important files, define the architectural and systems design scope and just let Claude cook, while still making sure it doesn't over-engineer the more functional components as it is very fond of doing... so, anytime I need to build a side project or a digital product for a founder, there's a template ready to follow; vercel for hosting, firebase/supabase for backend infra, paystack/polar/stripe for payment integrations/s3/cloudinary/firebase cloud storage for media storage, and of course the ever goated typescript/next.js/tailwind and shadcn for the front end If you're a first-time founder looking to build your first digital product, while also needing to keep your team lean, I'm your guy - send me a DM for the devs, what is your coding workflow like, do you like being in control or do you just let Claude take the wheel?
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When I was 19, way before fable 5.1 and GPT-Astra were a thing, I built a micro-SaaS that converts e-books into audiobooks with little to no help from LLMs, this learning path forced me to understand the underlying mechanics of what it actually takes to build a working product, that functions in real time. That product was @clipifai and at some point during peak months it had over 1.2k users It taught me more than just how to build software. I learned how to take an idea, understand the problem behind it, build the product, ship it, and keep improving it based on real users. That experience shaped how I work today. I’ve spent 4+ years building multiple products; websites, web apps and software with technologies like TypeScript, React, Next.js, Firebase and Supabase for startups, businesses and brands. If you're a startup founder turning an idea into a product, or a business that needs a better digital presence and the systems behind it, I’m currently open to working on interesting products.
here's what the "services" page looks like work in progress design & dev by me...
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if you're about launching a new product, digital or physical and need a marketing website for this new product, you're at the right place 👇🏾
one of the first marketing websites I built to market a digital product design & dev by me...
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one of the first marketing websites I built to market a digital product design & dev by me...
I'm sure the concept of building out an entire SaaS by hand - brick by brick, is an entirely outlier concept in 2026 like why would you do that? But here's one such SaaS like that - @clipifai "but why?" I hear you ask and no, I'm not an "enemy of vibe coding" short answer; I started building clipifai in the early days of AI when they really couldn't be trusted with much however, over the years my writing style has evolved, I no longer write everything by hand, I set up the environment, initialize the first few important files, define the architectural and systems design scope and just let Claude cook, while still making sure it doesn't over-engineer the more functional components as it is very fond of doing... so, anytime I need to build a side project or a digital product for a founder, there's a template ready to follow; vercel for hosting, firebase/supabase for backend infra, paystack/polar/stripe for payment integrations/s3/cloudinary/firebase cloud storage for media storage, and of course the ever goated typescript/next.js/tailwind and shadcn for the front end If you're a first-time founder looking to build your first digital product, while also needing to keep your team lean, I'm your guy - send me a DM for the devs, what is your coding workflow like, do you like being in control or do you just let Claude take the wheel?
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I don't know who told me to cook, but I sure am listening...
sometimes, do you ever just type out the words with your keyboard, letter by letter? you should try it sometime...
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what I've been working on recently... decided to explore a new design style, what do you think?
It’s Friday Post your work.
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It's amazing what you can do when you allow yourself to be a beginner again... My thoughts have always followed the form of sequences and algorithms, I rarely think in pictures or colours and I used to know absolutely nothing about making the right colour combinations (maybe that's why I have black as my most preferred colour) Recently I've feeling a pull toward the more artistic, and what I have found to love the most is writing - it is truly sensational... Now, I'm starting to learn about colours and how they can be put effectively to use in design and this gets me very excited... I'm coming...
been in the kitchen again.... a total website redesign & development work in progress ⌛ do you prefer the dark ambient design or these newer ones?
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with @clipifai you can also convert images to PDFs among other doc manipulation micro-services
okay, so a client just reached out to me and asked me to send the logo I designed for them a while ago... they want to re-print their business card for an upcoming event, so they need the new logo on the new business card... but they specifically wanted the image in PDF format, and yes, I know there are countless tools out there that can quite easily convert images to pdf, but I decided to use the tool I built myself, and trust me, it just hits different when you use a tool you built yourself to carry out the task... I feel like a builder!!
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