James Barrett
@imjamesbarrett.bsky.social
Building Detailed, product management for indie devs who want to stay organised and keep shipping.
Building solo, sharing the process.
Building solo, sharing the process.
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Most product management tools aren’t made for indie devs. They’re made for managers who love meetings, sprints and reports.
I’m building Detailed for people who just want to stay organised and keep shipping.
I’m building Detailed for people who just want to stay organised and keep shipping.
Using AI to write code is shit when you’ve only got one project.
I need to find a better way to use the gaps while it runs.
I need to find a better way to use the gaps while it runs.
October 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Using AI to write code is shit when you’ve only got one project.
I need to find a better way to use the gaps while it runs.
I need to find a better way to use the gaps while it runs.
Finishing all the setup always feels nice, until you realise you’ll repeat most of it on the next idea.
Need a better way to start new projects.
Need a better way to start new projects.
October 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Finishing all the setup always feels nice, until you realise you’ll repeat most of it on the next idea.
Need a better way to start new projects.
Need a better way to start new projects.
I’m adding workspace support early, even though it won’t be usable yet.
It's easier to start with `workspace_id` everywhere than to refactor from `user_id` once there’s real data.
It's easier to start with `workspace_id` everywhere than to refactor from `user_id` once there’s real data.
October 20, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I’m adding workspace support early, even though it won’t be usable yet.
It's easier to start with `workspace_id` everywhere than to refactor from `user_id` once there’s real data.
It's easier to start with `workspace_id` everywhere than to refactor from `user_id` once there’s real data.
Good morning.
Starting the week by adding workspace architecture to Detailed. Users will still have one personal workspace for now. I just want the structure in place before there’s real data in the database.
What are you working on today?
Starting the week by adding workspace architecture to Detailed. Users will still have one personal workspace for now. I just want the structure in place before there’s real data in the database.
What are you working on today?
October 20, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Good morning.
Starting the week by adding workspace architecture to Detailed. Users will still have one personal workspace for now. I just want the structure in place before there’s real data in the database.
What are you working on today?
Starting the week by adding workspace architecture to Detailed. Users will still have one personal workspace for now. I just want the structure in place before there’s real data in the database.
What are you working on today?
Spent ages trying to get Codex to run Vitest. It kept failing because Codex was stuck on Node 16. Turns out it was because of nvm. I installed Node 22 without it, and everything just worked.
October 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Spent ages trying to get Codex to run Vitest. It kept failing because Codex was stuck on Node 16. Turns out it was because of nvm. I installed Node 22 without it, and everything just worked.
Working on one project with Codex is boring.
I need more projects to fill the waiting time 😅
I need more projects to fill the waiting time 😅
October 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Working on one project with Codex is boring.
I need more projects to fill the waiting time 😅
I need more projects to fill the waiting time 😅
Most product management tools aren’t made for indie devs. They’re made for managers who love meetings, sprints and reports.
I’m building Detailed for people who just want to stay organised and keep shipping.
I’m building Detailed for people who just want to stay organised and keep shipping.
October 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Most product management tools aren’t made for indie devs. They’re made for managers who love meetings, sprints and reports.
I’m building Detailed for people who just want to stay organised and keep shipping.
I’m building Detailed for people who just want to stay organised and keep shipping.
How do you stay consistent when you’re posting into the void?
I’m building Detailed, a product management app for indie developers.
Trying to get better at building in public, but right now it feels pointless.
Curious how others stay motivated when it feels like no one’s watching.
I’m building Detailed, a product management app for indie developers.
Trying to get better at building in public, but right now it feels pointless.
Curious how others stay motivated when it feels like no one’s watching.
October 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
How do you stay consistent when you’re posting into the void?
I’m building Detailed, a product management app for indie developers.
Trying to get better at building in public, but right now it feels pointless.
Curious how others stay motivated when it feels like no one’s watching.
I’m building Detailed, a product management app for indie developers.
Trying to get better at building in public, but right now it feels pointless.
Curious how others stay motivated when it feels like no one’s watching.
Plan: gpt-5-high
Code: gpt-5-codex-medium
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Code: gpt-5-codex-medium
🐐
October 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Plan: gpt-5-high
Code: gpt-5-codex-medium
🐐
Code: gpt-5-codex-medium
🐐
ESLint warnings are just noise:
- If it matters, make it an error.
- If it doesn’t, turn it off.
- The only time "warn" makes sense is when you’re rolling out a new rule.
- If it matters, make it an error.
- If it doesn’t, turn it off.
- The only time "warn" makes sense is when you’re rolling out a new rule.
October 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
ESLint warnings are just noise:
- If it matters, make it an error.
- If it doesn’t, turn it off.
- The only time "warn" makes sense is when you’re rolling out a new rule.
- If it matters, make it an error.
- If it doesn’t, turn it off.
- The only time "warn" makes sense is when you’re rolling out a new rule.
Spent some time today on the boring stuff for Detailed:
- Backend tests on Postgres with parallel Pest
- Queues and cache on Redis
- Larastan level 7
- Laravel Sail set up
- Vitest and React Testing Library
Can’t wait to start building features, but I like having a solid setup first.
- Backend tests on Postgres with parallel Pest
- Queues and cache on Redis
- Larastan level 7
- Laravel Sail set up
- Vitest and React Testing Library
Can’t wait to start building features, but I like having a solid setup first.
October 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Spent some time today on the boring stuff for Detailed:
- Backend tests on Postgres with parallel Pest
- Queues and cache on Redis
- Larastan level 7
- Laravel Sail set up
- Vitest and React Testing Library
Can’t wait to start building features, but I like having a solid setup first.
- Backend tests on Postgres with parallel Pest
- Queues and cache on Redis
- Larastan level 7
- Laravel Sail set up
- Vitest and React Testing Library
Can’t wait to start building features, but I like having a solid setup first.
Wtf? Codex tried to heredoc my .env in tests.yml 🤣
Straight copy and paste
Straight copy and paste
October 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Wtf? Codex tried to heredoc my .env in tests.yml 🤣
Straight copy and paste
Straight copy and paste
Day 1 of going full indie
$0 MRR, no team, no funding, single parent, homeschooling my son
Wish me luck. I think I need it 😅
$0 MRR, no team, no funding, single parent, homeschooling my son
Wish me luck. I think I need it 😅
October 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Day 1 of going full indie
$0 MRR, no team, no funding, single parent, homeschooling my son
Wish me luck. I think I need it 😅
$0 MRR, no team, no funding, single parent, homeschooling my son
Wish me luck. I think I need it 😅
My tech stack for Detailed
- Laravel
- React
- Typescript
- Tailwind
- Shadcn
- Postgres
- Redis
Chosen for speed, simplicity and because I know them inside out
- Laravel
- React
- Typescript
- Tailwind
- Shadcn
- Postgres
- Redis
Chosen for speed, simplicity and because I know them inside out
October 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My tech stack for Detailed
- Laravel
- React
- Typescript
- Tailwind
- Shadcn
- Postgres
- Redis
Chosen for speed, simplicity and because I know them inside out
- Laravel
- React
- Typescript
- Tailwind
- Shadcn
- Postgres
- Redis
Chosen for speed, simplicity and because I know them inside out
Good morning!
I can’t wait to start building Detailed tomorrow, especially because it’s something I’d use every day. But today, I’ll be playing Roblox and stuff with my little boy.
What’s your plan for today?
I can’t wait to start building Detailed tomorrow, especially because it’s something I’d use every day. But today, I’ll be playing Roblox and stuff with my little boy.
What’s your plan for today?
October 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Good morning!
I can’t wait to start building Detailed tomorrow, especially because it’s something I’d use every day. But today, I’ll be playing Roblox and stuff with my little boy.
What’s your plan for today?
I can’t wait to start building Detailed tomorrow, especially because it’s something I’d use every day. But today, I’ll be playing Roblox and stuff with my little boy.
What’s your plan for today?
A public roadmap and changelog isn’t just transparency. It’s marketing.
Every update is a chance to remind people you’re shipping.
Every update is a chance to remind people you’re shipping.
October 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A public roadmap and changelog isn’t just transparency. It’s marketing.
Every update is a chance to remind people you’re shipping.
Every update is a chance to remind people you’re shipping.
Most tools are team focused.
I'm creating Detailed for solo builders who want less overhead and more output.
I'm creating Detailed for solo builders who want less overhead and more output.
October 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Most tools are team focused.
I'm creating Detailed for solo builders who want less overhead and more output.
I'm creating Detailed for solo builders who want less overhead and more output.
Finished my PRD for Detailed.
I'll start coding on Monday, after a weekend off with my son.
Time to move from planning to shipping.
I'll start coding on Monday, after a weekend off with my son.
Time to move from planning to shipping.
October 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Finished my PRD for Detailed.
I'll start coding on Monday, after a weekend off with my son.
Time to move from planning to shipping.
I'll start coding on Monday, after a weekend off with my son.
Time to move from planning to shipping.
Good morning!
Finishing a few last things on my PRD for Detailed this morning, then taking the rest of the weekend off with my son.
What’s your plan for the weekend?
Finishing a few last things on my PRD for Detailed this morning, then taking the rest of the weekend off with my son.
What’s your plan for the weekend?
October 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Good morning!
Finishing a few last things on my PRD for Detailed this morning, then taking the rest of the weekend off with my son.
What’s your plan for the weekend?
Finishing a few last things on my PRD for Detailed this morning, then taking the rest of the weekend off with my son.
What’s your plan for the weekend?
I’m an indie dev building Detailed: product management for indie devs who want to ship fast & build in public.
Expect progress updates, lessons learned, and mistakes made along the way.
Follow if you’re building solo and want to ship faster.
Expect progress updates, lessons learned, and mistakes made along the way.
Follow if you’re building solo and want to ship faster.
October 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I’m an indie dev building Detailed: product management for indie devs who want to ship fast & build in public.
Expect progress updates, lessons learned, and mistakes made along the way.
Follow if you’re building solo and want to ship faster.
Expect progress updates, lessons learned, and mistakes made along the way.
Follow if you’re building solo and want to ship faster.