amit
@websymphony.net
Professional software engineer during day.
Indie-hacker during night and weekends.
Building: https://hipcv.com
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@amitgaur
*Opinions are mine, only if they are good.
Indie-hacker during night and weekends.
Building: https://hipcv.com
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@amitgaur
*Opinions are mine, only if they are good.
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amit
@websymphony.net
· Nov 21
I don't build because it is easy.
I build because I thought it was easy when I started.
I build because I thought it was easy when I started.
When you don't have an explicit design, it is not no-design.
It is a bad design.
It is a bad design.
June 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
When you don't have an explicit design, it is not no-design.
It is a bad design.
It is a bad design.
Had too much fun putting together this interaction. :D
December 30, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Had too much fun putting together this interaction. :D
Golang is my perfect language, wish I was better at it.
December 27, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Golang is my perfect language, wish I was better at it.
There is only one way to reduce tech debt.
Identifying and explicitly trying to reduce the tech debt.
Rewrites almost always increase tech debt and miss original bugs.
Microservices extractions have the same tech debt with sprinkles of additional failure modes.
Identifying and explicitly trying to reduce the tech debt.
Rewrites almost always increase tech debt and miss original bugs.
Microservices extractions have the same tech debt with sprinkles of additional failure modes.
December 22, 2024 at 1:10 AM
There is only one way to reduce tech debt.
Identifying and explicitly trying to reduce the tech debt.
Rewrites almost always increase tech debt and miss original bugs.
Microservices extractions have the same tech debt with sprinkles of additional failure modes.
Identifying and explicitly trying to reduce the tech debt.
Rewrites almost always increase tech debt and miss original bugs.
Microservices extractions have the same tech debt with sprinkles of additional failure modes.
Don't listen to these jokers.
It is still a great time to start learning to code or building your idea.
It is still a great time to start learning to code or building your idea.
December 21, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Don't listen to these jokers.
It is still a great time to start learning to code or building your idea.
It is still a great time to start learning to code or building your idea.
Do I still need auth, if I don't have any users?
December 14, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Do I still need auth, if I don't have any users?
The only way to validate an idea is to actually ship and charge money for it.
Everything else is procrastination.
Everything else is procrastination.
December 10, 2024 at 8:38 PM
The only way to validate an idea is to actually ship and charge money for it.
Everything else is procrastination.
Everything else is procrastination.
me while reading my own code from last week.
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair with his hands up .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair with his hands up .
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:27 PM
me while reading my own code from last week.
Can't believe how well this works.
When stuck on a hard problem.
Start writing down what I have tried, what I expected vs what I am seeing.
New insights to tackle the problem, every single time.
When stuck on a hard problem.
Start writing down what I have tried, what I expected vs what I am seeing.
New insights to tackle the problem, every single time.
December 7, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Can't believe how well this works.
When stuck on a hard problem.
Start writing down what I have tried, what I expected vs what I am seeing.
New insights to tackle the problem, every single time.
When stuck on a hard problem.
Start writing down what I have tried, what I expected vs what I am seeing.
New insights to tackle the problem, every single time.
Remember, customers of your startup are not as "cheap" as you.
You can always charge more!
You can always charge more!
December 6, 2024 at 7:04 AM
Remember, customers of your startup are not as "cheap" as you.
You can always charge more!
You can always charge more!
I don't need no SaaS starter kit.
Wake me up when they are selling SaaS finisher kit.
Wake me up when they are selling SaaS finisher kit.
December 2, 2024 at 7:36 PM
I don't need no SaaS starter kit.
Wake me up when they are selling SaaS finisher kit.
Wake me up when they are selling SaaS finisher kit.
Want to write maintainable software?
Build something worth maintaining.
Build something worth maintaining.
November 30, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Want to write maintainable software?
Build something worth maintaining.
Build something worth maintaining.
early returns >>> nested ifs
November 30, 2024 at 5:33 AM
early returns >>> nested ifs
On my way to work. Real bluesky. 😍
November 28, 2024 at 8:48 PM
On my way to work. Real bluesky. 😍
Life is too hard.
Got a mechanical clicky keyboard today.
Can't listen to it because I also got noise cancelling headphones.
Got a mechanical clicky keyboard today.
Can't listen to it because I also got noise cancelling headphones.
November 27, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Life is too hard.
Got a mechanical clicky keyboard today.
Can't listen to it because I also got noise cancelling headphones.
Got a mechanical clicky keyboard today.
Can't listen to it because I also got noise cancelling headphones.
me: i should write a blog post
my dev brain: what am hearing is we need to build a fancy blogging engine first
me: that sounds reasonable
my dev brain: what am hearing is we need to build a fancy blogging engine first
me: that sounds reasonable
November 26, 2024 at 5:57 PM
me: i should write a blog post
my dev brain: what am hearing is we need to build a fancy blogging engine first
me: that sounds reasonable
my dev brain: what am hearing is we need to build a fancy blogging engine first
me: that sounds reasonable
First rule of microservices.
Don't write a microservice.
Don't write a microservice.
November 25, 2024 at 6:09 PM
First rule of microservices.
Don't write a microservice.
Don't write a microservice.
Sure, my code runs flawlessly… until someone other than me actually uses it!
November 24, 2024 at 6:56 AM
Sure, my code runs flawlessly… until someone other than me actually uses it!
Programming tip: Get enough sleep.
November 22, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Programming tip: Get enough sleep.
I don't build because it is easy.
I build because I thought it was easy when I started.
I build because I thought it was easy when I started.
November 21, 2024 at 6:36 PM
I don't build because it is easy.
I build because I thought it was easy when I started.
I build because I thought it was easy when I started.
My coding process is quite simple actually.
Drink sh*t ton of coffee and despair, until stuff starts working.
Drink sh*t ton of coffee and despair, until stuff starts working.
November 20, 2024 at 7:11 PM
My coding process is quite simple actually.
Drink sh*t ton of coffee and despair, until stuff starts working.
Drink sh*t ton of coffee and despair, until stuff starts working.
Have you even lived if you haven't dropped a db in production.
November 19, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Have you even lived if you haven't dropped a db in production.
Software project estimates 101:
Whatever your actual estimate is, multiply it by 1.5 and add 2 weeks for just in case. 😅
Whatever your actual estimate is, multiply it by 1.5 and add 2 weeks for just in case. 😅
November 17, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Software project estimates 101:
Whatever your actual estimate is, multiply it by 1.5 and add 2 weeks for just in case. 😅
Whatever your actual estimate is, multiply it by 1.5 and add 2 weeks for just in case. 😅