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Adding Features Since No One Asked
Agile Webdev Programming
2 days ago 151.7K views 0 shares
Adding Features Since No One Asked
Just another Tuesday at a tech startup. The founder's pouring a gallon of "features" into a product that has zero paid users and no marketing strategy. Nothing says success like building a rocket ship when nobody asked for transportation. The classic "if we build it, they will come" delusion in its natural habitat. Spoiler alert: they won't come. They're perfectly happy using the five other solutions that already exist and have actual marketing budgets.

Code Works, Business Doesn't
Webdev Agile Programming
2 days ago 91.1K views 0 shares
Code Works, Business Doesn't
The classic startup death spiral visualized in three painful steps. You've got 250 domain names because "what if we need them someday?" Then somehow you managed to ship 17 actual apps—impressive engineering, terrible focus. But the grand finale? Zero paying users. That beautiful moment when you realize your brilliant technical solutions are solving problems nobody wants to pay for. It's the perfect illustration of the engineer's fallacy: thinking that elegant code automatically translates to business success. Spoiler alert: users don't care about your perfect microservice architecture—they care about their problems being solved. And apparently, none of your 17 apps across 250 domains managed that particular trick.

The Reality Check No One Asked For
Gamedev AI Programming Cloud
20 days ago 145.9K views 0 shares
The Reality Check No One Asked For
Nothing humbles you faster than the market. Left side: AI bro screaming in agony because his "revolutionary" SaaS built in 14 days with 13 of those spent on the landing page isn't making him yacht money. Right side: Indie dev with the stoic thousand-yard stare after realizing his passion project's 297 downloads (mostly from Reddit sympathy clicks) means he'll be eating ramen for another year. The funniest part? Both of them will be back at it next month with a new "guaranteed winner." Some lessons you have to learn repeatedly at $7.25/hour.

At The Core Of Each Programmer
Programming Webdev Frontend Backend
1 month ago 226.5K views 0 shares
At The Core Of Each Programmer
The eternal battle within every developer's soul: the responsible black wolf saying "keep your current job" versus the delusional white wolf whispering "quit your job and build an app nobody wants." That second wolf is the reason why there are 47 different to-do list apps on your phone right now, all with exactly one user. It's also why your friend keeps talking about his "revolutionary" idea that's basically just Uber but for walking people's goldfish. The first wolf pays your bills. The second wolf is why you have 17 half-finished GitHub repositories that haven't been touched since 2019.

The Million-Dollar Side Project Daydream
Programming Webdev Frontend Backend
1 month ago 157.7K views 0 shares
The Million-Dollar Side Project Daydream
Every developer has that moment of galaxy-brain inspiration where we convince ourselves we'll build the next million-dollar SaaS product instead of fixing those 47 bugs in the backlog. That intense concentration while daydreaming about passive income from side projects is practically a developer rite of passage. Meanwhile, our actual codebase sits untouched for weeks because "I'm architecting the solution in my head." The irony? We could've earned more by just putting those hours into our actual job.

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The Secret Anti-Aging Formula: Stop Coding
Programming Debugging
1 month ago 203.6K views 0 shares
The Secret Anti-Aging Formula: Stop Coding
Nothing ages a programmer like debugging someone else's code at 3 AM. The moment you stop writing code and start cashing checks, you magically reverse-age 10 years. That's just science. Every line of code you write is basically a wrinkle transaction. The real anti-aging cream was venture capital all along.

Within Every Programmer
Programming Webdev Frontend Backend
2 months ago 229.2K views 0 shares
Within Every Programmer
The eternal battle raging in every developer's soul. One wolf whispers about stability, health insurance, and regular paychecks. The other wolf convinces you that your half-baked note-taking app with blockchain integration will definitely disrupt the market and make you the next tech billionaire. After 15 years in the industry, I've watched countless colleagues feed that white wolf, only to return to the corporate kennel six months later with their tails between their legs. The startup graveyard is littered with "revolutionary" apps that solved problems nobody had.

Within Every Programmer
Programming Webdev Frontend Backend
2 months ago 193.5K views 0 shares
Within Every Programmer
The eternal battle raging in every developer's mind. One wolf whispers, "Keep that stable paycheck and health insurance," while the other howls, "Throw it all away for your revolutionary app idea that's basically just Uber but for plant watering." The second wolf conveniently forgets to mention the 99% startup failure rate, endless ramen dinners, and explaining to your parents why you left a six-figure job to build something that already exists with "blockchain technology." Yet we still feed that white wolf every time we open GitHub at midnight...

Main Event Match: The Startup Dream Team
Programming Agile
3 months ago 217.9K views 0 shares
Main Event Match: The Startup Dream Team
The ultimate startup formula: take one engineer who writes "Hello World" tutorials, add a marketer whose entire strategy is "let's go viral," shake hands, and boom – you've got a "Vibe Startup." This unholy alliance is how we end up with apps that crash every 3 minutes but have really cool logos. The tech industry's version of two people who can't swim deciding to cross the Atlantic together because "how hard could it be?" Spoiler alert: 90% of these handshakes end with both parties back on LinkedIn within 8 months.

How To Become A Millionaire As A Game Developer
Gamedev Unity Programming
4 months ago 212.1K views 0 shares
How To Become A Millionaire As A Game Developer
Ah, the classic indie game developer financial strategy! Why struggle with bootstrapping when you can just burn through a fortune instead? The gaming industry's version of "how to make a small fortune in aviation: start with a large one." Most indie devs are out here eating ramen while debugging collision detection at 3 AM, but apparently the secret sauce was just having a billion dollars to begin with. Silly me, I've been doing it all wrong!

Security Is Not Important
Security Webdev Programming
4 months ago 162.3K views 0 shares
Security Is Not Important
The brutal truth from a seasoned dev who's seen too many startups crash and burn. While security professionals are having panic attacks about SQL injection, the average "vibe-based" app developer is just trying to ship something— anything —that someone might actually use. That "move fast and break things" mentality isn't just a motto—it's financial survival. Your app with military-grade encryption is worthless if nobody wants it. The harsh reality? Most apps die from irrelevance, not hackers. Security can always be patched later... if you're lucky enough to have users who care.

Praying For Todo List Unicorn Status
Programming Webdev React Javascript Frontend
5 months ago 176.1K views 0 shares
Praying For Todo List Unicorn Status
That desperate moment when you've helped your friend build yet another todo list app (because the world definitely needs more of those), and now your entire financial future depends on VCs mistaking it for the next Notion. The prayer hands emoji really sells the desperation – like "please let this basic CRUD app with a gradient button somehow become worth billions before my landlord evicts me." The best part? The unspoken agreement that if it fails, you're both going back to debugging legacy PHP for enterprise.