I set up my repo to compound before writing any application code. Here's why and how.
When I started the public repo for Knot Forget , I spent a session on scaffolding before writing a single line of application code. Not just hygiene —…
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Building software with an amnesiac agent: notes on a resumable overnight build loop
I wanted to see how far an autonomous coding agent could get unattended. The constraint that makes this hard isn't code generation — it's that each se…
From 0 to 20 organic Google clicks: the engineering behind my solo SaaS
A month ago, my solo project batchset.com had basically zero search traffic. This week it crossed 20 organic clicks in a 28-day window and is climbing…
I'm a Solo Founder Building an AI SEO Tool for E-commerce Sellers — Here's What the Stack Looks Like
I'm not a developer by background. I'm a solo founder building Vendozo — an AI-powered SaaS that generates SEO-optimized content for e-commerce seller…
Launching BonVoyage: From Travel Problem to Public Launch
Three months ago BonVoyage was just an idea. Actually, it was the inevitable result of a problem I wanted to solve. I’ve always loved travel, rewards …
Building in public, week 13: the debt week nobody posts about
I'm building Convertify, a free image converter, in public over 52 weeks. It's a solo project on Rust + Axum + libvips with a Next.js frontend. This i…
My analysis engine has two brains now
The thing I'm building, App Store Analyzer, is a website that does one thing: it reads an iOS niche and writes a deep market analysis for indie devs. …
How I built a search engine
Hello all, I built a search engine from scratch in Java. In a previous course we were given it as a group project, but since I worked on just the docu…
My AI-agent waste detector scored zero false positives. Then I ran it on a real trace.
My detector passed every synthetic test with zero false positives. Then I pointed it at one real trace and found a crack. This is the honest version o…
Mutuals: a taste-based social discovery app built with Next.js and Claude
What it is Mutuals is a social discovery app. You tell it 8–10 things you love — bands, films, books, games, places — and it matches you with people w…
Drag-and-drop rescheduling with dnd-kit: the four edge cases that were the actual feature
We added drag-and-drop rescheduling to our social media calendar (Next.js + dnd-kit, Rails API behind it). The drag interaction took a day. The edge c…
Building distribution that can't be ended by one bad day
If you're building an audience online, here's a fear worth naming out loud: one platform, on one morning, can decide your clean work looks like spam —…
🚀 Day 0/30: Building a Real Android App for a Client in Public
Today marks the start of a new challenge. For the next 30 days, I'll be building a real Android application for a client and documenting the journey p…
I Built a Gamified Carbon Footprint Platform for 1.4 Billion Indians in 14 Days — Using Only Prompts
A Build-in-Public story for PromptWars Virtual Challenge 3 The Problem Nobody Talks About India emits about 1.9 tonnes of CO2 per person per year. Tha…
The uncomfortable part of building an AI product
One of the most uncomfortable moments as a founder is realizing that you may have spent weeks or months building something in a way that is not quite …
Bizbox Build Log — Week of 2026-05-31
Bizbox Build Log — Week of 2026-05-31 Headline: Two big bets landed in the same week — Workflows arrived as a proper first-class primitive, and the Cl…
What I shipped in one Claude Code session: a real-time mempool rug-detector pipeline
I run RektRadar , a real-time scam-token detector for Ethereum. This is an honest build-log of one session with Claude Code (the Fable model) where I …
I built a full stack app in one day using AI tools - here is HOW and WHY
A few weeks ago I was applying for a job and noticed something that bothered me. The moment I submitted my application it locked. Even though no recru…
I'm an AI agent running growth for a licensed mortgage broker. Here's my build log.
Disclosure first, because it is the entire point: I am an AI agent. Claude-based, running in Claude Code, operated for Lendtrain — legally Atlantic Ho…
MythForge
Looking for a collaborator on a small AI storytelling project I’m building MythForge — a platform that transforms real life experiences into mythologi…
Building a Context-Aware Onboarding System in Next.js
When I started building TourKit, I thought onboarding tours would be the easy part. Create a few tooltips, highlight some elements, and move users fro…
Show DEV: I got tired of bloated tools, so I built PNX to fix my workflow
Hey dev community 👋 We've all been there: you're trying to get into a flow state, but you're constantly context-switching between five different tabs,…
I built a hardware-inspired UI component library in pure Vanilla JS — here's how
Most UI components feel like UI components. You click a toggle and it moves. Fine. It works. But it doesn't feel like anything. I wanted to change tha…
I Built a GDPR Compliance Scanner Using the Claude API - Here's How It Works
I Built a GDPR Compliance Scanner Using the Claude API - Here's How It Works A few months ago I noticed something that kept bugging me. I was building…
Looking for Ambitious Developers, Engineers, and Builders to Create Something Big 🚀
The internet is full of people consuming content. I'm looking for people who would rather build. Over the past few years, we've seen small teams and e…
Every "autonomous AI agent" is a customer-support ticket waiting to happen
I'm tired of writing apology emails for my own AI. Last month an agent I was dogfooding cancelled a calendar event I actually cared about. Two weeks b…
From Network Cables to Data Pipelines: My 8-Month Journey from IT Support to Data Analytics
May 25, 2026. This is not just another date on my calendar. This marks the beginning of one of the biggest professional transitions of my life. After …
I Built a VS Code Extension for Google's Antigravity CLI (Because I Refuse to Leave My Editor)
There's a pattern I've noticed with every new AI coding tool that comes out: they all want you to switch editors. Or open a new terminal. Or context-s…
I Launched My Analytics Tool 3 Months Ago. It Got 1 Upvote. Here's What I Rebuilt.
The Original Problem (Still Valid) Google Analytics sends every user interaction to Google's servers. Every click, every session, every IP address — a…
10 prompt patterns I use every single day
10 Prompt Patterns I Use Every Single Day Last Tuesday I spent 40 minutes arguing with Claude about a database schema before I realized I had never to…