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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Over 100k monthly downloads for nextstepjs. I don't do any marketing as it is free library, still it grows better than my SaaS projects. 😅

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

First github sponsor for my open-source project! 🎉 🎉 🥳 🥳 Love it when people support open source, not because of income (tiny compared to saas) but makes you feel useful! It is free but people are willing to pay! #buildinpublic #opensource

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Don’t be a "safe" coder. It's a trap. I spent half day debugging AWS Amplify config only to realize that process env NEXT_PUBLIC works, but process?.env?.NEXT_PUBLIC returns undefined because the Next.js compiler doesn't recognize the pattern. @vercel.com why you do this to me? 🤡

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I had my first bot attack. Guns out now. Cloudflare and vercel bot protection did not do much. So I had to block particular FA4. Need to put rate limiting. What do you guys do to avoid this?

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

2 more today! You know what, seems like marketing really works. So many slow months, one YouTube video and 280 Euros sale in 4 days. Now, we need to show our options trading journal to more people.

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Ohh such a nice start to the week. I am soo over the moon. 3 years of work on our Options Trading Journal is finally paying off. Since our YT video is out, we had total 2 monthly basic plan, 1 yearly basic plan and 1 yearly pro plan sales. 🚀🚀🎉🎉 #buildinpublic #options

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Another reason to escape corporate. Fire drills in December, non-sense...

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Gemini 2.5 on cursor was great but had some flaws. Crashes mid task Slow response And talks too much. That is why I used Claude and Composer. How is it with Gemini 3? I am not asking how it performs, it will perform superb. Does it still have these flaws? #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

@posthog.com is amazing! I just wanted to remind that. I shipped a critical update today, did not realise there was a bug on certain edge case. Saw the bug in session replays even before customer warned us and my team mate fixed it immediately. Definitely try out session replays. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Only if I did not switch to MacOS. It is great news for Windows users! They can finally enjoy @raycast.com , it is amazing!

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I have been experimenting with Composer and it is amazing! No noticeable detriment to Claude 4.5 or gemini 2.5 but significantly faster. Not able to watch TV anymore, agent finishes to quickly. @cursor_ai #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I should not have had Chinese before gym 😅

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

We need to normalize supporting devs who give us great tools, especially when it is free. This is least we can do to return the favour. I start with @cursorful.com, it is unbelievable that this is completely free! It is demo recording tool similar to screen studio and tella.

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

October is going so well this year. One of my wishes from last birthday was having paying customers. This time, we have two different apps with paying customers! Promising events coming up to scale them more. I am sure next year, I will be talking about 5 digit MRR. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I was away from X for a while, couple hours back in and I remember why I left it in the first place. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Do you manually submit your new project to directories or do you use someone? If so, refer them here so we can use them as well. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Sick of seeing .md files in your IDE and Search results? Just add files.exclude and search.exclude to your .vscode/settings.json in any vscode based IDE. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Worst thing with dog is you sleep scared. Scared of making any kind of noise. If you do, you need to start your day. Does not matter it is 4am 😅

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Cursor Agent is really nice to get small changes in while you are off laptop, but somehow it gets some stupid change in.. Then I try to revert last commit talking to it, but it fails to revert a commit. Anyone having the same issue? For example it deleted supabase db types file? #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

This month could be the first one we are making 4 figures. So excited. Finally years of failure and improvement will pay off. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Finished morning hike, now time for BBQ. Life is good.

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Do you watch reels in your toilet brake or continue shipping with cursor agents? 😅 #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Don't look for perfect! Ship the good and users will ask for perfect if it matters! #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Your advantage as an indie hacker is not your tech knowledge or advanced features in your app. It is agility and adaptivity! Instead of endless meetings and pointless discussions, you can actually get things done quickly for your USERS. Not for your manager. Focus on this! #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Important for B2B, always filter the requests. Especially big companies will always find a way to complicate things. They will ask more and once you deliver, they will ask even more. Set the rules at the beginning then extend the scope step by step, not at the beginning! #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

We need to normalize talking less and actually getting things done. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

It always amazes me how people manage to complicate simplest things ever. Keep it fkin simple stupid. Please. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

F*ck! I bought last week's session by mistake, I will go there and meet the guys. Maybe there will be a space for me 😂

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Another sale for mindtrajour! 🥳🥳🥳🚀🚀🚀 1 year subscription after 1 week trial. We are so on! #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

After 3 years of no basketball, finally found a group playing nearby. (very rare in UK) Let's see how 3 years break then full court game feels like. Probably like this.

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

We made our first sale 🥳🥳🥳🚀🚀🚀 Last I have introduced a new feature, we sent the newsletter, conducted user interviews and bam. First sale! And we know more on the way. Worst is behind. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Looking forward to go for a hike this weekend. Man, 30s hit hard 😅 #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Feeling bit lost nowadays. Busy day job, some conflicts in the team, new baby dog in the house, peak summertime, list goes on... I know I will recover fast and I know it is normal to feel this way sometimes. Important bit is keep going. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

How many simple products you saw here with 5-6 figures MRR? That should be your sign to stop spending 95% of your time development and focus on marketing and distribution! #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Are we switching to chatgpt after a while again or staying with Claude? #buildinpublic #ai

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

If you are not selling shovels, BiP is not for marketing. It is for building connections and a tribe. Almost like having a club. Don't try to sell your product here, it is just not the right place to sell it. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

You don't need to reinvent the wheel. You just need to talk to people, ideally to your customers, to find new ideas. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Don't forget to take time off! Hustle culture is toxic.

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

If you missed opt out of new pricing thingy in cursor, just email them and they will move you back to 500 requests plan. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

It is crazy that over 10k people downloading my library. 😱😱😱 #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

It is crazy that over 10k people downloading my library. 😱😱😱 #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

How come title case is not a native javascript function? #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

One casual reddit post ->50x traffic No need for thousands of followers, no need for consistent daily posting. Just be genuine I love reddit #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

One casual reddit post ->50x traffic No need for thousands of followers, no need for consistent daily posting. Just be genuine I love reddit #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

This is how you drive traffic from reddit.

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Let's see power of Reddit live. Website traffic now. I will post on Reddit something casual, then share the traffic results again. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

If I get rich, first thing I will start preaching people on doing what you enjoy, how university is not important and how I sleep only 6 hours. #buildinpublic

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

We are on fire! Mindtrajour has B2B customers lined up, 💵💵 will be flowing Our startup had a deal with another B2B to develop a tool for them, lump sum cash + 5$/month per their user Loads of things to develop and learn. Life is good!

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