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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Built a full premium restaurant website in 2 hours Flamboyante 20yr legacy fine-dining brand, South Glassmorphism × dark mode × Framer Motion animations React + TS + Vite → deployed on Vercel Sometimes the best pitch is just shipping #buildinpublic 🔗 flamboyante-resturent-website.vercel.app

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

remote teams ship better than hybrid. not bc remote is magic it forces you to write things down. written decisions > verbal ones written specs > whiteboard scribbles the writing isn't overhead. the writing IS the thinking. hybrid = interruptions + isolation + zero docs. #buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

the startup advice industry is just MLM for people with MacBooks. successful founders selling playbooks reverse-engineered from survivorship bias to aspiring founders who will never use them. #buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

"product-market fit" is just a fancy way of saying "people use my thing." the fact that an entire industry exists around helping founders "find" it is the greatest consulting scam of the decade. #buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Agile is just waterfall with better marketing and more meetings about how agile you are. #marketing #productmanagement #buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

3 AI UX anti-patterns killing your product: Pulsing "thinking" dot for 15 seconds → feels broken Wall of text for a simple question → feels overwhelming No way to edit AI output inline → feels final The fix isn't smarter AI. It's making the human feel in control. #buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

most meetings exist because the person who called them wasn't confident enough to make the decision alone and needed 6 other people to share the blame. #buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I chose @Supabase for my backend and @dodopayments for billing. here's why — and what surprised me about both. #buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Sunday builders thread: drop your project with: → what it does (1 sentence) → biggest challenge right now → one thing you're proud of I'll RT the ones that catch my eye #buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Raising venture capital to validate your idea is like buying a treadmill to find out if you like running. you already know the answer, you just wanted permission to spend money. #buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

SaaS is dead We replaced all our subs with "custom AI software". Monthly spend dropped from $750 in SaaS to just $4570 in LLM tokens. Big win As a bonus, the team now spends half their time fixing vibe-coded bugs instead of using working tools But at least we own the stack

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

hot take: the best developers I know don't have strong opinions about frameworks. they have strong opinions about problems the "React vs Vue vs Svelte" debate is just developers arguing about hammers instead of building houses pick one ship something nobody cares what you used #buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

what are you building right now? drop a one-liner about your project. I'll reply to every single one. #buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I've been shipping a SaaS product completely solo for months. here are 5 hard lessons nobody talks about.

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

The best founder skill isn't fundraising it's being able to build the whole product yourself → design → backend → auth & payments → deploy not forever. but when you're early, speed = survival. hiring someone to build your vision is the slowest way to start #buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

everyone is building AI wrappers around ChatGPT and calling it a product. the real builders are using AI as an invisible layer — not the selling point. if your entire value prop disappears when OpenAI ships an update, you don't have a product. you have a feature on borrowed time. #buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

This health realization hit me like a truck: Afternoon brain fog isn't normal For years, I'd crash at 2 PM and chug coffee I thought it was just part of the workday Then I swapped my heavy carb lunch for protein The fog vanished Your food isn't just fuel. It's code for your brain #Buildinpiblic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Vibe coding + AI agents will be the future, you might hate it, but you can’t stop it. #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

What’s your personal benchmark for declaring that AGI has happened?

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

building a personal brand is humbling you’ll post and comment for a month and get like 30 followers makes you realize how hard it is to grow and actually generate leads (but no one will tell you this) #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

This mistake I made, I wish I had known this before. For an MVP, messy code that ships is infinitely better than clean code that's six months late. You don't have a tech debt problem yet. You have a "no one knows you exist" problem. Speed first. Refactor later. #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

After a long coding session, Minecraft is so much fun. #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

This might be controversial, but: Using Chatgpt,Gemini 2.5 pro, or libraries isn't "cheating." It's leverage. Your value isn't in knowing every answer. It's in knowing how to find and apply solutions fast. #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I don't know if this happens to everyone, but sometimes when I'm giving advice to someone else, it feels like I'm actually saying it to myself. It feels so strange. #buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Why successful developers never write "clever" code for an MVP. Cleverness = complexity. Complexity = bugs, delays, burnout. Your goal isn't to show off. It's to build the simplest thing that solves the problem. #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

master plan 1. launch 12 startups in 12 month 2. fail 3. create a course "how to not launch 12 startups in 12 months" 4. win #buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Most people get content creation completely backwards. They think: "Quality over quantity." The truth: Quantity is the path to quality. You can't make 1 great video until you've made 100 bad ones. Stop trying to be perfect. Start being prolific. #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

This startup realization hit me like a truck: The moment a stranger pays you for something you built, everything changes. It's no longer a side project. It's no longer an idea. It's a business. And you're in the game. #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

I'm feeling upset because my ex-co-founder embarrassed me in a meeting, causing me to lose two clients. i will share all the drama in a thread #buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Task Update (Yesterday): ✔️ Added wishlist to all SaaS projects ✔️ Finished my portfolio ❌ Didn’t record reels ❌ Couldn’t make 50 cold calls (team didn’t provide the data) “Overall, I’m happy with some progress, but also a little disappointed.” #buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

There's nothing more painful than: Spending 6 hours debugging a complex system... ...only to realize you were missing a semicolon on line 42. #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Today I traveled so much about more then 100km . I went to two different cities, donated blood, and picked up my new phone. Now I still have to finish the landing page. Being a founder is hard, but it’s so much fun! #buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

This was one of the mistakes I made in the beginning. Stop trying to build a system that can handle 1 million users. Instead, build a system that can handle 100 user perfectly. You're not Google. You're a startup. Solve the problem first. Scale it later. #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

The biggest lie I've been told about my career? "Follow your passion." Your passion is unreliable. It changes. It fades. Your skills are an asset. They compound. They pay. Don't follow your passion. Build skills that lead you to it. #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

The uncomfortable truth about startups: If a founder is constantly talking about "work-life balance," they aren't fully committed to winning. Building something great requires a period of painful, obsessive imbalance. The legends are forged in the fire, not on the sidelines. #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

This is the mindset shift i needed earlier: Discipline isn't a prison. It's freedom. Freedom from impulse. Freedom from your weaker self. Freedom from negotiating your goals every single day. Discipline is the highest form of self-respect. #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Everything I knew about multitasking was 100% WRONG. It's not a skill. It's a trap. You're not doing 5 things at once. You're just giving 20% of your focus to 5 things. Single-tasking isn't slower. It's the only way to go fast. #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I almost quit my freelance work until I learned this: Working 14-hour distracted days got me less done than 6-hour focused ones. The goal isn't to be "busy" all day. The goal is to win 3-4 deep work sessions. Energy is the real currency, not time. #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Nobody wants to admit this about ambition: Feeling guilty when you rest is the fastest path to burnout. Breaks aren't a sign of weakness. They are a requirement for high performance. Your brain needs downtime to do its best work. Rest is part of the work. #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

The productivity shortcut that actually works: Saying "no." No to that pointless meeting. No to that new "opportunity." No to browsing another tab. Your focus is your most valuable asset. Protect it with a ruthless "no." #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

This is the mindset shift you need if you hate self-promotion: You're not "bragging." You're not being "salesy." If you truly believe your product or service helps people, then not sharing it is a selfish act. Shift your frame from selling to serving. #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

The real reason i think you're failing at content marketing: You're chasing virality, not building a system. One viral post with no newsletter link is a missed opportunity. One viral post with a clear CTA is a business asset. Don't build on rented land. What you think #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Life's changed so much I don't care about Apple Event anymore

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Most people i meet get this backwards: Copying code from Grok isn't cheating. It's leverage. Re-writing solved problems from scratch is a waste of your time. Your job is to ship value, not reinvent the wheel. #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Life as a Founder 1. Spend 15 min crafting a sexy prompt on ChatGPT 2. Chill for Twitter as ChatGPT thinks 3. Go debug Same for Devs?

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

The biggest lie you've been told about building a startup: You need to be a "10x coder." False. You need to be a 10x problem-solver. The best code is the code that ships and solves a real problem. #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

This is the mindset shift you need as a developer: Stop trying to be a 10x coder. Start trying to be a 10x problem solver. Your value isn't in elegant code. It's in ruthlessly finding solutions that ship. #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

This content creation realization hit me like a truck: I spent 10 hours on a "perfect" piece of content. It flopped. I spent 10 minutes on an "average" thought. It went viral. You don't decide what's good. The audience does. Ship more, let them choose. #Buildinpublic

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Lalit mukesh @lalitt.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Why most "social media growth" advice is useless: It tells you to "beat the algorithm." The algorithm isn't your enemy. It's an engine. It's not punishing you. You're just not feeding it enough. Consistency is the only hack. #Buildinpublic

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