Joined June 2024
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There was a time when ₹500 felt like a huge payment.
Today, I received an Upfront payment that younger me wouldn't have believed.
Life is funny.
One day you're wondering if anyone will value your work.
The next, you're getting paid for years of learning and persistence ❤️
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Jun 13
Everyone was excited about Anthropic's Fable 5. when it's launched.
Now it's unavailable in India.
Maybe the real question isn't how do we get access back.
It's , why we don't have our own Indian frontier AI models yet?
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Jun 13
A year ago, owning a Mac Mini felt impossible.
Today, I'm building on one.
Not because I bought it.
Because a freelancing client trusted me enough to bring me into their office and work alongside their team.
Crazy how a few lines of code can change your life.
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Jun 13
I'm 23 now and last year I graduated with a BCA and jumped into freelancing.
Some clients ghosted me, some were amazing, and most of what I earned went to family responsibilities.
So no funding and no initial funds yet 😂
But I finally have an idea I'm excited about.
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Jun 13
Just hit 10 followers.
A week ago, it felt like I was talking to an empty room.
As an introvert, putting myself out there wasn't easy.
But 3-4 days of showing up, engaging, and sharing what I learn changed everything.
It's only 10.
But these first 10 mean a lot to me ❤️
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Jun 13
Have you ever built a video transcoding service and video streaming service in your engineering phase ?
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Jun 13
If you're a vibe coder, maybe your 90% of application flow is synchronous nature.
#vibecode
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Jun 13
AWS S3 is great, but when you're bootstrapping a SaaS, every dollar counts.
What's the best free S3-compatible object storage you've used in production?
Need something reliable, scalable, and developer-friendly.
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Jun 13
Builders should be paying attention to this.
Imagine waking up one day and finding out the model your product depends on is no longer available to you.
That's a scary thought.
Open-source AI matters more than ever.
Jun 13
This is an alarm for every single country and coders.
You might or might not have access to best tools in future
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Lokesh Purohit retweeted
Jun 12
If a company ask you to put a clause in contract that delay by single day will cut your payment in half,
Simply ask them that delay in 1 day of payment will result in double pay.
Game should be equal. 😌
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Jun 12
How do you handle a long-term client when they can't pay the full project fee upfront?
Do you:
• Split payments into milestones?
• Reduce scope temporarily?
• Offer a payment plan?
• Walk away from the deal?
Curious how other developers and agency owners approach this.
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Jun 11
Anyone can build an app with AI these days
But , Real software Engineering begins. When the developer cares about:
1. What if traffic spikes to 1M users?
2. What if DB goes down?
3. What if a 50K users request arrives at once?
4. What if the user keeps growing?
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Did you know about UPPY and TUS server scalable media uploading system ?
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Just read this and thought :
Because building the app was never the finish line.
The real game starts after launch.
Getting users.
Keeping the app running.
Fixing what breaks.
Earning trust.
Convincing someone to pay.
AI made building easier.
It didn't make business easier.
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Building a SaaS is weird.
For weeks:
• No users
• No revenue
• No validation
Just you convincing yourself not to quit.
Then one stranger signs up.
And suddenly the next 6 months feel worth it.
It's crazy how one stranger can arrive at the exact moment you're losing faith
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19 Jun 2025
What happens when you hire a dev with zero experience…
...and they still deliver the full product?
This is how my freelance journey began — no resume, no background, just trust.
🧵 Let me show you how it really happened:
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19 Jun 2025
If you're starting from zero:
👉 Keep going.
And if you're building something:
Find a dev who figures things out — and ships it.
You don’t need the biggest team.
You need the right one.
I'm that guy.
— Lokesh
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