An interesting thing about design and implementation.

You came up with an idea of a good UX for some part of your service that you #buildinpublic

You have created a sketch on ipad or on a paper. It looks good and usable.
But.. is it really comfortable to use?

@GeorgeDev_ Don't know anyone in #buildinpublic community working with C++/C#. Seems like the vast majority working with web or mobile.

I’ve started to work on designs for my #buildinpublic healthcheck service.
Started with two tools: Figma and Penpot.
Figma still feels a better solution so far, but penpot is quite good. I want to spend more time with penpot to get a picture for myself why I’m still prefer figma)

One should do stress-tests for a project.
Needs to keep in mind the system you’re working on and configuration of the project along with the system where it will be deployed.
Happy #bootstrapping my #buildinpublic fellows!

Recently I needed to do a stress-test of a service for my project at main work.
It’s written in #golang and runs in docker container.
I was a little bit confused when saw the results. So sharing this with #buildinpublic community.

Sometimes strange things happens. Simple and maybe stupid thing but I think worth to share it while #buildinpublic
The code that worked yesterday doesn’t work today. Everything seems to be the same.
Don’t underestimate simple things to be checked.

And it is real if you go with small steps. One day the only thing you’ll need to do is to revise everything and voila, you have documentation! Even when you #buildinpublic documentation matters.

Should we cover our projects with documentation?
Probably not, because we have to create mvp as soon as possible.
We #buildinpublic, we have to be fast, who cares of documentation?
But with very small efforts it’s achievable.

I had been sick for more than a week and after that was recovering one more week :(

Such a severe condition when you don’t have the energy after main work to do anything to #buildinpublic.

@BuildWithTom Take a look at @SendGrid (sendgrid.com) they're good, offers more advanced email marketing features, email automation and email list management. They are good for #bootstrapping and #buildinpublic ))

@AryanshMahato @daniel_nguyenx Why not if you're building opensource product?
A few months ago I #buildinpublic chrome extension to search through my stars on github. And opensourced it.
So yes, it can be open source, but doesn't mean it will))

These nights will be working on OAuth implementation for my bakery service.
Will share progress with #buildinpublic hashtag.
As soon as authorization will be completed, I’ll use it in my future healthcheck service.

About Analytics while #buildinpublic:
One definitely needs to know where his customers comes from, what devices they use and buttons they clicks.

At the beginning you don’t have to buy an expensive analytics system. There are free analytics that will help you to track customers

At first, you spend a lot of time struggling with finding the idea.
And then while #buildinpublic so many ideas comes to your mind that you’re struggling with wishes to implement them all, but you are lack of time...

While #buildinpublic and #bootstrapping your project you don’t need to have a super cool backup system.
At the moment you’re enough to have simple dumps by cron that you can backup anywhere with awesome @resticbackup
github.com/restic/restic

Developers are being divided into two categories:
1. those who do backups
2. those who already do backups)))
Please, be the first one.

Yesterday I accidentally removed db data. Thx god I have database backups.
Shit happens but you should be prepared while #buildinpublic

Small update on my #bakery)
We started to bake cakes! Updated our service with cakes photos and some descriptions. Now it’s sufficient for our purposes. #buildinpublic

In the middle of the night #indiehacker trying fight

Fight with docker, with debug trying find out the bug

#buildinpublic over night struggling through to get it right...

Tweeting about #buildinpublic sometimes might be slowed down just because indiehacker opened pandora’s box))
He might was thinking like in "Rick and Morty”: quick adventure for 20 minutes, but...

@kai_developer A lot of interesting people could be found just while observing #bootstrapping and #buildinpublic hashtags ;)