Pixel Anas

[Pixel Anas @ASheikh69751]

Real talk:

Building = 20%.
Marketing = 80%.

I spent 3 months building.
Now I’m spending 3 months marketing.

Most developers quit marketing too early.
That’s why developer products fail—not because of bad code.

#BuildInPublic #IndieHacker #Webdev #Nextjs

[Pixel Anas @ASheikh69751]

If you are launching an AI product this week:

Don't build the landing page from scratch.

Digital Rain — Cinematic AI landing page.
Vision-AI — AI image generator landing page.

Both Next.js 15 + Tailwind.

🛒 https://t.co/O44AoHI9YB

#Nextjs #AI #WebDesign #React

[Pixel Anas @ASheikh69751]

Add dark mode to Next.js in 5 minutes 🌙

npm install next-themes

Wrap your app with ThemeProvider, then use useTheme() to toggle.

No CSS variables needed. ⚡

#Nextjs #React #Webdev #TailwindCSS

[Pixel Anas @ASheikh69751]

I used to think the best developers got the best opportunities.

Then I realized:

The most visible developers get the best opportunities.

Skill gets you in the door.
Visibility opens the door.

Post your work. Every day.

#BuildInPublic #IndieHacker #Webdev #Nextjs

[Pixel Anas @ASheikh69751]

Your agency needs a website that closes clients.
Your AI startup needs a landing page that converts.
Your SaaS needs a dashboard that retains users.

I built all three.

🏢 AgencyX —
🌧️ Digital Rain —
📊 NeuroDash —

🛒 https://t.co/O44AoHIHO9

#Nextjs #AI #SaaS #WebDesign

[Pixel Anas @ASheikh69751]

@rain8miao Exactly. That’s the hardest part staying consisten

[Pixel Anas @ASheikh69751]

The hardest part of selling digital products:

Not building them.
Not pricing them.
Not even marketing them

It's trusting the process long enough
for the results to show up.

Most people quit 2 weeks before the breakthrough

I'm not quitting.

#BuildInPublic #IndieHacker #Webdev

[Pixel Anas @ASheikh69751]

Next.js tip most developers skip:

Add a global-error.tsx file to your app.

It catches errors in your root layout and lets users retry instead of leaving them with a blank or broken page.

A small file that can make your app feel much more reliable.

#Nextjs #React #Webdev

[Pixel Anas @ASheikh69751]

Send emails in Next.js without SMTP or a separate backend

Install Resend, then call it from a Server Action

const resend = new Resend(process.env.RESEND_API_KEY)

await resend.emails.send({
from: "[email protected]",
to,
subject,
html,
});

#Nextjs #Webdev #JavaScript

[Pixel Anas @ASheikh69751]

Developers who earn online all made one mindset shift:

From employee thinking:
'How much will I get paid for this?

To owner thinking:
'How much value can I create?

Value creation always pays more than time selling.

Shift the mindset first.

#BuildInPublic #IndieHacker #Webdev

[Pixel Anas @ASheikh69751]

Stop using localStorage for everything.

When to use what:
→ localStorage — user preferences, theme, settings
→ sessionStorage — temporary form data
→ Cookies — auth tokens, server-readable data
→ Database — anything that matters long term

#Webdev #JavaScript #Nextjs #React

[Pixel Anas @ASheikh69751]

What 3 months of building in public actually looks like:

Week 1 — excited and motivated
Week 2 — grinding quietly
Week 3 — doubting everything
Week 4 — finding rhythm
Month 2 — getting consistent
Month 3 — seeing small signals

#BuildInPublic #IndieHacker #Webdev #Nextjs

[Pixel Anas @ASheikh69751]

Best free tools for Next.js developers in 2026

→ Vercel — deployment and analytics
→ Neon — serverless PostgreSQL
→ Upstash — serverless Redis
→ Resend — email API
→ Clerk — authentication

All have generous free tiers
All work perfectly with Nextjs.

#Nextjs #Webdev #React

[Pixel Anas @ASheikh69751]

@rizwandev99 let's connect

[Pixel Anas @ASheikh69751]

I have been posting every day for 3 months.

Most days nobody likes it.
Most days nobody comments.
Most days nothing happens.

But I keep posting.

Because the one day something clicks
makes all the quiet days worth it.

Keep going.

#BuildInPublic #IndieHacker #Webdev #Nextjs

[Pixel Anas @ASheikh69751]

Next.js tip that improved my code quality overnight:

Enable strict mode in TypeScript.

// tsconfig.json
{
"compilerOptions": {
"strict": true
}
}

It forces you to:
→ Handle null and undefined
→ Avoid implicit any

#TypeScript #Nextjs #Webdev #JavaScript

[Pixel Anas @ASheikh69751]

Something nobody tells you :

The first 90 days are just data collection.

You learn:
→ Who your real audience is
→ What messaging actually works
→ Which channels drive traffic
→ What your product is really worth

Don't judge month 1 by sales.

#BuildInPublic #IndieHacker

[Pixel Anas @ASheikh69751]

Late night thought:

The developers who win are not the most talented.

They are the most consistent

Every day One post. One commit. One article.

Compounding is real.
Small actions daily beat big actions occasionally.

Keep going. InshAllah.

#BuildInPublic #IndieHacker #Nextjs

[Pixel Anas @ASheikh69751]

Your AI product idea is good.

Don't let a bad landing page kill it.

Digital Rain — Cinematic AI landing page.

Canvas rain animation.
GSAP scroll effects.
Liquid glass UI.
Next.js 15 + Tailwind

🔗 https://t.co/qEMMhuczGw
🛒 https://t.co/lWmNEW1YTt

#Nextjs #AI #GSAP #WebDesign

[Pixel Anas @ASheikh69751]

The Next.js feature that saves me the most time: generateMetadata()

Dynamic SEO metadata for every page.
Better social previews.

No extra libraries.
Just a few lines of code, and your pages are ready for search + sharing. 🚀

#Nextjs #SEO #WebDev #React