Chethana Perera

Software Engineer | Building SaaS tools

Founder of:
🖨 (HTML to PDF generating API for devs)
📜 (AI invoices)

[Chethana Perera @ChethanaMPerera]

Just shipped a fresh update to the website of https://t.co/ZmapXrgi6q🚀

Refined the UI, improved the overall experience, cleaned up the structure, and made everything feel faster and smoother.

Still improving it step by step, but happy with how it’s evolving 👨‍💻✨

Building software is one thing. Building a brand experience people remember is another.

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How are you using AI agents to simplify your day-to-day workflow?

It could be for coding, writing, emails, research, sales, design, or something completely different.

What's one workflow you've automated that you now can't live without?

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One thing I've been thinking about lately:

What's the best pricing model for AI SaaS products?

Monthly/Yearly subscription?
Pay-as-you-go?
Credit-based?
Something else?

Personally, I'm leaning toward a credit-based model. AI usage isn't the same for everyone. Some users might generate 5 outputs a month, while others generate 500. Credits feel a bit more fair and predictable.

Curious what everyone else thinks. If you're building or paying for AI tools, what pricing model do you prefer, and why?

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I keep noticing a shift with AI coding tools lately.

It’s no longer just “autocomplete your next line of code”.

Now it’s more like: “Here’s the task, I’ll try to implement the whole thing”.

Sometimes it’s impressive.

Sometimes it confidently breaks everything in a creative way 😄

But the direction is clear, we’re moving from AI that helps you write code… to AI that tries to do the work.

Still not at the point where you fully trust it end-to-end, but it’s getting closer faster than most people expected.

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Building software has taught me something unexpected.

Momentum beats motivation.

Some days I'm excited.
Some days I'm tired.

But if I ship one small thing every day, the progress compounds way faster than waiting for the "perfect" day.

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I think we overcomplicate software way too often.

Most customers don't ask for AI.

They ask for things like:

"Can this save me time?"
"Can this reduce mistakes?"
"Can I stop doing this manually?"

The technology is interesting.

The outcome is what people actually pay for.

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One tool that's quietly become part of my daily workflow: https://t.co/Fs5MtYO5b9

It's surprisingly good at giving AI the right context instead of making me explain everything from scratch every time.

Small improvement, but it saves a lot of repetitive prompting.

What tools have unexpectedly become part of your workflow?

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One thing I've learned after building multiple products...

People don't care how elegant your code is.

They care if the problem disappears.

I've spent days polishing features nobody touched.

I've also shipped ugly MVPs that customers loved.

Ship first. Polish later.

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What's one task in your business that you do every single day but wish you never had to do again?

Mine is creating marketing posts.

Not because I don't enjoy marketing.

It's because coming up with fresh ideas, writing them, designing creatives, and publishing them every single day takes way more time than it should.

Feels like something software should be doing for me.

What's yours?

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Every week I see another "AI will replace developers" post.

The funny thing is...

I spend more time building today than I did a year ago.

AI didn't replace my job.
It removed a lot of the boring parts.

Now I spend more time thinking and less time typing.

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I've been using https://t.co/UBT48brupI to power our OpenCode workflows, and it's been a game-changer.

Instead of repeatedly teaching AI agents the same workflows, standards, and best practices, we install reusable skills and let the agent load expertise when needed.

Less prompting. Better outputs. Faster execution.

Feels like we're moving from "AI assistants" to "AI specialists."

#AI #OpenCode #AgenticAI #SoftwareEngineering #SkillsSh #BuildInPublic

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One thing I keep seeing in AI projects: complexity grows fast when data is spread across multiple systems.

Oracle AI Database takes a different approach by bringing vector search and AI capabilities directly into the database instead of adding another layer to the stack.

Less integration work. Less data movement. More focus on building.

Worth a look if you're working on GenAI or RAG applications.

#Oracle #GenAI #Database #AI #SaaSDeveloper #SaaSFounders

[Chethana Perera @ChethanaMPerera]

Been using OpenCode for a few weeks now, seriously impressed.

Tried DeepSeek V4 Flash, Gemini, Llama 3.3, MiniMax M2.5… but DeepSeek stands out. Follows instructions precisely, has a strong planning mode before building, and is highly customizable with skills, commands, and rules.

Feels like coding with a disciplined co-engineer.

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X Communities are shutting down on May 30th… 👀

Curious how everyone feels about this. And where do you think niche conversations will move next?

Discord
Reddit
Telegram
LinkedIn Groups
Somewhere else?

Drop your thoughts below 👇

[Chethana Perera @ChethanaMPerera]

800 followers on X🎉

A few months ago, nobody knew I existed here.

Now people follow my journey building products, sharing ideas, shipping experiments, and talking about AI/startups daily.

Still underrated.
Still early.
Still building harder than ever.

1,000 next.

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Antigravity brought the IDE back 👀

After the last update removed the editor completely and pushed everything into a chat-only workflow, I honestly moved back to VS Code full-time. The editor was the main reason Antigravity felt different from every other AI tool.

Now they’ve re-released the IDE experience again.

Good to see they listened to the community feedback. The mix of AI + actual coding environment is what made Antigravity powerful in the first place.

Curious to see how stable and polished this version becomes over the next few updates.

Are you guys moving back to Antigravity IDE or sticking with VS Code/Cursor?

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How do you currently create marketing visuals for your SaaS?

Are you:
- Hiring a designer ($$$)
- Using Canva templates
- Running Figma yourself
- Stock photos + text overlay
- Something else?

Curious what actually works and what's painfully slow. Reply below 👇

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Yesterday I updated Antigravity, and the whole experience changed. The editor was completely gone, and the UI turned into more of a pure LLM/chat interface. At first, I thought the editor would appear after opening a project, but then I realized they actually removed it.

Honestly, I was really disappointed. Antigravity has been my primary IDE since last year, and I’ve built a lot of projects with it. For now, I’ve completely moved back to VS Code for coding. I might still use Antigravity as an AI chat tool, but not as my main editor anymore.

What do you guys think about the new update?

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Just shipped a fresh UI update for https://t.co/0tMOHbLFTm✨

Redesigned the homepage to make everything cleaner, faster, and easier to navigate. Also added Dark Mode 🌙 Small details, better experience.

Still improving it day by day 🚀

[Chethana Perera @ChethanaMPerera]

Been using https://t.co/MqKlSdUgxC recently for one of my projects, and the experience has been really good so far. What I like most is the flexibility.

- Free models are available
- You can use your own providers
- Local models work great too
- And custom skills make a huge difference

The custom skills part is probably my favorite because it helps maintain consistency across the project instead of repeating the same instructions again and again.

Definitely one of the tools I’ll keep using in my workflow.