ImNotAVirus

Former dev, now shipping products until I can work from anywhere. Also trader in my free time.
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[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

One day, I'll tell you the story of how I managed to make $100k a month, left everything behind to become a digital nomad, and traveled and worked all across the World

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But for now, I'm at $0 MRR, I haven't launched anything yet, and I just joined @shipordie_, so I'm just going to keep quiet and focus on building 😅

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And so begins my journey toward freedom 🚀

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

@app_grail @shipordie_ @marclou @jackfriks Thanks, I think it's a little too "generic" 😅

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

One day, I'll tell you the story of how I managed to make $100k a month, left everything behind to become a digital nomad, and traveled and worked all across the World

...

But for now, I'm at $0 MRR, I haven't launched anything yet, and I just joined @shipordie_, so I'm just going to keep quiet and focus on building 😅

...

And so begins my journey toward freedom 🚀

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

@tapodhana_ @shipordie_ @marclou @jackfriks You will 🔥

I'm currently focusing on the build, so I'm doing very little marketing. So, not great 😅

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

@BuildWithKasper @shipordie_ @marclou @jackfriks Thank you so much for your support, that's really encouraging!

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

@pi3ch @zench4n @levelsio That's exactly what I was thinking, and for now I'm not quite sure how to deal with this problem

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

I definitely didn't expect my previous post to generate so many impressions and receive so many thoughtful responses.

First of all: thank you!

Thank you to everyone who took the time to share advice, and especially @levelsio for replying. The answers genuinely exceeded anything I expected!

I've spent the last few hours reading and replying through all the comments, and it forced me to be honest with myself.

I think I identified few reasons why I've been stuck for so long:
- I'm too focused on perfection. It stops me from shipping and even from building a personal brand. I overthink every post and often convince myself I have nothing worth sharing
- I make my projects way too complicated. I aim too big, try to reinvent the wheel, and waste time building things that don't matter
-My marketing skills are close to zero. This is probably my biggest weakness right now
- Until now, I never seriously thought about building a personal brand or learning how to communicate what I'm working on

So here's my roadmap:
- Finish and release the MVP of TheoryCraft. I'm only a few days away
- After that, ship one app every month 🚀
- Spend roughly two weeks building and two weeks learning marketing, distribution, and audience building

I'm writing this publicly because I want to hold myself accountable.

For years I've been working nights and weekends without shipping much. It's time to change that.

So this is my commitment:

I will do everything I can to ship one app per month, improve my marketing skills, and share the journey along the way.

Let's see where I am in 12 months 🔥

(again, sorry for the long post 😅)

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

Posts like this are both incredibly motivating and incredibly discouraging at the same time.

Seeing someone ship so many products and build multiple revenue streams makes me think "this is possible."

But at the same time, I've been working evenings and weekends for years on top of my 9-to-5, and I still haven't managed to ship a single project I'm proud of.

I don't think I'm less intelligent or less hardworking than most people. My problem is that every idea I get turns into a huge project. Months (or years) of work, uncertain demand, endless features. Eventually the scope kills my motivation before I ever launch.

I also tried building in public, hoping it would keep me accountable. But the projects themselves were already taking so much time that I rarely had anything meaningful to share. Most days it felt like I was just grinding through a massive build without reaching any milestones worth posting about.

Curious about your perspective:

@marclou, @tibo_maker, @levelsio do you have any advice for people who seem incapable of finding a small, interesting project they can ship quickly? How do you train yourself to think smaller and launch before motivation disappears?

(sorry for the long post 😅)

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

Converting users is a skill in its own right. Personally, I can't give you any advice on that yet, since I haven't shipped (yet).

Currently I'm building TheoryCraft, a platform that helps people answer one question:

"Would this trading or investing strategy actually work?"

using historical data and AI.

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

Posts like this are both incredibly motivating and incredibly discouraging at the same time.

Seeing someone ship so many products and build multiple revenue streams makes me think "this is possible."

But at the same time, I've been working evenings and weekends for years on top of my 9-to-5, and I still haven't managed to ship a single project I'm proud of.

I don't think I'm less intelligent or less hardworking than most people. My problem is that every idea I get turns into a huge project. Months (or years) of work, uncertain demand, endless features. Eventually the scope kills my motivation before I ever launch.

I also tried building in public, hoping it would keep me accountable. But the projects themselves were already taking so much time that I rarely had anything meaningful to share. Most days it felt like I was just grinding through a massive build without reaching any milestones worth posting about.

Curious about your perspective:

@marclou, @tibo_maker, @levelsio do you have any advice for people who seem incapable of finding a small, interesting project they can ship quickly? How do you train yourself to think smaller and launch before motivation disappears?

(sorry for the long post 😅)

[Marc Lou @marclou]

I made $87,507 in May 2026.

⭐️ TrustMRR — $27K
📈 DataFast — $20K
🏴‍☠️ Ship or Die — $20K
🧑‍💻 CodeFast — $8K
⚡️ ShipFast — $7K
🐥 Twitter — $3.2K
🦐 SuperShrimp — $1K
🍜 Indie Page — $715
🛡️ ByeDispute — $248
🎞️ YouTube — $111
🌱 HabitsGarden — $97
🧬 BioAge — $49
📚 WorkbookPDF — $19
💩 PoopUp — $18

To whoever bought PoopUp: Thank you ❤️

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

Plan for the day:

- Join @shipordie_, no more excuses for not shipping quickly after that
- Finish the TheoryCraft MCP

and that’ll be a good start

I also just realized that my landing page is terrible and doesn't really describe my product. It also lacks screenshots to make it look more realistic. That's something I'll try to improve tomorrow

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

@ThatFukingGuy01 @EloMusk I'm trying to get into it, yeah. It doesn't come naturally yet, but I'm working on it 😃

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

This feature comes at just the right time, as I was just about to start learning about marketing.

Maybe I should join, I don't know. Interacting with people who have the same goals as me might give me an even bigger boost.

But since I’m not starting from scratch with TheoryCraft, I'm not sure if I'm eligible for Ship in 30 Days or Die (technically, I still have 2–3 weeks of work left so I don't know). @jackfriks @marclou ? 👀

[jack friks @jackfriks]

update to my app that forces people to make internet businesses in 30 days [ship or die] ...

MARKET IN 30 DAYS OR DIE!!!

instead of a 30 day mission to ship a startup, you can pick this mission type instead to get on track to getting your first customers by doing marketing.

same concept: if you dont complete the mission in 30 days... you DIE (kicked forever from the community)

for this first update we have 1 main marketing mission type, which is short form content based - tikt0ks and instag4m videos....

this first marketing mission type is mainly for consumer focused products but can pay dividends in other product types too through the knowledge you will pickup in marketing on short form platforms.

- all steps have dedicated pirate guy to show you the guides needed to complete the mission and link to library content we've put together (see last image!)

this is just the first of multiple marketing missions me and @marclou. we are aiming to build this entire community and app as publicly as possible so being honest here :D

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

@jackfriks Oh, good to know! Thanks for your reply

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

I actually have my CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md file with the main guidelines for my project and various rules, kind of like in your third photo.

I'm also a huge fan of GitHub Spec-Kit (https://t.co/PtBm2iwssj). I don’t have my PC here to send you screenshots, but it's the same idea: you have a CONSTITUTION.md file with a set of rules like "do TDD", "write public documentation for every function", etc... And then, for each feature, you'll have a folder with different files describing what needs to be done, the breakdown into tasks, the research, and the paths explored by the developer to arrive at this list of tasks.

I'm using it a little less right now, but I've used it a lot over the past few months.

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

It's been a while since I posted a TheoryCraft update here.

I've been a lot more active on Discord lately, but I want to change that and start sharing progress more regularly on Twitter.

Current focus: the MCP integration.

Still have 59 files left to review before this feature is done 😅

After that:
- AI Assistant integration
- Public Notebook sharing
- Testing
- Documentation

A bit more work than I initially expected, but we're getting close.

If everything goes well, the first public release should be ready in about 2-3 weeks 🚀

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

Spent most of today working on TheoryCraft's MCP integration.

AI agents like Claude and Codex can now:
- create notebooks
- edit them
- manage their tags

What's left:
Letting them write code, run cells, inspect results, and iterate on their own

Hopefully I'll finish that tomorrow 🤞

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

@jackthinkz I need to finish the build first 😅

But since I've already started, I'm not sure I'll be able to join Ship or Die. I might have to wait and join Market or Die later

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

Claude and switching to Codex yes.

The QA is probably not the hardest part. For me the hardest part is to ensure the code it provides me is high-quality, that it fully meets the specs I provided, and that it won't break in the future.
That's why I currently do a manual review, because that's never the case, and I always have things to fix. But if I could build a Skill for Claude/Codex and put my brain into it, it would make my life a lot easier going forward.

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

I only had the production environment for now, which is why I was being careful. But for the feature I'm working on right now, I have no choice but to set up a staging environment, so I'll do that tomorrow.

Yeah, I have guidelines in my AGENTS.md, but it's the same problem, the bigger the agent's scope gets, the more it tend to forget things, so the code is never perfect and you always have to go back and polish it up.

And I totally agree with you, right now I'm iterating way too slowly, and that discourages me sometimes too. It's something I absolutely have to fix starting now.

Thanks for the tips!

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

But honestly, I think a large part of what I do could be automated by an AI agent. I'm thinking specifically of security and coding conventions part.

I think even QA and regression testing could be automated. I think I'm going to resume a project that aimed to automate that using Hermes + Codex

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

@GalaxyBuilt @levelsio It helped me a lot too, and I hope it will help others as well!

[ImNotAVirus @ImNotAV1rus]

@GalaxyBuilt Clearly, it was so unexpected 😆