Alhad Joshi (AJ)

Spent years non-technical. Now building apps from scratch. Here to share the journey and learn from the best.

[Dan @doja_dan]

Builder Mega-Thread!!! 🤝⚡️

Introduce yourself below:

• who you are
• what you’re building
• one person in your network more people should know

I’ll put $50 behind the post to boost the thread to travel beyond our usual circles after 20 intros 👋🏼

[Alhad Joshi (AJ) @alhad_j]

- I’m Alhad, Senior Associate at https://t.co/5PYj7e2ZFM ! 👋 Pivoted from football coaching to tech/AI with zero prior experience.

- Building Custom apps, tools & landing pages. Currently geeking out on process mapping & automations (n8n, Make). I also tweet a lot about career growth & automations.

- Who to know: Breaking the rules to recommend three:

@doja_olly : doja’s co-founder & tech wizard. Your absolute go-to for deep technical expertise.

@IsJenProduction : doja's Chief of Staff. A powerhouse for marketing, strategy, and some great tips on AI tools.

@doja_dan : The GOAT himself. (Though I'm pretty sure everyone here is already following him 🐐).

Excited to connect! ⚡️

[Alhad Joshi (AJ) @alhad_j]

Morning everyone!
New week. Stop overthinking and just execute.
Let's go. ⚡️

[Dan @doja_dan]

99% of AI-generated landing pages use the exact same visual design cheats 🎨

If your website hits more than 5 of these, congratulations... it probably looks badly vibecoded 👎🏼

1. Purple and black dark mode theme

2. Bento grid layouts

3. Inter / Geist / Space Grotesk font stack

4. "It’s not X, it’s Y" hero copy

5. 3 feature cards in a row

6. Sparkle icons (✨) in headings

7. Lucide icon set

8. Radial glowing orbs

9. Dot grid background patterns

10. Decorative terminal / code window

11. Standard 3 pricing tiers (Free, Pro, Enterprise)

12. Overused em dashes in sales copy

13. Fake testimonials

14. Checkmark bullet lists

15. Soft corner radius on every card

16. Drop shadows on every container

17. No real product demos (abstract mockups only)

18. Emojis used as section icons

19. Colored left stripe on callout boxes

20. Harsh linear gradients

21. Animated hover arrows

22. Neon accent colors

23. Pure white background in light mode

24. Excessive hover animations

25. Missing TOS and Privacy Policy links

Bookmark this and make sure to include it in your design prompt to get away from the boilerplate SaaS so many people are shipping.

Hope it helps! 🤙🏼

[Alhad Joshi (AJ) @alhad_j]

@doja_dan

[Alhad Joshi (AJ) @alhad_j]

Morning! Hated hearing this growing up. Turns out it's the only way to actually get things done:

"Rome wasn't built in a day, but they were laying bricks every hour."

Tapping into that Friday energy. Let's go lay some bricks today. 🧱🚀

[Dan @doja_dan]

An idiot in motion will go further than a genius at rest.

Don’t fall victim to analysis paralysis.

[Dan @doja_dan]

Here it is! As promised 🤩

This is how my Grokbot army orchestrates right now 🦾

+ the directory to duplicate them, regardless your idea, app or niche ©

Fast video explainer built with Grokbot (ofc) for your pleasure! 😎

[Alhad Joshi (AJ) @alhad_j]

Hit 400+ followers! Genuinely appreciate every single one of you.

I know a lot of you here have a ton of experience, and I want to tap into that wisdom.

If you had to restart your career from absolute zero today, what would you do differently?

No generic "just work harder" answers. Give me one actual hard truth you learned. Let's hear it 👇

[Alhad Joshi (AJ) @alhad_j]

Good morning!
Have a solid Thursday, let's build. 💪

[Alhad Joshi (AJ) @alhad_j]

Getting so many of these DMs lately...

Someone follows me, I follow back, and I instantly get: "Thanks for the follow! Could you follow my friend too?"

What exactly is this strategy? If your friend wants to connect, they can just come follow me themselves!

Is it just me seeing these? 🤦‍♂️

[Alhad Joshi (AJ) @alhad_j]

Hard Truth #1: Your Master's degree won't land you a job in this market. Proof beats credentials every time.

Action step: Pick 1 tool and build something real:
- Vibe-code a simple web app with Lovable
- Automate support email triaging in n8n
- Train a Custom GPT on a company's internal SOPs

Share a screenshot or short clip of the build on LinkedIn.
Show proof of work. That is your real leverage. 🛠️

[Alhad Joshi (AJ) @alhad_j]

It’s wild sitting at an AI startup today, building out workflows & apps.

But few years ago, my only focus was surviving the UK job market as an International Master's grad. It was brutal.

I’ll be sharing some hard truths this week about PSW visa and how to actually get hired.

[Alhad Joshi (AJ) @alhad_j]

Morning!
Coffee locked in, brain turned on. Let's go build 🚀

[Alhad Joshi (AJ) @alhad_j]

Got a DM asking for beginner n8n project ideas.

The best advice I got from my boss @doja_olly when I started:
Open a notepad. If you do a manual task twice today (Eg. pulling stats for client reports, saving email attachments), write it down.

By EOD, you’ll have list of tasks to automate. Automate your annoyances.

[Alhad Joshi (AJ) @alhad_j]

@IsJenProduction 💯

[Alhad Joshi (AJ) @alhad_j]

"Forget rich versus poor, white-collar versus blue. It's now leveraged versus un-leveraged."

Read this again this morning in The Almanack of Naval Ravikant.

You don't need a computer science degree to build real leverage anymore. Just need enough curiosity to sit down and learn how to use the right tools.

Fresh day. Let's get back to building 🚀

[Alhad Joshi (AJ) @alhad_j]

@doja_dan ♟️

[Alhad Joshi (AJ) @alhad_j]

It’s wild sitting at an AI startup today, building out workflows & apps.

But few years ago, my only focus was surviving the UK job market as an International Master's grad. It was brutal.

I’ll be sharing some hard truths this week about PSW visa and how to actually get hired.

[Alhad Joshi (AJ) @alhad_j]

@SujinBuilds @doja_dan @CinderwayInt @ed_Didiong @0mislice @KASHIFALIKHAN94 @abielbuilds

[Alhad Joshi (AJ) @alhad_j]

Morning.

A quick reminder: "non-technical" doesn't mean non-capable. If you can break down a daily operational problem into steps, you can build a workflow.

Let's get after it.