Arvind

22 yo SWE · Hyderabad · Learning to build AI products in public · Rookie dev → indie founder

[Arvind @arvind_ganesh_]

m̶y̶ ̶f̶i̶r̶s̶t̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶t̶ my first step.
22, SWE, Hyderabad. Decent at DSA, embarrassingly bad at actually building things.
Next 5 years: learning to build AI products in public. Quitting the 9-5 is the goal.
Will post what I learn, what I ship, what breaks. Daily.
Let's see where this goes.

[Arvind @arvind_ganesh_]

@marcodemarco45 @gouthamjay8 I'm gonna do it anyways. I will become an entrepreneur and handle anything that comes in the way. But its good to learn from the people who have lived it and done that.

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@siddharthwv I think it totally changes from person to person, because it depends on their financial situation, what goals they have, and how much of their day is being eaten up by their job

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@cyber_molecule @gouthamjay8 Hmm makes sense...thanks for the advice

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@gouthamjay8 Sure gautham, thank you!

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@jackfriks This is one of the most important concept that a lot of people don't get. Thanks for speaking out loud!

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@gouthamjay8 Hi gautham, i found about you from the podcast with sanjeev. I really liked your journey, and i felt very inspiring. I just want your help on one thing: can you suggest me 1 book that i can read, to develop the mindset that a solopreneur needs. I believe mindset is everything.

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@marclou Amazing physique marc. You are living my dream life. Financial freedom, healthy body...one day, I too will live my dream life. You are an inspiration

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@bony_ghadiya_ Google

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@adamtaylorl Opus

[Arvind @arvind_ganesh_]

@sri9s The urge is real, but the decision should be backed by practical feasibility. Quitting your job because you don't like it and are excited about the freedom you are going to get, will be a bad decision.

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@vitaliidodonov MRR

[Arvind @arvind_ganesh_]

Had another business owner conversation today.
Two things became clear:

1. I've been approaching the wrong businesses.
2. I don't yet have enough knowledge to identify what can actually be automated.

Past few days: SaaS ideas, n8n, customer conversations, automation research. Too many directions at once.
Taking a step back. Going deep instead of wide.
Back to learning n8n workflows tomorrow.

[Arvind @arvind_ganesh_]

Had a quality conversation with a friend who runs a business today.

The insight that hit hardest: sitting in your room deciding what problems businesses face, then building a solution — that's the comfort zone.

The actual work is getting out and talking to people. Get out of your comfort zone, for anyone who wanted to hear that. Goodnight.

[Arvind @arvind_ganesh_]

Built a RAG pipeline and AI chatbot in n8n today.
Easier than I expected — the logic is straightforward once you see it.
The actual headache? Setting up credentials and API keys. Not the AI part. The boring plumbing.

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@Xylon_lew Yep, I noticed it while building — tagging helps but search still fails at scale. "I know I saved something about X six months ago" is a different problem than organizing as you go.
Are you building something in this space?

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Shipped my first full-stack AI app.
Bookmark manager — save a URL, it automatically extracts the title, description, and generates 3 relevant tags using AI.
Built with Next.js + Supabase + Tailwind + Groq API.
Try it: https://t.co/AMb6svqT4U

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Spent the day trying to validate a SaaS idea — researched competitors, ran the gold mining framework, looked at the market.
Then had an honest conversation with a friend and realized: this isn't what I actually want to build.
I want to build AI automation systems for small businesses. Not SaaS. Not products nobody asked for.
I wouldn't call this as wasted time.
Clarity is progress. Starting fresh tomorrow.

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@rcmisk Congrats Ricky! The most special milestone in any builder's journey.

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@yashhq_22 I use gpt5.5 in cursor. If you feel I'm missing out on something please let me know, would love to learn.