Maruf

I used to build products first.

Now I build the market first.

Documenting how I find people, create demand, and turn attention into customers.

[Maruf @dev_maruf]

Day 5:
I would rather launch something embarrassingly early than spend 3 months perfecting something nobody wants.

Until yesterday we were still talking about “the new name”

Today it has a name. We call it Rizeva. And it has a website.
Check out → https://t.co/O80VR0Ayeq

The funny thing is there is not much on the website yet.

This time we have no huge product and no fancy dashboard. Just what we are trying to solve and a waitlist.

Founders build good products.
Then they struggle to get enough people to see them.

We want Rizeva to help with that by getting those products in front of creators who already have the right audience.

So instead of spending another month making everything perfect, we put the idea online.

Now we get to see if people actually care.

Day 5. The name is Rizeva. The waitlist is live.
Day 6 is next…

Watch our journey if you want to see how we grow from 0.

#buildinpublic

[Maruf @dev_maruf]

Day 4:
4 days of building in public got me ~15 followers.

Most people would call that a failure. I call it big lessons with cheap cost.

Mistake 1: We posted good content at the wrong time.
Lesson: A great post nobody sees is the same as no post.

Mistake 2: Our images tried to say everything at once.
Lesson: If people can't get it in 2 seconds, they scroll past it.

What worked: We wrote about tools we actually use.
Lesson: Real stories get real replies. Random tags get ignored.

We still have no name, just a colour and 15 people watching.

Day 5 is next. Follow along if you want to see what happens from zero.

[Maruf @dev_maruf]

I have started build in public and shared all real growth from 0.

Cant wait to use Gemini 4 Argon before going to sleep? It’s 1:10 AM.

[Maruf @dev_maruf]

Claude: We have Opus 5.5 and Fable. 😎

ChatGPT: We have GPT Astra. 😏

Gemini: COOL. NOW LET ME IN BRO, I’M NOT LEAVING.

Gemini 4 Argon is the new genius in the list.

[Maruf @dev_maruf]

Day 3: If your entire AI startup is a ChatGPT wrapper, Dots might be bad news.

OpenAI’s new Dots can keep working in the background, use their own cloud computer and connect with thousands of apps.

That is impressive. But also uncomfortable.

Because a lot of products being built today are basically one useful AI feature wrapped inside a dashboard.

Then OpenAI ships an update.
And suddenly that “startup” becomes a button.

I think the next few years will punish products that only compete on features.

The harder thing to copy will be understanding a specific customer and knowing how to reach them.

So maybe the question is no longer: “What can we build with AI?”

Maybe it is: “Why will anyone choose us when AI can build almost anything?”

Day 3. Still no name selected. But we finalized our new brand colour: lime green.

Day 4 is next…
Follow the journey if you want to know how we are growing from 0.

#buildinpublic

[Maruf @dev_maruf]

Lets do a round Sonnet 5.5 vs Opus 5.5

Go to the Claude and give the same prompt choosing 2 different model in separate conversation.

Comment your output in the screenshot.

Add the prompts if you use to generate your output.

Let’s see which one worth to do what.

[Maruf @dev_maruf]

@acadictive @coachseeel Connected

[Maruf @dev_maruf]

SO I was not wrong. They have killed 1000s start-up after this.

Grok bot has done this already but GPT-6 Astra has made it insane.

We pay fee per month to their subscription to build our business.

They use this money to train their model to replace our business.

It is a golden trap.

How many of you are feeling the same that frontier model company will betray with the world when they don't need money from subscription anymore?

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

Introducing dots, powered by GPT-6 Astra.

Remarkably capable, always-on agents built to handle everything.

[Maruf @dev_maruf]

@infiloop2 @SadikHosn @Best_AI_Finder Correct. Are you building in public?

[Maruf @dev_maruf]

I am 27.

Greetings from Estonia.

Building software is getting easier now.

Getting users isn’t.

That’s the problem @SadikHosn and I keep coming back to.

So we’re rebuilding @Best_AI_Finder around one thing:

Distribution.

We’re building it in public.

Tomorrow is Day 1.

I am sharing regular update of our journey.

Looking to connect with more founder building in public.

[Maruf @dev_maruf]

Day 2: @SadikHosn thinks we are overthinking the name. I think we finally have a reason to.

When Sadik started Best AI Tools Finder, the name was easy.

It literally described what we did.
You want to find AI tools? Check https://t.co/RgdcyYwnsP. It is so simple.

And honestly, it worked.
But there was one problem.

The name also locked us into what people thought we were.

It is a directory. Just a place to find tools.

Now we are building something completely different around distribution.

So this time, I do not want to pick a name just because it sounds good or because the domain is available.

I want the name to still make sense if the company becomes 10x bigger than what we are imagining today.

Sadik H. keeps telling me:
“Bro, we are overthinking this again.”

He might be right 😂

But I also think some decisions are worth thinking about twice.

The challenge is knowing when thinking becomes overthinking.

We are still figuring that part out.
Day 2. Still no new name.

Day 3 is next..

Follow the journey if you want to know how we are growing up from 0.

[Maruf @dev_maruf]

Day 1: You can build a SaaS in a weekend. Getting 100 users can still take months.

A good product can still sit unnoticed.

You can launch it.
Post about it.
Tell everyone you know.
And still struggle to get users.

That gap between building and getting traction is what we are working on now.

Follow the journey. Day 2 is tomorrow.
#buildinpublic

[Maruf @dev_maruf]

@SadikHosn @Best_AI_Finder Lets goo #buildinpublic

[Maruf @dev_maruf]

@grunersoftware Just keep following my profile and @SadikHosn for our regular update.

We will share everything what we will do.

Great to connect with you.

[Maruf @dev_maruf]

@HeyNathanReed Looking at your background..
Where are you based on?

[Maruf @dev_maruf]

I'm 27.

Solo founder from Bangladesh based in Estonia.

Looking to connect with more marketers, indie hackers, builders!

[Maruf @dev_maruf]

@Berriz18 You got it.
What are you working with now?

[Maruf @dev_maruf]

@markjgg Connected.
What are you building?

[Maruf @dev_maruf]

@YoussefWGerges Love to see your work.

[Maruf @dev_maruf]

@jvasquez Hey…