Evan Babaallos

Software engineer (9–5) → indie builder after hours. Sharing the journey, experiments, and learnings in public.

[Evan Babaallos @evanbabaallos]

Hot take: If you can't write a PRD or ERD yourself, you shouldn't be letting AI write it for you.

AI is a force multiplier, not a replacement for understanding your own product.

Do you draft first, then use AI? Or skip straight to prompting?

[Evan Babaallos @evanbabaallos]

@herecomsthesan had the same moment talking to a friend in healthcare and yeah completely different math for what counts as a good year

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@avrldotdev if one big slice collapses it doesn't stay contained for long for sure

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@emanueledpt competing against vc backed teams isn't the same game

you're not behind just running a different race with less fuel keep it up mate

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@shauseth it stopped feeling impressive after the third time.

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@MrOverpaid i agree on the offense bit but i think attack mode burns people out if there's no rest in between here and there

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@MitcheIl the resume is the average, the message is the differentiator, but that scenario rarely happens.

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@hthieblot the doubt from family hits different because on paper they're not wrong

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@xoaanya i think the safer list will shift fast too. once robotics catches up the gap won't be the same

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@siddharthwv We all have that self image we wanna protect from something non-existent! exactly, who cares?

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@hetmehtaa is this real?

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@iPritamX trials filter people who weren't going to pay anyway. it stings but the data is probably useful

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@1ssve the 25 minute paid lunch, most accurate detail in the whole list

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@ziwenxu_ i think the more interesting question is whether any of them will actually feel different

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@nateberkopec same. the moment i see those two patterns my brain shuts the tab

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@skeptrune yeah maybe staying that long on one internal tool kills your market value way faster than the layoff does imp

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@petergostev yeah it's crazy how fast the best model from a year ago becomes 'why did i ever ship with this'

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@StevenCravotta 3+ minutes feels counterintuitive. most people assume shorter is always better. did you test it against a faster flow at some point?

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@jackfriks yep there is no roof for learning and evolving..

[Evan Babaallos @evanbabaallos]

@eliana_jordan yep the bottleneck moved from learning syntax to learning what's actually worth building. that part still takes years.