Shakeel Ahmad

Founder & Software Engineer 🚀 | Building products, AI automations & scalable systems | Turning ideas into real products | Tech • Startups • AI

[Shakeel Ahmad @helloshakeeldev]

It’s great to see so many people hitting milestones and growing their communities here! I’ve noticed a growing trend lately where some accounts use a “follow-for-follow” strategy just to inflate their numbers, only to unfollow others shortly after.

I’m curious to hear your thoughts: do you believe in "follow-for-follow" as a way to jumpstart growth, or does it hurt the quality of your engagement in the long run? I’d love to connect with genuine builders and founders, let’s support each other for the right reasons. #BuildInPublic #Networking #Growth

[Shakeel Ahmad @helloshakeeldev]

Unpopular opinion: The hardest part of building a software product isn't writing the code or setting up the AI workflow.

It's naming the project and finding an available domain name. 😂

What’s the weirdest domain you’ve ever bought on impulse?

[Shakeel Ahmad @helloshakeeldev]

The biggest trap for software engineers in 2026:

Spending 2 weeks optimizing code for a problem that 5 users haven't even validated yet.

Build fast, talk to users, iterate. Everything else is secondary.

[Shakeel Ahmad @helloshakeeldev]

@Gaus450 They’re out there offline actually running their businesses while we post about building for them. 😂

[Shakeel Ahmad @helloshakeeldev]

@DonatasJab Going from zero to your first paying customer is the hardest part. Congrats on breaking through! 👏

[Shakeel Ahmad @helloshakeeldev]

@heyandras Baking realtime directly into the base container and trimming 60MB of idle memory is a great optimization. Can’t wait for 4.4 to drop!

[Shakeel Ahmad @helloshakeeldev]

@benbuaron_ @marclou Building in public is truly the ultimate cheat code. Your momentum is incredible to watch, keep crushing it!

[Shakeel Ahmad @helloshakeeldev]

@upbeat_dev Congratulations on the success! It's really inspiring to see hard work pay off like this. Wishing you the best of luck with your next app!

[Shakeel Ahmad @helloshakeeldev]

@savvasicevs Hi let's connect

[Shakeel Ahmad @helloshakeeldev]

If you could have an AI agent handle one repetitive task for you every day, what would you give it?

Something you actually do regularly.

Not a futuristic idea — a real annoying task you'd happily never do again. 👇

[Shakeel Ahmad @helloshakeeldev]

What is one boring problem you've encountered recently that you think software could solve?

Sometimes the best product ideas are hiding inside annoying little problems.

[Shakeel Ahmad @helloshakeeldev]

@buildwtim Let's connect then

[Shakeel Ahmad @helloshakeeldev]

@openingai_com @angelacollinshq Connected

[Shakeel Ahmad @helloshakeeldev]

@py_poojaa AI generates code, but software engineering is about solving human and business problems. The skill set is just shifting from syntax to orchestration.

[Shakeel Ahmad @helloshakeeldev]

@itsalicesoul Including DR scores makes this 10x more useful. Launches aren't just for traffic—getting 10+ high-authority backlinks on day one is massive for long-term SEO. Saved! 🔖

[Shakeel Ahmad @helloshakeeldev]

@itsalicesoul Clock / Alarm. It has a 100% success rate of getting us out of bed, even if we hate the sound itself. 😂

[Shakeel Ahmad @helloshakeeldev]

@TTrimoreau $0 → $1K is the hardest mentally. Proving people will actually pay for what you built requires overcoming absolute inertia. Once you have 10 paying users, you have a blueprint.

[Shakeel Ahmad @helloshakeeldev]

@TTrimoreau The real number usually includes 1–2 failed pivots, paying yourself $0 for a year, and calculating "profitability" before accounting for your own market-rate salary. Most people count MRR > Expenses, not real profit.

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@jacobrodri_ If 1,000 apps generate $0 each, he's basically paying Apple $99/year to host a digital graveyard. What’s the end game here? 😂