Horatiu Mitrea

Software Engineer looking to learn and share

[Horatiu Mitrea @hmitrea]

@martin_delannoy Thank you Martin , you’re right !

[Horatiu Mitrea @hmitrea]

Just finished The Sopranos and it inspired me to build an app. It recommends what to watch next based on your current vibes. Check it out here!
So much fun to do #vibeCoding #indiehacker #sopranos

https://t.co/BtR4frU3UI

[Horatiu Mitrea @hmitrea]

Gonna start to put myself out more in 2026, and I will do it !

Excited to be part of this online community

#indiehacker

[Horatiu Mitrea @hmitrea]

Hello everyone, coming back to #buildinpublic and make something that will have users !!

It was so fun to built something and talk to people on this platform, reddit + some other forums.

I want to continue and build something that will have people use it this time !!

[Horatiu Mitrea @hmitrea]

6/6 Did not get to ship something so a part of me feels sad about it BUT learned new things and will be back after some family + myself time in Aug/Sep.
Back to building in October with the lessons I learned !

Thanks everyone 😄😎

[Horatiu Mitrea @hmitrea]

1/6 UPDATE on #buildinpublic 🚀 I wanted to finally build something for myself, so I tried 6 key disciplines:

[Horatiu Mitrea @hmitrea]

5/6
Can't stress this enough : Imperfect action > perfect thinking. Only way to learn is just through doing it, thinking and hypothesizing about it, won't get me there

[Horatiu Mitrea @hmitrea]

4/6
Only way to learn → just do it
Ran a marketing campaign: 9k impressions, 90 clicks, CPC $0.34

It was a fake website but needed to actually see how marketing works, not just read about it

[Horatiu Mitrea @hmitrea]

3/6
I didn’t finish shipping, but I learned:
1️⃣ AI can speed up dev
2️⃣ Feedback feels awkward—do it anyway
3���⃣ Figma is fun
4⃣When things get ambiguous I tend to procrastinate
5⃣Morning is the best time to learn
6⃣Being imperfect is the way to go

[Horatiu Mitrea @hmitrea]

2/6
1. Idea Generation
2. Market Validation
3. Coding
4. Artistic Design
5. Sales & Copywriting
6. Marketing & Growth

[Horatiu Mitrea @hmitrea]

#buildinpublic final days !! Finished the project, learned a bunch of things and will share them shortly here.

Not everything went according to plan but that's the beauty of this, will learn and do it again !

[Horatiu Mitrea @hmitrea]

#buildinpublic day 3X: Played with figma a bit and got to get a great screen, exactly how I wanted it :)

[Horatiu Mitrea @hmitrea]

#buildinpublic day 32: It seems playing with Figma helped. Modified card add card in figma and asked chatgpt how to have it in done in cline. Seems to be put on the page now ! Need to check functionality BUT starting to appreciate figma.

[Horatiu Mitrea @hmitrea]

#buildinpublic day 31st: Played with Figma today, it was fun

Tomorrow more figma and reading about UI design

[Horatiu Mitrea @hmitrea]

#buildinpublic day 30. I've been reaching a blocker for the past few days, having issues integrating the stripe payment.

The project I've embarked on it's in "sprints" so starting Monday I have to move on from coding. Will review it later but either way, will release in July !

[Horatiu Mitrea @hmitrea]

#buildinpublic day 29. Starting to integrate Stripe but having issues on properly doing it, will continue to try !

I told myself I'll finish coding by Saturday and I must ! After it will be making things visually appealing

[Horatiu Mitrea @hmitrea]

#buildinpublic day 28. Opened a stripe account ! I was nervous because now it's gotten more "real" and will be money involved in the future ! Excited for this.

Need to connect it in the code tomorrow ! Let's go, happy Saturday everyone !

[Horatiu Mitrea @hmitrea]

#buildinpublic day 27. I added it the missed habits dashboard: The total for each missed habit, the days and total for all of them.
When clicking on an "active habit" completed it, it'll remove it from here as well.

Next, is getting it integrated it with @stripe

[Horatiu Mitrea @hmitrea]

#buildinpublic day 26, I added it a deadline to the DB, UI !

Next, I have to make sure the penalties work and to connect it to stripe. A bit nervous about the next steps but excited about it !

After to iron out the kinks and make the UI more beautiful.

[Horatiu Mitrea @hmitrea]

@hustle_fred Thank you Fred, just added it. UI will be modified but the DB & UI have a deadline now.

[Horatiu Mitrea @hmitrea]

#buildinpublic day 25. Change the font for habits, added it some confetti when clicking on completed it

Need to add a deadline in the sql table next !