Ivan Bashkirov

Seasoned engineer turned indie developer
Building - Practice Irish Trad music!
Into music, chess and tennis.

[Ivan Bashkirov @ivanibash]

@vladsazonau Thank you dude ❤️

[Ivan Bashkirov @ivanibash]

It happened! Got my first paid contract as an independent developer.

[Ivan Bashkirov @ivanibash]

Today was a rare day when I can say I’m genuinely proud of myself.

I made an opportunity happen for me completely from my own agency.

Someone who owns a business mentions “would be cool to have an app”. I build it straight away and show them an mvp. They like it.

Today I got a verbal agreement for the contract.

Agency is the difference maker. Exercise it!

[Ivan Bashkirov @ivanibash]

10k MRR must feel good, but have you ever

[Ivan Bashkirov @ivanibash]

@alightinastorm "donating an upper bound of environmental impact cost to charities" i mean it's probably coming from a good place but wtf are you talking about 🫠

[Ivan Bashkirov @ivanibash]

@nthntrvls 1000%, the only downside is cheap pints also being dangerously close.

[Ivan Bashkirov @ivanibash]

@DBredvick I'm an ex tech lead who was always half jokingly told I should be in sales. Got pulled into sales calls, and I do think I have a knack for talking to customers well.

I wonder if this is the step I should take. Would appreciate any advise around where to look for good positions.

[Ivan Bashkirov @ivanibash]

Why is @X not doing more to shut down bot replies etc?

Surely more can be done?

The platform is slowly walking to its own death. I have less and less incentive to use it.

[Ivan Bashkirov @ivanibash]

IMO it's simpler - they needed to give shipordie community another perk/reason for people to join.

So when this opportunity came their way they decided to turn it into a perk by paywalling non-community members.

The fact that paid hackathons are uncommon and so many on the outside perceived it as "greedy" was just a pr blindspot.

Personally don't hate it. Don't really understand the "Milking the audience" complainers - these are adult people, just don't participate 😅

[Ivan Bashkirov @ivanibash]

@tarasshyn @wickedguro easy, just follow all of these https://t.co/ZWTkE7nJ7z

[Taras @tarasshyn]

Another great visibility hack for your SaaS is to get listed on @manufact (DR 66). You get a dedicated page, a dofollow link and a spot on their MCP leaderboard.

Here is how:

1. Build a remote MCP server for your SaaS
2. Go to https://t.co/JWn7QszWEn and paste your MCP URL into "Score my MCP".
3. Pass the connection check. Your page goes live with your score, your tools and a link to your site.

A few notes:

You're also on the leaderboard, so make sure to improve your score. I made it to #7! 🔥

[Ivan Bashkirov @ivanibash]

Remember everyone hating on anthropic 2 months ago?

Wild sentiment swings

[Ivan Bashkirov @ivanibash]

@aarondelasy I went from apple music to spotify too because I got tired of the bad recommendation algo, but I did notice worse sound, similar to how it's described in this post. May be only relevant for airpods users https://t.co/93OeHJdyt1

[Ivan Bashkirov @ivanibash]

@sebuzdugan alright dude I gave you chances, blocking for AI replies :(

[Ivan Bashkirov @ivanibash]

I'm in! Have just an idea to try 👀

[Marc Lou @marclou]

Higgsfield gave me $100,000 to realize my dream:

A hackathon where participants build a real business, not just an app.

So... Introducing The $100K Hackathon:
🏴‍☠️ https://t.co/nHDJ5Qruhu 🏴‍☠️

It starts on November 16, and you'll have 30 days to build a startup and make it profitable. The prizes:

🥇 $100,000
🥈 iPhone Duo
🥉 MacBook Neo

This is not a joke. The winner will get $100,000 in cash.

To win, you must:

1. Start a completely new business on Nov 16
2. Build a digital product (SaaS, directory, etc.)
3. Make the most profit (not revenue)

You can already register at $99. When the hackathon starts on Nov 16, you can still join for $149.

I'm running this with my dear friend @jackfriks, and we'll manually review each potential winner to make sure everything holds up.

See you on November 16, builders 🏴‍☠️🫡

[Ivan Bashkirov @ivanibash]

@kamilkazani Do you think AI fundamentally changed anything in this regard?

I think we've already been living in the "world of abundance" for at least a decade. We already have enough resources to feed and house every person on the planet well.

Somehow didn't manage to

[Ivan Bashkirov @ivanibash]

@aleshu_ber lol i see you found the winning twitter format :D

[Ivan Bashkirov @ivanibash]

@BenjaminHouy @copycatcafeapp I think you should :)

[Ivan Bashkirov @ivanibash]

@alienpriors @kloss_xyz @DreamweaverOnX it is slop, in a sense that it's very generic surface advice wrapped in a cool sounding confident language.

It doesn't mean it's bad, it's kinda solid baseline - it's just not very valuable because everyone is doing this same generic thing.

[Ivan Bashkirov @ivanibash]

The power of taking time off to recharge 💆

[Ivan Bashkirov @ivanibash]

I like to remind myself what an engineering feat AI is.

It really had a bad PR run.

But as an engineer, thinking about the brilliant minds and their hard work that made this tech possible is inspiring and makes me excited about it.

[Ivan Bashkirov @ivanibash]

Very wise words

[Sebastian Buzdugan @sebuzdugan]

@ivanibash i'd rather quote one post with a useful example than five with nothing new to add