Kyle

Senior IT Manager. 4 startups on the side. Sleep is optional, shipping is not 🚢 🚀 | 🌎 | 👨🏻‍💻 | 🦞

[Kyle @koki7o]

Hi, I'm Kyle ...

Just documenting what it actually looks like to go from corporate IT → shipping real products.

2009-2025: Lurked on X. Posted nothing.
2026: Finally building in public

No fake hustle. No overnight success. Just execution and mistakes along the way.

Follow if you want to see projects built in public.

#FoundersJourney #StartupLife #IndieHackers #BuildInPublic #TogetherWeGrow

[Kyle @koki7o]

every distribution post I write feels uncomfortable.

I'm a developer. not a marketer.

but you can't build in public if you only build.

shipping is half the job. saying you shipped is the other half.

#buildinpublic #indiehackers #saas

[Kyle @koki7o]

shipped a background nudge cron today.

then immediately gated it behind a feature flag set to OFF.

the principle I have: don't ship autonomy without an explicit decision to enable.

writing rules for yourself is the most underrated solo founder skill.

#buildinpublic #indiehackers #saas

[Kyle @koki7o]

@marclou @shipordie_ The sales milestone trophies dopamine hit 🚀

[Kyle @koki7o]

@alan__rice Honestly the real trick is just... routing smarter 😅 Not every task needs the frontier model. Mix in some lighter models and your bill starts looking way less scary 💸

[Kyle @koki7o]

@thdxr the real advantage startups have is that nobody internally is protecting the old way of doing things 🎯

[Kyle @koki7o]

@DanKulkov Killed the "I'll clean up the UI later" excuse forever 😅

[Kyle @koki7o]

@dschewchenko wild how visibility shapes what feels "done", right :D

[Kyle @koki7o]

every distribution post I write feels uncomfortable.

I'm a developer. not a marketer.

but you can't build in public if you only build.

shipping is half the job. saying you shipped is the other half.

#buildinpublic #indiehackers #saas

[Kyle @koki7o]

@simplydt sometimes quietly building" for so long that announcing almost feels like oversharing 😅

[Kyle @koki7o]

@Kyriakos_Pelek Just... actually be excited about what you're sharing. And be honest ...

[Kyle @koki7o]

@marclou Never been to Chuncheon but if it's "Bali without the pollution" I'm booking a ticket 😂🌿 ... Is there a dock .. for all the shipping I mean :D

[Kyle @koki7o]

@pmitu Technology is just the hammer... the nail is always the problem 🎯

[Kyle @koki7o]

@JonBuildsHQ Go figure :D

[Kyle @koki7o]

@Pallavi_345 Tell it to make no mistakes :)

[Kyle @koki7o]

@khushiirl both :D

[Kyle @koki7o]

@sflorimm Ah ... the hand-crafted approach ... I was there Gandalf ... 3000 years ago

[Kyle @koki7o]

@AKirtesh Thinking & Strategy... which is a fancy way of saying "staring at the ceiling wondering if I'm building the right thing" 😅 That's actually why I'm building https://t.co/GQEheO14e0 — someone to think *with*, not just for you.

[Kyle @koki7o]

The key to building on the side…

...ship something every week
...ignore the noise
...talk to your users
...protect your hours
...accept the slow progress
...keep going after bad weeks

#buildinpublic #indiehackers #saas

[Kyle @koki7o]

@TTrimoreau Not bad for May... X monetization carrying the bag 🙌

[Kyle @koki7o]

@ThePeterMick Like this one ... in my back pocket :D