Niko

Day: Lead Software Engineer 👨‍💻
Evenings: Building my own products with great UX
Sharing decisions & lessons as I build 🚀

[Niko @nikodevx]

One small thing that saved me time recently:

I asked the AI to help me define a design token system for colors.

Instead of hardcoded values everywhere, everything now flows through tokens - which makes tweaking themes or adjusting contrast much easier later.

Small setup cost, big payoff as the app evolves.

Now changing the palette is a single place change, not a hunt through the UI.

Do you usually set up design tokens early, or refactor into them later?

[Niko @nikodevx]

@Psolemn @elonmusk One is missing:
Sent to Mars by Starship.

[Niko @nikodevx]

@GohilHardy There was a study - give the same task to a junior, mid and senior devs to do with AI. And guess what happened - 3 totally different solutions..

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You've bought a very good domain name 1 year ago for your idea, but you didn't have the time to develop it. You have to renew it today or abandon it. What would you do? That's my case today.

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@levelsio I don't get why that pnpm install is so slow on his Mac, on mine it's super fast even on heavy heavy projects.

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@alexcooldev Ok, but what is your follower base on X? If they are not your target user will it work?

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@adriamatz Do these reviews really hurt the app's overall rating? It's important to draw a line, what percentage of the reviews are based on pay dissatisfaction?

[Niko @nikodevx]

I'm not coding all day anymore, I'm just Clauding all day long.

[Niko @nikodevx]

Building an MCP server feels like building a website in 1998. ChatGPT, Claude Code, Gemini, every client has its own quirks.

[Niko @nikodevx]

@Niklas_Sikorra @levelsio So you think rough times are coming for indie hackers? 😞

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@robj3d3 @levelsio This is the best advice I see this year! 🔝

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@FlowHaa Did you meet those monster insects, spiders, etc, already? 😬

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@levelsio Just imagine how it sounds shouting to you in german about it 😂

[Niko @nikodevx]

@FlowHaa Just don't quit and it will happen for sure! By the way, very beautiful view!

[Niko @nikodevx]

Now I get this error with Fable 5 🥲

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@arthuryuzbashew Very well done! Always glad to hear success stories like yours!

[Niko @nikodevx]

@MarioNawfal Dara is amazing!!! Bangaranga!!

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@levelsio Same here

[Niko @nikodevx]

When I see there are many apps already built like the idea I have in mind, I used to get discouraged very easily. It used to be like that for years. I have an idea, I do some research, I see there are competitors and then realize "it's better to not do it, look at the competition". But now I see it differently, competitors mean there is demand for this thing, the market is validated and I don't need to guess if it's worth building it. 👌

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@TimoBuilds_ Have fun! 🧑‍🍳

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@eliana_jordan That's huge!! Congratulations 👏