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]

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

[Niko @nikodevx]

@MarioNawfal Dara is amazing!!! Bangaranga!!

[Niko @nikodevx]

@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. 👌

[Niko @nikodevx]

@TimoBuilds_ Have fun! 🧑‍🍳

[Niko @nikodevx]

@eliana_jordan That's huge!! Congratulations 👏

[Niko @nikodevx]

What is the best LLM for image scanning?
I need to read receipts and look for good quality/price ratio LLM. Thanks 🙏

[Niko @nikodevx]

@maks6361 Nice! They are pretty fast!

[Niko @nikodevx]

@levelsio I have Pax Norte smart fans in my bathrooms, they don't have a switch off, they run all the time and adjust the speed based on humidity and light. You might be interested.

[Niko @nikodevx]

@dev_maims If that's just the coding part I'll tell her to stop doing that. Just use 1 good model like Sonnet/Opus or GPT 5.4 and that will be enough. I'd go with more than 1 chats only for planning to see different angles, different solutions. Good luck to her 👍

[Niko @nikodevx]

What was your last year like as a software dev?

A) Write less code manually, help yourself with AI, but stay in full control of what is produced?

B) Prompt all day, write little or no code, don't know every single line you've produced, you trusted AI more blindly?

[Niko @nikodevx]

@robj3d3 Yes, I'm in my early 30s and I've seen exactly this. I've heard multiple times - I'm still under 30, I have plenty of time.

[Niko @nikodevx]

@amooh001 Yep, I have only a job and I didn't feel well during layoff times.. Your advice is top and I'll try to create additional income streams.

[Niko @nikodevx]

@NanouuSymeon Nothing without a tiny capybara next to me. Where is it hiding today??

[Niko @nikodevx]

@unusual_whales Yes, it's more intense with AI from my experience.

[Niko @nikodevx]

@maks6361 Thanks for sharing! How do you stay focused? Do you have somethig that distracts you and what do you do about it?

[Niko @nikodevx]

@maks6361 Pretty cool idea! It's Claude Code right?

[Niko @nikodevx]

@ashen_one I use the Chrome extension for implementing features and debugging. You use it for completely different things lol. I must try it.

[Niko @nikodevx]

@ElofsonJess Well well
https://t.co/rqIgqtUXaN

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

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