Samuel

DevOps Lead → Founder

[Samuel @sam_techops]

Just launched DevOpsJoy! Your go-to DevOps service for startups that can’t afford full-time engineers.

We offer unlimited requests with a lightning-fast 48-hour turnaround. Our expertise includes AWS, Terraform, EKS, CI/CD, and security hardening.

https://t.co/vudRdMMSvR

[Lotanna Ezeike 💳 @lottsnomad]

the founders who are quiet on x are usually the ones building something serious

and the ones posting 10 times a day about building

are usually in the early stages of avoiding the hard thing

i include myself in both of these at different points

[Samuel @sam_techops]

@lottsnomad Super useful ! Gonna try this out

[BoroughReady @BoroughReadyUK]

Havering enforcement starts TOMORROW.

If you're a landlord renting to 3+ tenants sharing facilities — you need a licence by March 18.

Fees this year: £1,400 for HMO (up 55% from £900).

Online portal is still broken. Apply by email: [email protected]

Fine: up to £30,000. Tenants can reclaim 24 months rent via RRO.

Don't wake up Tuesday without a licence.

https://t.co/EJk4SkjLVL

[BoroughReady @BoroughReadyUK]

Most London landlords have no idea what compliance actually costs until the invoice lands.

We built a free calculator. Pick your borough, property type, and services — get an instant estimate.

No signup. No email required.

https://t.co/NNryVHnUo2

#LandlordUK #PropertyCompliance

[Samuel @sam_techops]

@TheMattBerman @openclaw @dataforseo RANK

[Samuel @sam_techops]

👀 no approval needed, do your thing @EzraBuilds

[Samuel @sam_techops]

@recap_david Ai

[JNS @_devJNS]

2024: prompt engineer
2025: vibe coder
2026: master of ai agents
2027: unemployed

[Samuel @sam_techops]

@michelleefang I’m building a saas for renting fairer with AI-powered compliance, matching, and transparency for landlords and tenants.

[Samuel @sam_techops]

Built automatic property revalidation for FairLet:

Change a rule → every affected property recalculates instantly.

No cron jobs, no manual patching. Just event-driven correctness in Go

[Samuel @sam_techops]

If you’re an early technical founder, don’t overbuild.
Architect for today, not your imaginary Series B.

A well-structured monolith can take you a long way.

[Samuel @sam_techops]

Why I chose a monolith for my SaaS MVP

[Samuel @sam_techops]

The monolith architecture gives me the biggest advantage any solo/lean founder needs:

Speed.
Shipping beats architecture debates.
Momentum beats cleverness.
Simple systems win early.

FairLet doesn’t need microservices yet.
It needs to solve a real problem fast.

[Samuel @sam_techops]

The truth is:
You don’t need microservices for 0 users.
You need progress, validation, and feedback loops.

[Samuel @sam_techops]

Clean Architecture still gives me separation of concerns:
Domain → Services → Handlers → Storage

So the monolith stays organised, testable, and easy to grow.
If (when) FairLet gets traction, the boundaries to split services later will already exist.

[Samuel @sam_techops]

A monolith lets me move faster:

• 1 repo
• 1 deploy pipeline
• 1 place to debug
• 1 shared domain model
• No distributed transactions
• No premature infra complexity

MVPs should optimise for momentum, not elegance.

[Samuel @sam_techops]

Microservices are a scaling solution, not a starting point!

Most teams don’t have a traffic problem.
They have a focus problem.

Adding service-to-service networking, retries, tracing, versioning, and infra overhead too early slows you down before you’ve even validated anything

[Samuel @sam_techops]

Two weeks into building FairLet in public:
✓ Go backend foundations
✓ Auth + email verification
✓ Property + landlord domain models
✓ Early rules engine
✓ Readiness Score structure in place

Crazy how fast progress feels when the mission is clear.

[Samuel @sam_techops]

@MikeTheElite @TheOvermanEthos Let's connect !