Thomas Step

Software engineer. Devops. Indiehacker. Traveler. Latest project #buildinpublic

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When did #aws add pattern discovery to CloudWatch Insights? That’s a killer feature

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After building and while marketing, the hardest part of #buildinginpublic is waiting. The machine is getting into motion though

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@florianvates Picking colors is always difficult

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@_np_me I build with AWS API Gateway mostly and it has a built in way to rate limit. Then I add WAF on top of that which handles blocking malicious traffic

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I completed six customer feature request in five days on a new app of mine. It feels good to get feedback and I felt a old feeling while coding that I haven’t gotten in a while. I’m sure there will be more feature requests and good feelings to come

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Things I’m building are starting to gain traction and it feels so good

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Finally got that bad boy approved

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I hate waiting on third party approvals

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@_np_me Hello fellow dev! 👋

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@DanePoyzer It was yes. Not sure about a maintenance contract but I might be able to convey the relationship into some sort of custom features or even a new product

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I got request for a feature for an app that I built. I asked the customer if they would pay X for it and got a confirmation. It feels good to have pieces fall into place

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@heyimsunflower I don’t. I have loads of things out there. I only recently started “focusing” on a few because they have gotten users and are showing promise. But even still I’m working on new things

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Today I made my first internet dollar from software that I built 🎉

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The app is starting to do its thing

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As previously mentioned, I have built and submitted my latest marketplace app
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@SaidAitmbarek Thanks for the advice!

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I feel like I can’t find problems to solve based on how people online talk about finding them. Am I looking too big or too small? In the wrong places?

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@coleplunges You’re the man @coleplunges

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@coleplunges Possibly gardening or running which would involve increasing knowledge and increasing time spent running, respectively

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@coleplunges That seems east enough. Maybe my problem isn’t finding problems but understanding how to make a business out of them? At least I can think of physical products but not as many software based solutions

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@coleplunges Oh I see what you’re asking. I like to cook, garden, run, bike, lift, and some other things that I don’t do as often

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@coleplunges So far I’ve been browsing Reddit and keeping an eye open for patterns. But I’m not sure if I’m looking at too broad of options with that approach