David Jiabiao Zhu

I think at this point I’m a newbie solo developer, currently building Chicken, a fitness and food logger that can last forever. Logging the journey🤩

[David Jiabiao Zhu @triallifestudio]

🤔: Where do you get your inspiration from?
Me: 🤩

[David Jiabiao Zhu @triallifestudio]

@builtbyamrit Hello Amrit!!! Let’s connect!!!🤩

[David Jiabiao Zhu @triallifestudio]

@stackway24 Hi Gab! Nice to meet you! Let’s connect!!🔥

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Let me try this too!

If you’re into:

- 🌸 Anime
- 👾 Games
- 🤖 AI
- 👽 Solo Dev

Let’s connect 🤩!

[David Jiabiao Zhu @triallifestudio]

@dantegaleazzi Nice to meet you!!! Let’s connect💪

[David Jiabiao Zhu @triallifestudio]

@ItsKamranK Hiiii! Nice to meet you! Let's connect!🤩

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@NextElonPrince Yooo! Another introvert here! The biggest mental shift for me: people don't give a fuck about what they're not interested in. Thanks to the algorithm, the only ones who see your posts are engagement farmers or people who actually care. So just be yourself 👍

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@1notlov3 Thanks for the nice idea! I'll try it with the credits I have left. The other day I literally built a simple relay and used it as a high-consumption news filter and brainstorming chatbot 🤣

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My $200 in Claude API credits expire tomorrow. What would you build with them within 24h? 🤣🫣

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Seriously, this app is full of engagement bait: some posts beg to be corrected, others just farm followers with fake content. Maybe I should try it too 🫣🤣

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@matthias_mrc Support is where trust is built. Test it properly, or your clients will be pissed🫣.

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@solopribuilds Try OpenSpec. It won't stop the mess completely, but it keeps each change small and you always know what you're actually building. That alone saves you most of the chaos.

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@TTrimoreau A decision is only as good as the ones that follow it. So the honest answer is: it depends.

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@aiwithadb If you play by the same rules, YouTube wins with money and ads. If you don't play by the rules… well… 🏴‍☠️

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@ItsKamranK Well, if all the big companies are gone, I'll just run Qwen locally 🤣

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@solopribuilds Copying was never the real threat.

Look at indie games: you can decompile a Unity build straight from the binary and get the actual code.

Clones still rarely beat the original. AI gets you to average fast, but the details and the feel are what people pay for.

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Reworking the add-food screen in Chicken!

I think I'm starting to get what product design is about: how do you make the user think "this actually feels good to do"?

“I'm actually afraid of people copying it, but maybe that's a good sign 😭🤣”

[David Jiabiao Zhu @triallifestudio]

I've been wondering what we trade to get what we want.

Inspiration or copying? I can't follow every copyright rule. Even this meme owes something to the artist.

SaaS? You sacrifice people's ownership. One-time payment? You sacrifice jobs.

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Sony and gamers right now.

Can you really blame someone for sacrificing everything when they already own nothing?

But when we think we've sacrificed nothing, is that really true? Or have we blindfolded ourselves to reach our own desires?

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@ntnwlc Waited way too long to post my first one 🤣

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Well, Claude said I should give building in public a try, so here I am: my first post on this account after a long time building my app silently 🫣.

I’ll share the whole process, so if you want to see someone fail, here I am🤣