@ArdenBuilds

I've been building other people's dreams as a freelancer for years. Now I finally decided to build my own!

Joined September 2026
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Same function. Same behaviour. Which one are you approving in code review?
Two Go versions of func charge(o *Order) error. A uses three early-return if statements for nil order, total <= 0 and already paid, then returns pay(o). B uses a switch with the same three cases and a default that returns pay(o).

ALT Two Go versions of func charge(o *Order) error. A uses three early-return if statements for nil order, total <= 0 and already paid, then returns pay(o). B uses a switch with the same three cases and a default that returns pay(o).

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Genuine question. Postgres is free and open source. So what are people actually paying for with managed Postgres? Backups? Sleep? Both? lol
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Hot take: SEO isn't dead. It just has a second boss now. Google still sends the clicks. However... ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI answers now decide who gets mentioned before anyone clicks anything. Are you optimizing for both or just one?
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Every AI coding agent is just a while loop calling an LLM. Except the expensive ones. Those are a while loop calling an LLM on a $200/month plan lol
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bro why lol
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why now lol
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If you are building any of these: - indie projects - mobile apps - games - devops tools Would love to connect!
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Is anyone actually using GrokBot or Dots?
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Your SaaS has 0 users. Which one are you shipping on? A or B. No fence sitting :)
Two cards. A, one boring server: 1 dedicated box, Go binary + Postgres, systemd + Caddy, nightly pg_dump backups, deploy with scp + restart. B, proper cloud native: Kubernetes cluster, 6 microservices, managed Postgres + Redis + queue, service mesh + Helm charts, deploy with CI/CD + GitOps.

ALT Two cards. A, one boring server: 1 dedicated box, Go binary + Postgres, systemd + Caddy, nightly pg_dump backups, deploy with scp + restart. B, proper cloud native: Kubernetes cluster, 6 microservices, managed Postgres + Redis + queue, service mesh + Helm charts, deploy with CI/CD + GitOps.

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12 things you can self-host on one cheap VPS instead of paying monthly for: 1. Analytics: Umami or Plausible 2. Uptime monitoring: Uptime Kuma 3. Newsletter: Listmonk 4. Deploys: Coolify (my favorite, basically your own Vercel) 5. Git: Forgejo 6. Passwords: Vaultwarden 7. Automations: n8n 8. Files: Nextcloud 9. Dashboards: Grafana 10. BI: Metabase 11. Blog: Ghost, or a static one on Cloudflare Pages for free 12. Error tracking: GlitchTip Bookmark it, you'll thank me later :)
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Genuine question for solo founders. Do you actually want a cofounder? Or is going solo the whole point? :)
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Hot take: Go is the best language to let an AI agent write. Boring syntax, one way to format it, compiles in seconds, and every error is right there in your face. However... I still read every single if err != nil it spits out lol
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Looking to connect with people who are: - indie hackers - game devs - DevOps engineers - mobile developers Would love to connect!
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Indie hacker X is basically 4 posts on repeat: - "Day 47 of building in public" - "Just hit $10k MRR" - "Drop your link" - "Let's connect!" I'm guilty of at least two of these lol
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Spot the bug in 5 seconds. Hint: it works perfectly... until the database hiccups once :)
Go function: rows, err := db.QueryContext(...); defer rows.Close() placed before the if err != nil check; then a rows.Next loop scanning id and email.

ALT Go function: rows, err := db.QueryContext(...); defer rows.Close() placed before the if err != nil check; then a rows.Next loop scanning id and email.

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I'm so bored on X these days cuz everyone is using models to write slop in the replies... Maybe I should just give in and do the same kekw
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Man, I really wish 128gb of RAM wouldn't cost 2.5k, I only got 64gb and I wanna upgrade 😭
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Is AI-free gonna be a moat soon going forward? lol Kinda reads as slop-free to some people.
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Hi, I'm Arden :) 32, solo founder from Italy. Freelance dev for years, now building my own stuff. Linux nerd (Omarchy on my old uni laptop), Go + Postgres, Claude and Codex every day. Gym and ADHD keep me humble. If you're building something too, say hi. I read every reply.
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Vibe coding is fun. However... The second your app touches real money, someone has to actually read that code. Who's reading yours? lol
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