Josh @joshyee

A delusion dev building his way out of unemployment! https://t.co/gyST0OM6i3 - $0 MMR https://t.co/p6EmkiRL95 - FREE Follow my journey! joshyee.com Sacramento, CA Joined December 2020

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Josh @joshyee

11 hours ago

being unemployed but calling yourself an "indie hacker" is just unemployed w/ better branding me: I'm a solopreneur bank account: youre broke me: I'm bootstrapping mortgage: youre behind me: Im building in public wife: youre sleeping on the couch but the vibes are immaculate ✨

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Josh @joshyee

4 days ago

linkedin: "open to work" twitter bio: "founder @ SaaS" same person different delusions one is honest unemployment the other is unemployment with equity that's worth $0 but at least the twitter one sounds cooler 😎

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Josh @joshyee

4 days ago

stages of indie hacker grief: 1. "I'll build my way out of unemployment" 2. "just need product-market fit" 3. "maybe one viral tweet" 4. "perhaps a job wouldn't be so bad" 5. "wait, 3 sign-ups?? WE'RE SO BACK" currently stuck between 4 and 5 #buildinpublic #indiehackers

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Josh @joshyee

4 days ago

toddler tantrum: "I WANT COOKIES NOW" me debugging: "I WANT REVENUE NOW" we're basically the same person except she'll probably be more successful than me 💀 #buildinpubic #indiesaas

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Josh @joshyee

6 days ago

Commit 1: "feat: Add CI/CD pipeline " Commit 5: "fix: npm install" Commit 10: "fix: maybe turbo?" Commit 15: "fix: PLEASE WORK" Commit 20: "fix: I DONT EVEN KNOW ANYMORE" Commit 27: "fix: Simplify vercel.json..." (finally) The 5 stages of CI/CD grief #buildinpublic #cryinpublic

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Josh @joshyee

6 days ago

POV: Spent HOURS debugging a Vercel monorepo deploy The culprit? ONE LINE in my GitHub Actions workflow: `working-directory: ./frontend` 35 commits later, I finally removed it. Debugging monorepos is just commenting things out until something works 🫠

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Josh @joshyee

7 days ago

3 AM is when the real breakthroughs happen Not because I'm more creative at night Because it's the only time the toddler isn't using my laptop as a drum set Peak productivity hours: When everyone else is unconscious 🌙

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Josh @joshyee

a week ago

127 job applications down Thousands more to go 0 SaaS users today Maybe 1 tomorrow Every rejection is just practice for the eventual yes Every bug is just practice for the eventual success This is the way 🚀 #buildinpublic

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Josh @joshyee

a week ago

My entire SaaS development schedule revolves around a 2-year-old's nap schedule few hours of coding time per day if I'm lucky Building the next unicorn in 15-minute intervals between snack requests The hustle looks different when you're a dad 👶💻

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Josh @joshyee

a week ago

Built comprehensive error handling for: - Expired verification tokens - Already verified users - API failures - Network timeouts - Invalid email formats Built error handling for: - Getting rejected from junior dev jobs Guess which one I'm better at? 🤡

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Josh @joshyee

a week ago

Saturday morning coding hits different when you're unemployed 9am: "I'll just add a quick signup form" 12:30pm: *184 lines of test code for email verification* Wife: "It's Saturday..." Me: "The tests don't know that" #weekendwarrior #buildInPublic

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Josh @joshyee

a week ago

POV: You integrated Resend email verification into your SaaS ✅ SignUpForm with Zod validation ✅ Email verification page ✅ Auto-login after verification ✅ 12 comprehensive tests ❌ zero users to send emails to 💀 The delusion continues.... #buildInPublic

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Josh @joshyee

2 weeks ago

The plan: Build SaaS to avoid getting a job The reality: Building SaaS to get a better job The twist: Actually enjoying the building more than job hunting InquireLead.com now has better auth than my last employer 💀 Someone RT this so I can pretend I have reach

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Josh @joshyee

2 weeks ago

Building in public with 17 followers hits different It's like performing Shakespeare to an empty theater, but the theater is your anxiety and Shakespeare is your auth middleware Still beats leetcode though 🤷‍♂️

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Josh @joshyee

2 weeks ago

Indie dev confession: Every feature I build, I ask myself 'Is this for customers or for my GitHub profile?' Shipped usage quotas today - great for SaaS revenue OR great for showing I understand business logic. Why not both? #learninpublic #saas #foundermode #hireme