DEV Community: Feya Shah

I’m Building a Podcast-to-Clips Micro SaaS (Manually First)

Feya Shah — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:20:04 +0000

I’ve started building a small micro SaaS: turning long-form podcasts or videos into short clips for Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, etc.

But here’s the important part: I’m starting completely manual. No AI. No automation. No backend.

And this post is about why.

The idea

The core problem is simple:

Creators post long videos, but:

they don’t have time to clip them
they don’t know which moments will work as short-form
or they just procrastinate on it

My idea is straightforward:

a creator sends a YouTube link (or video)
I clip 2–5 short vertical videos
add basic captions
send them back

That’s it.

Why I’m not building AI or automation (yet)

As a developer, the instinct is always:

“Let me automate this.”

But I’m deliberately not doing that at the start.

Reasons:

I want to validate real demand, not assumptions
I want to understand what creators actually want
I want feedback before writing serious code
I don’t want to overbuild something nobody uses

Right now, the product is:

me (yes, just me)
simple tools
a lot of learning

And that’s okay.

*The MVP approach
*
The MVP is intentionally boring:

No login
No dashboard
No payments
No storage
No fancy UI

Just:

a simple landing page
an intake form
manual delivery

If people don’t want this when it’s simple, adding AI won’t magically fix it.

*Building in public
*
I’ve decided to document this journey openly:

decisions
doubts
progress
mistakes

Not as a “success story”, but as a real build-in-public experiment.

I recorded a short YouTube video explaining the idea and my approach:

👉 Watch the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2trQxOtVoU&t=4s

If you have any suggestions for me, or would like to try out the tool and provide me some early feedback, please reach out!

How Docker Works Internally: From Images to Containers

Feya Shah — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:42:04 +0000

After working with containerized systems across several projects, I’ve seen how often the fundamentals are misunderstood. In this post, I break down Docker’s core architecture — images, containers, and what really happens under the hood.

🧱 Whether you're building scalable microservices or just getting your CI/CD right, understanding these internals matters.

👉 Read it here: https://feyashah.com/how-docker-works-internally-from-images-to-containers/

Docker #DevOps #SoftwareEngineering #Containers #BackendDevelopment

Docker Finally Made Sense to Me — Here’s How 🐳

Feya Shah — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:25:43 +0000

Docker used to feel like this confusing DevOps thing I had to copy-paste my way through.
But once I took the time to actually learn it, it changed how I build, test, and ship code.

In short:

Docker packages your app and everything it needs into a container — so it works anywhere the same way.

No more “works on my machine” drama.
No more dependency hell across projects or team machines.

🧠 If you’re a developer who still feels shaky about containers, I broke it all down simply:

👉 Read the full breakdown