DEV Community: Tejas Baid

I built a "Perfect" landing page for my business. Now, how do I actually get people to see it?

Tejas Baid — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 11:28:08 +0000

I built a "Perfect" Studio site. Now, how do I actually get people to see it ? I'm stuck with no actionable leads

But last month, I launched Riolu Studios, and I realized I hit a wall. A wall that no amount of Refactoring or LeetCode could solve.

The Marketing Wall.

As developers, we have this "Build it and they will come" mentality. We think if the UI is slick and the Lighthouse score is 100, the clients will just spawn out of thin air.

Spoiler alert: They don't.

The Current "Dev" Strategy

Right now, our "marketing" for Riolu Studios looks like this:

Posting on X (@RioluStudios) and hoping the algorithm gods are kind.
Sharing "Build in Public" updates that mostly just reach other developers.
Cold-emailing people we admire (and feeling like a nuisance).

My Question to the Dev.to Community

I know there are founders here who have successfully made the jump from Code to Customer. I want to know:

Where do the non-devs hang out? If I’m looking for founders who value "Craft" over "Cheap," where is the digital watering hole?
How do you talk about "Value" without sounding like a LinkedIn Guru? I hate buzzwords. I want to talk about engineering, but clients want to hear about ROI. How do you bridge that gap?
What’s the one marketing "hack" that actually worked for your studio or freelance business?

Why "Developers" are Obsolete (And What We’re Doing Instead)

Tejas Baid — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 11:23:12 +0000

AI can write code. Copilot can refactor. Junior devs are being replaced by prompts. So why did we just launch a software studio called Riolu?

Because Code is the easy part. The hard part is Context.
The "Developer" is dead. Long live the Product Engineer.

In this post, I break down why Riolu Studios focuses on the "Why" before the "How":

The Context-First Workflow: How we bridge the gap between business goals and Git commits.
Beyond the IDE: Why our best work happens in Figma and Whiteboards.
The Riolu Standard: Why we believe the next generation of successful startups won't be built by "coders," but by "architects of experience."

Please Don’t Hire Riolu Studios (Unless You Hate "Standard" Software)

Tejas Baid — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 11:20:36 +0000

If you’re looking for a studio that will just nod their heads, take your Jira tickets, and ship "okay" code by Friday, stop reading. There are 10,000 agencies on Upwork for that.

At Riolu Studios, we are purposefully difficult.

We argue with your UX if it’s confusing.
We reject features that don't add value.
We obsess over 100ms of latency like it’s a personal insult.

We built riolustudios.com to be a filter. If you look at our site and think "This is too much detail," we aren't for you. But if you look at it and see the Craft, then we should probably talk.

X: https://x.com/RioluStudios

I Think I Just Built the Perfect Landing Page (for my Software Studio)

Tejas Baid — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 19:25:31 +0000

I just launched a new website for my software services company Riolu Studios

About Riolu Studios

We design and build high-quality digital products with a strong focus on UX, performance, and craft.

If the site resonates, the work probably will too.

Instead of a typical agency site, I tried to build something closer to an experience.

Not a brochure.
Not a feature list.
Not a wall of buzzwords.

A landing page that actually feels like how we work, I assure anybody that loves design will love the entire website. Every link every page is crafted with love (especially Capabilities and Blueprint)

What I Optimized For

Most studio websites focus on explaining.

I focused on signaling.

Strong first impression
Clean typography and spacing
Motion that feels intentional, not decorative
A scroll that feels like a product, not a page

If we say we care about design, the website should prove it.

Small Details Matter

There is a small Easter egg at the end of the capabilities section.

Most people will miss it.
That is fine.

It exists for the ones who scroll, notice, and care.

That is usually how our best work starts.

Why This Matters

Your website is often your first product.

Before a call.
Before a proposal.
Before trust.

It should show how you think, not just what you sell.

The Site Is Live

https://riolustudios.com

If you are a founder, designer, or developer, would love honest feedback.

If you have any work coming up or know somebody who does, send it our way.

Looking for people to collaborate with ? Join our community to find like-minded people.

Tejas Baid — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 04:21:45 +0000

Join our web dev community to find helpful and like-minded individuals join here

UNDER Web World is a new Discord server for developers who...

🐥 Want to find like-minded individuals with similar interests in web development.
🦄 Need help on their web-related projects.
🐸 Seek to hire talented developers, or seek to be hired for their talents.
🧬 Want a place to share, talk about, and find information on web-related projects.
⚡ Looking for collaborators for your projects.

Web developers of all kinds are invited whether you're a pro, a beginner, or simply are interested in learning a thing or two, you're welcome to join us.

We currently have channels for a bunch of JavaScript frameworks, such as React.js and Electron.js. We've also created channels for most of the common languages, such as CSS, HTML, PHP, Python, and more.

We're actively developing this server, so we're open to creating new web-related channels desired by users.

The server also has a fair bit of recruiters and a bunch of people have already been hired 😉.

Should you learn django rather than node ?

Tejas Baid — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 16:40:16 +0000

This is a topic that many wouldnt get without trying it out first but I would like to save you some time by saying that you should learn node and let me explain why. While I was developing on Django there are certain pros for eg the inbuilt admin console auth services database etc but the problem is that for doing anything in django you have to do it a particular way the Django way node on the other hand is the exact opposite almost has nothing built-in but you can do everything your own way. And the main reason i'd choose node over Django is cause node uses JS which means it is the one language to rule them all in WEB DEV and inspite of all this if you have a lot of time and resources to put into it then Django is the option for you.