Hey DEV community! 👋
I'm a full-stack developer with years of experience building web applications, e-commerce platforms, and business systems.
Much of my professional background is in Magento, PHP, JavaScript, and building solutions for international clients.
These days, I'm exploring a different path: building my own products as an indie hacker.
From Client Projects to My Own Products
Working on client projects taught me a lot about software engineering, scalability, and solving real business problems.
But building your own product is a different challenge.
Writing code is only one part of the process. Finding a real problem, understanding users, getting traffic, and turning a useful idea into a sustainable business can be much harder.
That's what I'm learning now.
What I'm Exploring
I'm particularly interested in:
AI-powered applications and automation
SaaS products and indie hacking
E-commerce platforms and developer tools
SEO, product discovery, and organic growth
Building practical products with modern development workflows
I'm also experimenting with AI-assisted development, using tools like Codex and Cursor to move faster while maintaining quality.
Why I'm Here
I joined DEV to learn from other developers, share practical lessons, and document the process of building products independently.
I hope to share more about technical decisions, mistakes, experiments, and what actually works — not just polished success stories.
If you're building your own products, experimenting with AI, or working on something interesting, I'd love to connect.
What are you building these days?
Top comments (1)
Welcome, Fred. The part you flagged, finding a real problem and getting traffic, is where a lot of client-work devs get stuck, because clients used to hand you the problem. Your Magento years are a good place to dig: store owners have plenty of small, annoying problems they'd happily pay to make go away. What's the first thing you're shipping?