Building in Public: How I Pivoted from Features to Validation 🚀

I spent months building features almost every day.
Clean code. Real infra. Everything working.

But I made a classic developer mistake:
I built first… and asked questions later. 🚨

As a developer, my default mode was:

“Just add one more feature.”

• Admin panel.
• Payments.
• Webhooks.
• Integrations.
• More modules.

Technically solid. Business-wise? No real validation 😅

After ~8 months, I realized the problem wasn’t the code.
I was trying to validate:

• an e-commerce platform
• a SaaS product
• my own internal system

…all at the same time.
No focus = no signal.

So instead of throwing everything away, I reframed it.

I stopped thinking “product”
and started thinking “execution engine.”

The admin panel + modules became my way to:
build → test → learn → kill fast 🧪

From now on, I’ll use this setup to:

• Explore small ideas
• Ship tiny micro-SaaS
• Validate before scaling
• Share what works (and what doesn’t)

Less ego. More feedback.

This isn’t a launch.
It’s a reset.

If you’re a dev who loves building but struggles with validation, you’re not alone.

Building in public from here 🚀