I'm Pratik, founder of Testdino - and this is my first post here!
My story: 12+ years in QA taught me that flaky tests are every developer's nightmare. You know that feeling when your CI fails, you rerun the same test, and it magically passes? Then you spend hours wondering: "Is this a real bug or just being flaky?"
The problem: Teams waste 6-8 hours per week playing detective with test failures. Even with perfect automation, we're still debugging failures manually like it's 2010.
I ve just launched something I built to solve a real pain I faced (opensecatlas.com) . It s a curated directory of free/open-source tools that I wish existed when I needed it. I used vibe coding to build and refine it quickly, and I m proud of what came out.
But here s the problem: I don t have a big following. No established X/Twitter, no strong LinkedIn presence, no personal brand. I see other makers and influencers launch something and immediately get thousands of visitors. For me, even though the product is real and solves a problem, it feels invisible.
Starting with the end in mind can completely change how you play the game. It sets the rules from day one and gives you clarity on when it s time to step away.
In a time when big corporations are overpaying for their job offers just to steal the best talent from another big company, and in an era where everyone can build their own startup, there will always be room for people who prefer to join a team and work on something (in the future) big.
