I’ve decided to start my own startup here in Silicon Valley. Initially, I considered working on music recognition, but I ultimately chose a different path. Follow me on this journey!

Clarity Through Users, Momentum Through Decisions, and the Art of Moving One Step Closer

What a Day.

I had one clear goal: move the startup forward. And I did—but not in the way I expected.

Started the morning with back-to-back user interviews. Insight bomb dropped around 10:20am—same pain point came up in both: handoffs between tools are killing team flow. Noted. That’s the third interview this week flagging the same friction. It’s noisy early on, but this? This feels like signal.

So I sprinted on the prototype. Updated onboarding flows in Figma, added quick context screens to reduce “where am I?” confusion. UX is still duct-taped together, but it's starting to click. I actually watched someone go “Oh, that makes sense” on a screen share. Gold.

Issue: I almost derailed myself mid-afternoon digging too deep into backend choices. I was elbows-deep comparing Firebase pub/sub latency vs. Supabase listen channels before I caught myself. The reminder:

"Ship solutions, not architecture. Optimize for momentum, not elegance."

So here’s the compromise: Supabase POC going live tomorrow morning, Firebase gets 48 hours after that. Whichever feels faster to build with wins Round One. No gold-plating. Not choosing forever—just choosing for now.

Advisor update: had a quick unexpected call. Much-needed grounding. His takeaway: “You’re not building features, you’re trying to shrink someone’s workday by 10 minutes. Hunt that.” Immediately rewrote my pitch doc with that line in mind.

Community front: one of my comments on Indie Hackers got a reply. Just a small nudge, but it reminded me: someone out there is paying attention.

What I Learned Today (Mini How-To)

How to Validate a Product Direction Without Overbuilding:

  1. Talk to 5 users.
  2. Write down their workflow in simple terms.
  3. Circle the moment that sucks the most.
  4. Mock just that flow.
  5. Watch if they say, “That’s better.”

That's it. Don’t solve everything—solve one burning annoyance first.

Wins Today

  • 2 user interviews → 1 confirmed pain point.
  • Prototype updated → onboarding makes sense now to at least one user.
  • Supabase vs Firebase narrowed → POC in motion.
  • Strategic nudge from advisor → realigned pitch with user outcomes.

Going to bed tired but clearer than I woke up. That counts.

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