Founding Engineer @ Blend
I build production MVPs for founders.
$3,999. 21 days. 45+ shipped.
Built the app behind a Shark Tank India S5 pitch → 50K+ userscal.com/hyperbrain-lab… BengaluruJoined August 2023
monday cursor tip:
stop using Composer for one-line fixes.
use Composer for: multi-file refactors, new features spanning 3+ files, complex migrations.
use Cmd+K for: single-line edits, quick renames, surgical changes.
using Composer for a one-line fix is like hiring a contractor to change a lightbulb.
your token bill will thank you.
thursday ship log:
→ deployed fintech MVP v1 to prod (14 days early)
→ founder started testing with first 10 users
→ 22 PRs merged this week
→ 90M Claude Code tokens
→ closed 1 more client for June
week 4 is the best week of may so far.
the consistency compound is real.
my exact 4-hour validation framework before writing a single line of code for a founder:
hour 1: who pays. the SPECIFIC person who Venmo-s you $100 tomorrow.
hour 2: the pain. make them describe it in THEIR words.
hour 3: the wedge. one painful thing you can fix this week.
hour 4: the waitlist. 100 signups or don't build yet.
saved 3 founders $3,999 this month by telling them the answer was "not yet."
validation beats code. every time.
a non-technical founder DMed me in january.
her fintech idea was stuck at "landing page + waitlist" for 6 months.
3 dev shops quoted 8-12 lakhs. 4 months timelines.
I shipped it in 21 days for $3,999.
today: her app has 800 paying users.
she just closed her seed round.
the gap between idea and shipped product is 21 days if you know how.
most founders just haven't met the right builder yet.
monday cursor tip:
stop using Composer for one-line fixes.
use Composer for: multi-file refactors, new features spanning 3+ files, complex migrations.
use Cmd+K for: single-line edits, quick renames, surgical changes.
using Composer for a one-line fix is like hiring a contractor to change a lightbulb.
your token bill will thank you.
sunday debrief. week 3 of may:
→ shipped 2 more features for Dubai client
→ scoped fintech MVP v2 spec
→ 18 PRs merged
→ saturday cursor thread hit [views]
what worked:
- batching content on sunday morning
- closing all slack by 9 PM
- walking cubbon park every 2 days
what failed:
- tried to write a thread at midnight. trash draft.
- opened twitter during deep work. lost 40 min.
simple systems beat complex schedules.
tomorrow is week 4. ship mode.
my exact AI stack after shipping 45+ products as a solo founder in Bengaluru.
no fluff. no affiliate links. just what actually runs on my machine at 3 AM 🧵
friday 1 AM. shipping a late push before bed.
a founder came to me 2 weeks ago with a fintech idea.
no design. no code. just a figma scribble and a deadline.
today: 60% of the backend is in production. payments working. onboarding flow live.
7 more days to launch.
AI made this timeline possible.
discipline made it real.
may is halfway in. quick recap:
shipped 2 client MVPs (Dubai B2B + fintech beta)
80M+ Claude Code tokens
hit 25K+ views on X (way ahead of april pace)
signed 1 new founder for a June slot
posted every weekday without missing
Saturday 10 PM threads still undefeated
may plan for the second half:
3rd Cursor system thread this saturday
first collab reel with @[builder]
first revenue milestone post if this month crosses $[X]
the consistency compound is real.
"AI will replace developers" is a lie told by people who don't ship.
AI writes code.
engineering ships products.
those are different skills.
45+ products in, the developers who own the 20% of thinking still win.
the other 80% of typing? yeah. that's gone.
different problem. different solution.
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