Tools: 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.” 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 and 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: 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 🚀 Templates let you quickly answer FAQs or store snippets for re-use. Are you sure you want to hide this comment? It will become hidden in your post, but will still be visible via the comment's permalink. Hide child comments as well For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse