What sets you apart in this sea of developers?

Design

This one thing radiates quality. Your users will never look at your code, but they do see and feel good design. If it looks pro, it feels pro.

The bar is high today and people judge fast. Average-looking products will absolutely affect things on a business level. I’ve experienced this first-hand while building supersaas.dev.

Here's how the first version of supersaas looked like

And here’s how it looks today:

Some people to follow, you might know them already, but here

1. James M - https://x.com/jamesm

2. Steve Schroger - https://x.com/steveschoger

3. Emil Kowalski - https://x.com/emilkowalski_

4. Alvish - https://x.com/alvishbaldha

5. Oğuz - https://x.com/oguzyagizkara

6. Necati - https://x.com/necatikcl

Details matter

Go to extreme length for a providing a "Good Experience" - Anyone can create a "Good Enough" product, yours needs to be exceptional.

Learn these

• Smooth transitions

• Sensible defaults

• Clean empty states

• Thoughtful loading spinners

• Helpful error messages

Talk about your Journey

You should talk about everything you do or learn like you just discovered gold.

Set aside ego, embarrassment, and shyness. (Coming from someone with extreme stage fright.) Show your face. Talk about it.

I started doing this, and over time, started making videos with my face in it, I was extremely uncomfortable, it built trust with my audience. It compounds. People like to see the human behind the product.

Build Stuff

I’ve honestly built so many things, I forget them every time I try to list them.

Start small. Make tiny tools. Try new stacks. Keep going.

Don’t jump straight into building “the next Facebook.” No one will use it, and it’ll die. That’s just how it goes.

Build so many side projects that your resume fills itself.

Keep it fun

Burnout is real. Don’t make coding your whole personality. Take breaks. Go outside and touch some grass. Go out on dates. Things are better when your mind is fresh