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Looking for Founders building software products

Hey IH!

After more than a year spent creating a platform for building software products, I'm looking for more founders that are actually in the process of creating their software product, or wanting to elevate their existing one to a next level.

The idea is that I'll deliver everything that's required to build a software product so that your main focus can stay on building and delivering the unique features that makes your product stand out.

I can also help build it out, in case the idea/product will be interesting and aligned with what I'm actually building.

I'm a senior solutions architect, full-stack engineer and a person with interest in building scalable products, with more than 17 years of experience in the industry.

In case you need a hand in building your web, mobile – or both, SaaS or whatever – with everything that your product needs in order to be scalable as you grow, feel free to reach out.

I'll be interested to learn more about your needs and struggles and help you out.

Thanks!

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Looking to Partner Up
on December 5, 2023
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    Hi Igor, Are you still on the lookout and where are you from? I am embarking on a tech startup (#LLM, AI, 3D & CGI) with a TUDelft friend from the Netherlands. We are on the lookout for a technical co-founder. You'll shape a funded concept and form your own team. If this piques your interest, feel free to reply.

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      Oh I missed your message, sorry. I know that I wrote I even might be able to help build it out, but that's reasonable for me even when it's aligned with what I'm doing – which doesn't seem like it is (just based on your message). I hope you already have your tech co-founder by this time, so wish you all the best luck with your startup.

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    Hey Igor, I built an SEO company from 0 - 3M/yr bootstrapped. we are selling this week.

    im building a much larger product now utilizing SEO and AI.

    we have our own Ai tech, and our own GPUs.

    what i need is a little more front end / web dev resources on my side. so maybe we could do a collaborative trade!

    sounds like a good combo.

    LMK if youd like to chat

    Devin Schumacher
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/devinschumacher/

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    What are the capabilities of your platform? Can you please let me know more about it ?

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      Sure @sachingk ... it's a build ecosystem that will provide you with the following:

      • AWS Cloud Infrastructure out-of-box; the defaults like CI/CD, apps & resources provisioning system, storage, database, etc., all according to AWS Well Architected principles – easily customizable and extendable when you need,
      • Templates for Apps when starting from scratch (for now Remix and Next.js for Web, React Native for Mobile, etc.) – but you can bring your own existing apps and provision them to AWS by the provisioning system using Buildpacks (actually for Remix, Next.js, Mobile and Serverless, but you can create your own if using another technology, and the list will expand as we progress further),
      • Modules for easier implementation of common features like Authentication (with Cognito for now), Push Notifications, iOS Live Activities, or Database (DynamoDB) with tenant isolation, and more.
      • Integrations so you can seamlessly connect with 3rd party services, e.g. AppStore Connect where the platform takes care of provisioning profiles and certificates management, but also Google Play, Fastlane, Mobile CI/CD etc.
      • Various Tools like CLI, Browser or Docker extensions, and more, in order to elevate the developer experience.

      It's just a brief description, but the general idea is:

      • start working on the product's features as soon as possible and do not reinvent the wheel by setting up AWS infrastructure, Boilerplates or Mobile CI/CD;
      • have everything deployed in own AWS accounts to prevent vendor lock-ins ... I mean, when you deploy to PaaS, it works when you're with the PaaS of your choice ... but when you deploy to your own AWS accounts, you own the infrastructure.
      • provide modules, integrations, tools to simplify the repetitive tasks, especially when managing many products;
      • it all comes with a Console you use to manage everything from a single place;
      • provide a seamless experience!

      It's AWS focused, AWS CDK, Node.js, TypeScript, React, Remix, React-Native.

      You can also check out https://be.plus to see more. LMK your thoughts and TY in advance.

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        Thanks for the detailed description of the product. But I still didn't get your product completely.

        Apart from Dev Ops-related features, what are the other built-in features? I am asking this because your documentation is open to all.

        Also, is it like a platform where a developer has control over the code completely or it's based on some plugin/hook system where the developer has to think in a different way to implement modules?

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          Thank you very much for further questions. It's a great feedback for me to be better able to explain what it is really about.

          Think of it like a Platform that you have the full control over everything – including the code. The code is being deployed to the AWS accounts you own, therefore you also own the infrastructure in the Cloud.

          The Platform is a tool that helps you manage everything from a single place:

          • AWS accounts provisioning across multiple AWS Orgs when needed,
          • Deployment of your Apps and Cloud Resources across multiple AWS accounts,
          • Integrating with 3rd party services so you can keep everything, including the configuration, on a single place,
          • All of it grouped into Products, so you have a clear view and keeping things in order.

          The Platform is also providing you with the initial AWS Cloud infrastructure, code for the most common Apps and Cloud Resources required, so you don't have to start from scratch; while keeping the ownership in your hands. But – in case of an existing product (codebase), you can bring your own repo, connect it to the platform and perform the deployments the same way. Watch logs as the provisioning and deployment is happening in multiple AWS accounts, and much more.

          Imagine a Heroku interface – but for your own AWS.
          Like a Vercel interface – but for your own AWS.

          In order to further help with your product creation, it also includes the modules – Authentication to easily add Auth functionality with Cognito; Push Notifications – so you deploy the module with a single click to a respective AWS account and then install the module in the Mobile App – and you send push to devices by inserting them into a DynamoDB (or using the SDK, e.g. in your API when the message needs to be sent).

          That being said, you can "tell" the platform:
          I'm building a product "My SaaS app" that's going to have a Web app, a Mobile App, I also need an API. I want dev, stage and prod environments, each of them in a separate AWS Account. Web app is Remix, Mobile App is React Native, API is Serverless (easy use case, can be different technology). You create the apps and provision all of them with a few clicks from the interface. The platform will create the AWS Accounts (or you can do manually), CDK Bootstrap them, install the provisioning and CI/CD, provision and deploy all of your apps. It even creates your whole Mobile CI/CD, generates certificates and provisioning profiles, and using the Integration for AppStore Connect and/or Google Play, creates the apps there (where possible) and deploy your Mobile App to the Stores. You end up with a repo with your own code and you can start building features. You use modules to quickly add auth and push, re-deploy and you have a CI/CD, API, Web & Mobile ready (mobile in your TestFlight or Google Play). Now, within a quick time frame, you have all you need to start focusing on the features your app needs. You can customize it, build your own modules etc.

          It's NOT a NoCode or LowCode – but rather YourCode. In your AWS. When you decide to leave, you'll be still able to leverage all of what you've deployed, as the basic building blocks and tools are going to be Open Source (Q1 2024). The thing is that the centralized management and the simplicity of using the Console in order to manage multiple products, dozens of Apps and Cloud Resources, across multiple AWS organizations, AppStore Connect and Google Play teams – is going to make your life much easier.

          Feel free to ask more in case it's still not clear or – I see you're a SaaS builder, so I'll be happy to chat.

          Thank you!

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            Wow! Thanks for more details.

            By the way, what are the other modules available apart from Auth and Push Notifications?

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              For features, as was already said:

              • Authentication (Cognito, incl. Social & SSO),
              • Push Notifications (iOS, Android),
              • Live Activities (iOS).

              For Cloud Resources:

              • Private NPM (AWS CodeArtifact with Proxy so you can have npm.yourdomain.com where you can host your own modules/re-usable packages),
              • then some smaller like e.g. Assets with Image Resizing, Environments access protection (Firewall) with WAF.

              Provisioning Plugins:

              • for Mobile Deployment – this will set up your whole Mobile CI/CD Pipeline as a part of the provisioning.

              There are some others "in-progress" for SaaS tenant isolation incl. database with DynamoDB, Geolocation, Stripe, Paddle...

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    Many business founders look to venture capital funds as an important everything that your product needs in order to be scalable as you grow, feel free to reach out.

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