Pratik Patel 💸 @prpatel05
Software Engineer 💻 Chief Architect @poofnew Prev CTO @eddiiHealth, Founder @zay_codes (acq by @dapperlabs), Eng @awscloud tinkering @jott_ing pratik.pa.tel Joined February 2009-
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Your code doesn't need to be perfect. It needs to exist. How many projects died in your 'refactoring for clean code' phase?
Unpopular opinion: Your startup idea is mid. But mid ideas with exceptional execution beat exceptional ideas with mid execution. Stop ideating. Start shipping.
2010: Don't copy code you don't understand 2015: Understand the Stack Overflow code before using it 2020: At least read what you're copying 2025: Ask AI to explain the code it wrote for you 2030: ???
Building in public is actually selfish. * Free user research * Free marketing * Free accountability * Free therapy * Free network effects We're not being transparent. We're being smart. (And that's perfectly fine)
Adding 'AI' to your project name: +50% valuation Adding 'blockchain': +30% Adding 'sustainable': +20% Actually solving a problem: -10% The game is the game
Me after finding $5 in my old jeans: "I understand this feeling"
Me after finding $5 in my old jeans: "I understand this feeling"
Claude Code has the confidence of a 10x engineer until you leave, then it's: 'Can I... rename this variable? 👉👈' Just traumatize my codebase like a normal AI, stop asking
Senior developers who still Google 'how to center a div' are more honest than those who pretend they don't.
What's the dumbest money you've spent on your startup?
Do you share the messy middle when nothing’s working, or wait until you have something positive to share?
CTO telling CEO why a 4th refactor makes sense
What actually kills startups: ❌ Competition ❌ Lack of funding ❌ Bad timing ✅ That 'quick refactor' you started on Friday afternoon
The $500 in rewards points I let expire waiting for the 'perfect moment' to redeem them says more about my decision-making than my actual investment portfolio ever could
At some point, you can hear a pivot coming before it’s even spoken out loud.
Founders have two moods: "We're going to the moon 🚀" and "We're running out of money 💀" - sometimes on the same day.
Founders don’t need therapy, they need customers. (Actually, they need both.)
Startups teach you math you never wanted to learn, like how many weeks you can survive without new customers.
The 3 Stages of Feature Requests - Denial ("we don’t need that") - Bargaining ("maybe later") - Acceptance ("fine, I’ll build it")
Half your brain is fixing bugs, the other half is figuring out pricing. Neither half is fully happy.

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