Hacker News: shahzaibmushtaq

New comment by shahzaibmushtaq in "I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it"

shahzaibmushtaq — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:44:10 +0000

The previous owner bought it for $8000 (quite less for domains like this) but here is the catch. This domain has a bad reputation and a lot of negativity since it has a long history.

Those who are in domain name business knows that because it affects the value of every expired/operational domain.

New comment by shahzaibmushtaq in "Replacing JavaScript with Just HTML"

shahzaibmushtaq — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 06:45:33 +0000

This is helpful when development revolves around static environment.

New comment by shahzaibmushtaq in "Size of Life"

shahzaibmushtaq — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 06:17:59 +0000

Is banana a life? If yes, then hundreds of other lives are not included in this project.

A simple idea but fabulous execution!

New comment by shahzaibmushtaq in "Fran Sans – font inspired by San Francisco light rail displays"

shahzaibmushtaq — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 07:32:36 +0000

> Life is so rich when ease and efficiency are not the measure.

This is it, and I really like the CSS effects when highlighting/selecting words, sentences and paragraphs

New comment by shahzaibmushtaq in "AI World Clocks"

shahzaibmushtaq — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 06:13:54 +0000

Interesting idea!

Why is a new clock being rendered every minute? Or AI models are evolving and improving every minute.

New comment by shahzaibmushtaq in "Affinity Studio now free"

shahzaibmushtaq — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 05:47:10 +0000

> "Sign up to download"

No, thank you.

New comment by shahzaibmushtaq in "Show HN: I'm making a detective game built on Wikipedia"

shahzaibmushtaq — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 07:36:25 +0000

A pure passion project!

New comment by shahzaibmushtaq in "The least amount of CSS for a decent looking site (2023)"

shahzaibmushtaq — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 06:48:23 +0000

Improve the readability and bring clarity, then work on modernity.

New comment by shahzaibmushtaq in "A WebGL game where you deliver messages on a tiny planet"

shahzaibmushtaq — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 07:16:01 +0000

When experience meets creativity, imagination delivers simplicity.

New comment by shahzaibmushtaq in "Ask HN: Best codebases to study to learn software design?"

shahzaibmushtaq — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 13:29:02 +0000

You understood what I was trying to convey.

Yes, all open-source projects are well designed with documentation and to-dos, otherwise open-source contribution becomes difficult.

New comment by shahzaibmushtaq in "Ask HN: Best codebases to study to learn software design?"

shahzaibmushtaq — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 06:30:28 +0000

My suggestion is to search for open-source codebases in your favorite languages, study them, and start practicing them.

New comment by shahzaibmushtaq in "The beauty of a text only webpage"

shahzaibmushtaq — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:12:25 +0000

How about making a complete website using only CSS1?

New comment by shahzaibmushtaq in "I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file"

shahzaibmushtaq — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 06:25:17 +0000

I never used fancy productivity and todo apps. I saved Everything in .txt files, sticky notes and writing on papers. No need to go for a few extra miles.

New comment by shahzaibmushtaq in "Do not download the app, use the website"

shahzaibmushtaq — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 11:43:47 +0000

In third world countries where literacy rates are below 50%, the population only uses smartphones for apps and don't know what websites are.

Until the early 2010s this wasn't the case and people were educating themselves on how to use websites properly.

If traffic laws can exist, then there must also be international app laws to educate people.

New comment by shahzaibmushtaq in "I've launched 37 products in 5 years and not doing that again"

shahzaibmushtaq — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 12:29:02 +0000

You missed the other part of that equation.

One viral product ReplyGuy would have sold for in the $300,000-$500,000 range (my guess) is equivalent to 4 years of salary of a senior developer.

But the level of experience he has now cannot be achieved while having a full-time job and learning on the side.

New comment by shahzaibmushtaq in "I've launched 37 products in 5 years and not doing that again"

shahzaibmushtaq — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 05:49:51 +0000

Earning $150000 + 1 viral product sold for 6 figures over the last 5 years isn't that bad in terms of experience which can help grow Refgrow faster using organic SEO and marketing.

I guess all those ideas that never made $1 were because of the "If you build it, they will come" marketing approach.

New comment by shahzaibmushtaq in "To be a better programmer, write little proofs in your head"

shahzaibmushtaq — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 08:24:32 +0000

Almost every programmer gets better through their own trial and error.

For me, the best "trick" is to start with pseudocode.

The Isolation part is understandable and supports the philosophy:

> When requirements change, you extend the behavior of [your program] by adding new code, not by changing old code that already works.

New comment by shahzaibmushtaq in "Show HN: Ten years of running every day, visualized"

shahzaibmushtaq — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 05:40:31 +0000

Thank you! I wanted to know from the author.

New comment by shahzaibmushtaq in "Show HN: Ten years of running every day, visualized"

shahzaibmushtaq — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 06:45:21 +0000

You collected and logged all 3653 days of data through a device or manually by typing/saving it where initially (excel sheet) after each new run?

The details are astonishing.

Can you tell how you managed all of this so gracefully? Were you working on this idea from day 1? When did you buy this domain?

You even saved and displayed a few dozen live map coordinates as well from 2016 onwards.

New comment by shahzaibmushtaq in "Bootstrapping a side project into a profitable seven-figure business"

shahzaibmushtaq — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 08:05:23 +0000

Those who can write code, can write articles as well. I am not a fast writer either, hopefully we will get better over time.