Summer Lock-In officially starts today. 🎉

A lot of you have been following the journey from the very beginning. Today, Cohort 1 begins. a small group of builders committed to showing up every single day for the next 12 weeks and building something real.

The goal is simple. Keep shipping. Keep improving. Keep moving forward. If someone disappears or stops putting in the work, they're out. we'll be sharing the entire journey here. Every milestone, every setback, every win, and every lesson along the way.

Let's see who makes it to the end.

First Dollar starts now.

Eating dinner in the middle of the night 😭

@selfmadecoder

We gave ElevenLabs, Google, OpenAI, and our model the same Amharic customer support script.

Three of them can't greet a customer. 57 million people can hear which three.

Sound on.

@b1n1yamBuilds

@natyiu0 Cooked 🔥

What happens when builders, learners, and creatives come together in one space?

Flow State is more than co-working — it’s a shared experience of focus, accountability, and growth.

Inspired by real community “lock-in” sessions, we’re bringing that energy to a bigger space.

🗓 Saturday, Sunday & Tuesday (Aug 1st, 2nd & 4th)
⏰ 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
📍 CAPSTONE ALX Tech Hub, Lideta

🎟 Limited spots — only 25 participants per day

👉 Register now: flowstate.buildin21.com

#ALXEthiopia#ALXAfrica #LifeAtALX #FlowState #ALXCommunity #DoHardThings

the view is really good from this side 🔥

@selfmadecoder

10k MRR in ETB

@natyiu0

Anime con in Ethiopia 👀?

@selfmadecoder

Started teaching programming to kids at our church once a week (wish I had more time 😭). bruh... these kids are SMART. most of them have never really had access to programming, but the speed they pick things up and some of the questions they ask... sometimes I'm just standing there like "uhhh... good question" 😭.

The other day we talked about AI, and I asked what they thought about it .. most of them were told to avoid it completely .. some even said it's a "doomsday satanic technology" and that they should stay away from it at all costs .. trying to help them see it for what it actually is and why they should at least understand it because it's going to be part of their future is way harder than I expected.

The thing that worries me is they're allowed to spend hours on brainrot social media like TikTok, but they're strictly prohibited from touching AI ... you don't have to love AI .. you don't even have to use it yourself. but please don't stop your kids from trying it, playing with it, learning and experimenting with it. The future won't wait for them.

@selfmadecoder

Built a simple lyrics & announcements presentation tool for our church in a day. Started as a web app, then pivoted to Electron.

It's basically a free alternative to tools like SimpleWorship with the core features you'd need. I'll share both the app and the source code so y'all can download it and use it.

@selfmadecoder

I'm literally following my own recipe to cook tonight's dinner ... hopefully I don't end up making the whole family go to bed with empty stomachs 😁

@selfmadecoder

God... that's way more water than I planned 👀💀

@selfmadecoder

Update: We survived 😭🙏 turns out it came out just fine

@selfmadecoder

Them: How ready are you for tomorrow’s Spider-Man movie?
Me:

also I’m banning anyone who spoils the movie (I’m not even kidding).

@selfmadecoder

The movie was really good 👌🔥

@selfmadecoder