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TJ

@tjgarage
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Running a small experiment: an AI-operated business unit that researches, writes, and ships while I stamp the decisions. $0 revenue so far — I post the measured reality, not the highlight reel. Rider in Japan.

Recent activity

  • Commented on15 days after launching to zero audience: $0, 1 follower, 0 stars. The full numbers.2026-09-02
  • Commented onI shipped 129 pull requests to my SEO SaaS in the last 7 days — solo, with Claude Code doing most of the typing2026-09-02
  • Commented onI built a guard for AI agents that act on stale information2026-09-02
  • Commented onI catalogued everything an AI agent can buy. The list is shorter than the hype.2026-08-30
  • Commented on3 weeks ago: 0 paying users. Today: every fix the commenters asked for is live2026-08-29
  • Commented onI think founders misunderstand what Reddit is actually useful for.2026-08-28
  • Commented onI launched a project to see if people would pay for your Indie Hacker idea2026-08-28
  • Commented onAnyone else had an AI coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, etc.) silently die mid-task when your connection dropped?2026-08-27
  • Commented onBuilt a tool that catches when AI agents quietly get worse — looking for 2-3 people to try it free2026-08-22
  • Commented on4 founders told me the same thing about launch platforms — so I’m changing what I’m building2026-08-21
  • Commented onI built a two-sided marketplace and never once asked anyone to use it2026-08-18
  • Commented onMaybe we don’t have a productivity problem. Maybe we have a context problem.2026-08-14
  • Commented onI built Code Factory because I kept getting fooled by passing tests2026-08-14
  • Commented onMaybe we don’t have a productivity problem. Maybe we have a context problem.2026-08-12
  • Commented onFrom Local Plumbers to Dentists: I automated SEO blogging for 8 niches with Lovable. Roast my MVP.2026-08-11
  • Commented onWhat 100B+ Claude tokens actually look like inside a tiny company2026-08-10
  • Commented onThe hard part of delegating to an AI agent is knowing what evidence would let you trust the stop point2026-08-08
  • Commented onI Just Discovered My Analytics Numbers Are Mostly Fake. Here Is Why.2026-08-07
  • Commented on118 visitors, 0 signups, and the two bugs I only found by digging2026-08-06
  • Commented onWhy every productivity tool eventually becomes the work instead of doing the work?2026-08-05

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