The Truth About Building in Public

September 2025. We decided to build InfraUX in public. But let's be honest from the start.

What We DON'T Have

Let's start with the truth:

MRR: $0 (we have no customers)
Active users: 0 (it's not even launched)
Investment: $0 (nobody has offered us anything)
Team: 1-2 people maximum
Product: A very basic MVP with many bugs

Why Building in Public (For Real)

Accountability: If we say we'll do something, we have to do it
Learning: Documenting the process helps us improve
Authenticity: There's no room for lies when everything is public
Networking: Maybe someone will be interested in the project

What We'll Really Share

The Development Process

Daily commits (when there are any)
Bugs we find
Features we try to build
Days when nothing works

The Real Numbers

$0 in revenue (for now)
0 paying users
100% bootstrap (our own money/time)
Hours worked vs real progress

The Real Struggles

How to balance this with work/life
The frustration of bugs
The loneliness of building alone
The fear of public failure

The Real Risks

Public embarrassment: If we fail, everyone will see it
Mental pressure: Feeling you must show progress
Burnout: Working in public can be exhausting
Criticism: The internet can be cruel

The Expected Benefits

Motivation: Knowing someone might be watching
Early feedback: If someone tries it
Documentation: For ourselves
History: If it works someday, we'll have the complete journey

The Real Commitment

We won't lie with fake metrics. We won't inflate numbers. If we have 0 users, we'll say 0. If MRR is $0, we'll say $0.

What we DO promise:

Total transparency about progress
Share the code when it's less embarrassing
Document real learnings
Not invent vanity metrics

Conclusion

Building in public when you're nobody, without a finished product, without users, without investment, is hard. But we prefer brutal honesty to beautiful lies.

If you're reading this, you're probably one of the first 5 people to do so. And that's okay. We all start from zero.