Give us a brief intro into your background and what started your journey as a founder?
I was introduced to programming in 8th grade, but got serious about it the summer after my sophomore year of high school.
When it came to programming, what always stood out to me was the ability to create something from scratch (on your desktop or laptop in your bedroom) and allow anyone in the world to access it almost instantly once you deploy it.
So I guess the journey began with the craving to build something people want to use and diving into how I can make that a reality with software.
How did you come up with automating Tinder swipes? It’s actually a really useful idea, saves hours.
Honestly, I was swiping on Tinder one day and was fed up with it.
I knew that with every swipe, a network request had to be initiated from the application itself, so I searched the web for the endpoint that handled swiping and started building out the bot.
Swiping bots existed already, but I wanted to add additional features for my own bot.
Also, no one turned their bot into an actual web service (most people can’t dive into the code, configure it with their preferences, and run it).
What made you decide to sell it, as opposed to growing it further?
I wanted to work on a new idea I had.
How did you get your first 10 customers on SwipeBot?
Reddit.
What is your current go-to tech stack and what makes it so special?
I like to experiment with new stacks, but for SwipeBot, it was the following:
- JavaScript (Node.js + React.js), Python, and Bash;
- Namecheap, Cloudflare, SendGrid, Stripe, AWS, Digital Ocean, MongoDB Atlas, Terraform, and GitHub.
What are you currently building? Give us a sneak peek.
I’ve been fascinated with Bitcoin and Ethereum since 2016 (and now the rise of DeFi (Decentralized Finance)), so I decided to work on the
following project in my free time.
Is there any advice you’d like to share with first time founders looking to build an awesome business?
Not my original idea, but find an interesting problem that you know you would enjoy solving for weeks, months, and years.
Also, it helps if you’re experiencing the problem firsthand because you’ll be able to think of a real solution for it much faster.
