>be me
>swedish dev
>partner keeps bringing home animals
>cant say no.jpg
>now have 3 horses, 2 dogs, a cat, and a fucking tortoise
>tortoise is 80 years old
>was literally smuggled into sweden during ww2
>older than most governments
>roams freely around house
>appears in random rooms like a judgmental ghost
>hates walls
>based

>anyway
>try to keep track of all the animals
>spreadsheets everywhere
>google docs multiplying like rabbits
>miss vaccination deadline
>fuckmylife.png

>surely theres an app for this
>look at every horse management app
>all abandoned or enterprise garbage
>17 fields to log a vet visit
>UI designed by people who have never touched a horse
>probably never touched grass either

>fine
>ill do it myself

>build mvp in spare time
>nextjs, supabase, shadcn
>basically a spreadsheet but prettier
>actually works
>use it myself for 2 months

>mention it to horse people
>"where do i sign up"
>whatdoyoumeanotherpeoplewantthis.jpg

>fast forward
>150+ active stables using it
>still on free tier
>vercel and supabase giving me free hosting
>accidentally learned optimization because poor

>add weather warnings
>smhi api says cold snap coming
>app emails users "hey check your horses have shelter"
>nobody else thought to add this
>because they dont actually have horses
>i check weather 50 times a day like a paranoid farmer

>partner gets harness racing license
>now need training logs with gps timing
>add entire module in december
>modular architecture pays off
>thank you free tier constraints for forcing me to not write shit code

>mfw accidentally built a real saas
>mfw tortoise still unimpressed
>mfw he's heading toward my warhammer books
>at his pace he'll reach them in 10000 years
>the emperor protects
>apparently not my paperbacks

>the zoo continues