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I Left College to Build Things Nobody Asked Me To Build

A solo developer in Hyderabad, India, has spent three years teaching himself AI and open source development from scratch with zero team or funding, building automated systems including a GitHub accountability tool, a self-validating OSS directory, and an AI agent platform. The developer has accumulated over 101 merged pull requests across the ecosystem and created a CLI tool that helped 25+ people make their first open source contribution. Now seeking sponsorship to continue building full-time, the developer is already working on next-generation projects.

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Just a laptop, a wifi connection, and a feeling that the future was being built right now — and I didn't want to miss it.

For the past 3 years I've been teaching myself AI and open source development from scratch — in Hyderabad, India, with zero team and zero funding. → an automated developer accountability system that runs entirely on GitHub

→ a self-validating OSS directory that maintains itself with no human input

→ a CLI tool that helped 25+ people make their first open source contribution ever

→ a full AI agent platform built and deployed solo

→ bots that read GitHub issues and submit real fixes using LLMs

101+ merged PRs across the ecosystem. Still shipping.

I'm already building the things that are supposed to come next.

Not because I need validation — because I want to keep doing this full-time without having to stop and find a job every few months.

If something I've built ever helped you, or if you just believe in people who build before they're supposed to — consider sponsoring. Even $5/month keeps this going.

You're not donating. You're early. 🚀

👉 https://github.com/sponsors/P-r-e-m-i-u-m

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