How I scaled Chimera to 6 figure ARR in one year without a dedicated development team

Note: This post was not written/edited/reviewed by any LLM/“AI”. Introduction After about a year of working part time on greenfield projects at Outlogic, like small product demos / low scope crypto MVPs, I was tasked with developing a coin swap platform from scratch. At this time I was fully recharged from my days at Widgetic and had moved into a stable cadence of product level thinking while programming, shipping consistently - a direct application of all I’d learned at previous roles. ...

May 16, 2026 · 5 min · Navdeep Saini

Lessons from late founding a tech debt ridden online startup

Note: This post was not reviewed/edited/written by any LLM/“AI”. Prelude Prior to joining Widgetic I was a Java/Android developer turned Node.js / backend developer, had worked at a Swiss cryptocurrency startup as a backend/desktop developer, and had built more than a few MVPs in the years prior(mobile apps, electron apps etc but not a full stack application). At this point I was relatively inexperienced with web technologies and wanted to work at a product company to understand how these skills/eager learning attitude translated into the real world, especially in the challenging world of business/startups. I coveted more learning and responsibility, so when an opportunity came along to work at Widgetic, I was more than happy jump on it! ...

April 7, 2025 · 16 min · Navdeep Saini