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Ruban Phukan

@rphukan
Foster City, California, United States

I love tinkering with AI. I now help others build stuff, leveraging AI as a technical co-founder. I have been a 3X entrepreneur and have successfully exited two companies (Bixee, acquired by Naspers Group, and DataRPM, acquired by Progress Software). I have worked in the fields of AI, ML, Data Science, and NLP for over 20 years. I have built and launched many SaaS products.

Currently, I am the co-founder & CEO of GoodGist, the company behind the Autonomous Software Development Platform - Avery.

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Products

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  • Avery - by GoodGist

    Your AI Virtual Engineer for Reliable Yield, Avery, is designed for Indie Hackers. It scopes your product, designs and architects, writes maintainable code, adds tests, opens PRs, sets up CI/CD, and deploys—so you ship faster with reliable yield. Avery acts as a technical co-founder, allowing you to focus on the business and customers.

Articles

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  • From "Vibe Coding" to "Viable Coding": Democratization of Software Engineering and the Rise of Micro-SaaS
  • The $1,000 Startup Revolution: Why Domain Experts Are The Future Of Entrepreneurship.

Recent activity

  • PostedWhy indie hackers need AI as a disciplined engineering partner, not a chatbot2026-03-05
  • PostedThe Micro-SaaS checklist I wish I had before my first launch (+ free webinar)2026-01-28
  • Commented onI hit the "Credit Limit" wall with Vibe Coding. Here is how I fixed it.2026-01-28
  • Commented onI hit the "Credit Limit" wall with Vibe Coding. Here is how I fixed it.2026-01-08
  • PostedI hit the "Credit Limit" wall with Vibe Coding. Here is how I fixed it.2026-01-08
  • Commented onThe Era of Malleable SaaS: Is This the End of "Opinionated Software"?2025-11-21
  • Commented onThe Era of Malleable SaaS: Is This the End of "Opinionated Software"?2025-11-21
  • Commented onThe Era of Malleable SaaS: Is This the End of "Opinionated Software"?2025-11-20
  • Commented onThe Era of Malleable SaaS: Is This the End of "Opinionated Software"?2025-11-20
  • Commented onThe Era of Malleable SaaS: Is This the End of "Opinionated Software"?2025-11-20
  • Commented onThe Era of Malleable SaaS: Is This the End of "Opinionated Software"?2025-11-19
  • PostedThe Era of Malleable SaaS: Is This the End of "Opinionated Software"?2025-11-18
  • PostedVibe-coding? Here is how to research app ideas and generate proper prompts for AI.2025-11-06
  • Commented onBuilding with AI Coding Assistants? The Monolith Isn't Just 'OK,' It's Your Secret Weapon.2025-11-05
  • PostedBuilding with AI Coding Assistants? The Monolith Isn't Just 'OK,' It's Your Secret Weapon.2025-11-05

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