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I finally quit!
6 years. Two companies. Real scale, real teams, real problems shipped to production.
But somewhere around year 4 I noticed something. I was getting very good at building things and had no idea how to pitch them, position them, market them, or own them end to end. Corporate does that to you. Sharper on one side, completely blind on the other.
So last month I walked away.
I am a freelancer now. Full-stack developer working on AI integrations, web applications, performance, and infrastructure. I treat every client project like my own. Edge cases, suggestions, things the brief did not cover. All of it.
Build logs, client work, learnings, failures. What it actually looks like to start from zero after 6 years of corporate.
If you want to know more about me, here is my portfolio: gauravsaxena.site
If you are building in AI or SaaS and need someone who will care about it as much as you do, let's talk.
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Nobody tells you that the hardest part of freelancing is the waiting.
Waiting for the right brief.
The right client.
The right moment to feel ready.
For a long time I treated momentum like something that arrives if you're patient enough.
This summer I'm done waiting for the current. I'd rather be it:)
So I made this.
A swimmer caught mid-stroke, blurred because she's moving, while the only thing holding still long enough to read is the word.
I built it backwards on purpose: the image is frozen but full of motion, and the text is the part that actually moves. A still that's all velocity, a motion that's all calm. That contrast is the whole feeling.
The process:
- Ideogram to generate the swimmer, motion blur and all
- Canva for grain and a bit of the moody texture
- Framer for the moving text, because if momentum is the theme, I wanted the motion to be real, not faked. Also because I'm spending this summer chasing more Framer work for Formeta, so I figured I'd practice what I preach
- Screen recorded the final piece to capture the motion
Movement as meditation. The work moves when I do.
What's the energy you're swimming into this summer?
The motion blur still juxtaposed with the text looks super sick!
PRODIGI Studios' Internal Tool → Public Showcase
We love Rive for interactive animations. But recording them for portfolios and clients? Painful.
So we built our own internal Rive Player.
Not a hack. Not a screen recorder. A purpose-built web tool our designers actually use every day.
We're shipping many new features as well soon.
But first – we want your feedback.
If you work with Rive, what's one feature you wish existed?
And yes – the talking avatar in our video demo?
That came from our upcoming SaaS platform (launching soon).
It generates up to 10 minutes of continuous AI talking head content – lip-sync, natural pacing, no green screen.
Explainer videos. Course creators. Agencies who don't want to be on camera.
We'll share more very soon.
Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/FfcEoQsWMoU
Repost if you've ever struggled to record interactive animations.
i have hired my first apprentice last week & i will be hiring my first executive assistant next week
this is HUGE for a freelancing soloprenuer girly like me who SUCKS at asking for help both personally & professionally
i will be a retired soloprenuer & a “real” entrepreneur soon 😭 Lord help me not be afraid of my own success! whew
good!
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