As a solo founder, managing social media presence can be a time-consuming task that takes away from the actual development of your product. This is why I created Potopilot, an AI social media autopilot designed to automatically generate authentic posts in your voice and publish them to platforms like Bluesky, Dev.to, and LinkedIn. My goal with Potopilot is to help solo founders, indie hackers, and creators maintain a consistent online presence without spending hours writing social media posts.
This week, I made significant progress on Potopilot by building the authentication flow. This was a crucial step in ensuring that users can securely connect their social media accounts to the platform. I used Spring Boot as the backend framework, leveraging its robust security features to implement OAuth authentication. Here's a glimpse into how I implemented the authentication flow using Spring Boot:
// AuthenticationController.java
@RestController
@RequestMapping("/auth")
public class AuthenticationController {
@GetMapping("/login")
public String loginPage() {
return "login";
}
@PostMapping("/login")
public String login(@RequestParam("username") String username, @RequestParam("password") String password) {
// Authenticate user credentials
if (authenticate(username, password)) {
// Generate token and redirect to dashboard
return "redirect:/dashboard";
} else {
return "login";
}
}
}
On the frontend, I used Next.js to create a seamless user experience. Once the authentication flow is complete, users can connect their social media accounts and start generating posts. The AI engine will learn their voice and tone over time, ensuring that the generated posts are authentic and engaging.
My next step is to focus on scaling Potopilot to handle a large number of users. This will involve optimizing the backend infrastructure, improving the AI engine, and adding more features to the platform. I'm excited to share my progress with the community and learn from their feedback.
If you're a solo founder or indie hacker struggling to manage your social media presence, I invite you to join me on this journey. Follow along as I build and scale Potopilot, and let's work together to create a platform that helps us all grow our audience without sacrificing our dev time. #buildinpublic #indiehacker #autoscale. How much of your dev time is spent on social media? Share your thoughts in the comments below!