What are some tips you would give to first time makers?

Build something useful for yourself.

Create a product which addresses a market gap. Let the decision to build something be data backed. Also a great brand name = half the battle won

Be shameless. Fail Fast and Learn Fast.

Try to not check the stats every 30 seconds! XD

enjoy what you do and have fun with it!

Try to spearhead your solution strategy with understanding the problem you are solving and customer discovery.

subhanallah you are really need to eat some Pilaf

This will be harder than you thought. You will feel despair. It's normal, try to accept it as soon as you can.

Every idea you have that sounds good -- test it. And don't ask too much of the opinion of people around you, they're likely to be supportive but won't have a clue of how to make things right

Try to build community around you 😻