--- title: Being a cockroach where you can’t let anything kill you... description: A startup co-founder recounts the early days of running a two-person, 24-hour service where he and his co-founder split overnight shifts to keep the company... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/being-a-cockroach-where-you-can-t-let-anything-kill-you-ever--4omsvucip twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Being a cockroach where you can’t let anything kill you ever. | daily.dev og:description: A startup co-founder recounts the early days of running a two-person, 24-hour service where he and his co-founder split overnight shifts to keep the company... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/being-a-cockroach-where-you-can-t-let-anything-kill-you-ever--4omsvucip og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/4OmSVUcIP.png og:image:alt: Being a cockroach where you can’t let anything kill you ever. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Being a cockroach where you can’t let anything kill you ever. **[EO](https://daily.dev/sources/entreprenueropp)** · 1 min read · 22 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary A startup co-founder recounts the early days of running a two-person, 24-hour service where he and his co-founder split overnight shifts to keep the company alive. He reflects on the exhausting but motivating grind of early-stage startups, describing survival mode as being like a cockroach that refuses to let anything kill it. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@avchrono** · 1 upvotes > Almost reminded of CJP **@elmarchavez** · 0 upvotes > That's why I have high respects to people starting a company. **@jntnlima** · 0 upvotes >  ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [How startups lose their edge](https://daily.dev/posts/how-startups-lose-their-edge-pjhfbjk7h) · Tech Lead Digest · 7 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#startup](https://daily.dev/tags/startup) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/being-a-cockroach-where-you-can-t-let-anything-kill-you-ever--4omsvucip) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Being a cockroach where you can’t let anything kill you ever.","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/being-a-cockroach-where-you-can-t-let-anything-kill-you-ever--4omsvucip","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/being-a-cockroach-where-you-can-t-let-anything-kill-you-ever--4omsvucip"},"datePublished":"2026-09-02T14:05:37.203Z","dateModified":"2026-09-02T14:05:52.303Z","description":"A startup co-founder recounts the early days of running a two-person, 24-hour service where he and his co-founder split overnight shifts to keep the company...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-sIHamjAZBg/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-sIHamjAZBg/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"EO","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"EO","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--EpWJv5ds--/f_auto/v1726758774/logos/entreprenueropp","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/entreprenueropp"},"commentCount":3,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/being-a-cockroach-where-you-can-t-let-anything-kill-you-ever--4omsvucip","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":21},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}],"keywords":"startup","timeRequired":"PT1M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"Being a cockroach where you can’t let anything kill you ever.","description":"A startup co-founder recounts the early days of running a two-person, 24-hour service where he and his co-founder split overnight shifts to keep the company...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-sIHamjAZBg/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-09-02T14:05:37.203Z","duration":"PT1M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/4OmSVUcIP","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-sIHamjAZBg"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"EO","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/entreprenueropp"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Being a cockroach where you can’t let anything kill you ever."}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/being-a-cockroach-where-you-can-t-let-anything-kill-you-ever--4omsvucip","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Almost reminded of CJP","datePublished":"2026-09-03T13:11:40.142Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/4OmSVUcIP#c-u8N0vqgpR","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Austin Cross","url":"https://daily.dev/avchrono","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocLpuMJTpKfHMonEDgdV562UQ6T4n36_mx-xh8T6Nx4i3ItbzQ=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"That’s why I have high respects to people starting a company.","datePublished":"2026-09-03T14:59:08.758Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/4OmSVUcIP#c-xOVI31mfC","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Elmar Chavez","url":"https://daily.dev/elmarchavez","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--7PjH979T--/f_auto/v1780994221/avatars/avatar_bK85rJb2OXXID2LX2wi5y?_a=BAMAMiWQ0"}}]} ```