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my earnings from the last 18 months: dec 23: $3,200 (salary) jan 24: $3,200 (salary) feb 24: $3,200 (salary) mar 24: $3,200 (salary) apr 24: $0 (quit 9-5 job, full-time as indie hacker) may 24: $0 jun 24: $0 jul 24: $0 aug 24: $2,300 (salary) (fail and back to job) sep 24: $2,300 (salary) oct 24: $2,300 (salary) + $40 (product revenue) nov 24: $2,300 (salary) + $120 (product revenue) dec 24: $2,300 (salary) + $3,000 (product revenue) jan 25: $2,300 (salary) + $11,000 (product revenue) feb 25: $2,300 (salary) + $13,000 (product revenue) mar 25: $17,500 (quit 9-5 job) apr 25: $22,300 may 25: $40,020 Keep going, it's seriously so damn worth it.

My Tech Stack for Building a $18K/Month, 150K-User Product 💻 Frontend: - Next.js - TailwindCSS - Shadcn UI - React Query - Zustand 📱 Mobile: - React Native (Expo) 🛠 Backend: - NestJS 🗄 Database: - Supabase 🖥 IDE: - Cursor AI 💸 Payment: - RevenueCat - Lemon Squeeze 🚀 One language, one stack: TypeScript only. Simple, scalable, and efficient.

I just received the bill for my app’s operational costs, running at: 💰 $17.5K/month 👥 145K users 📈 8K–12K daily active users Breakdown: - Supabase: $93 - Railway server: $47 - OpenAI API: $146 - Speech-to-text API: $80 (170.584 mins) - RevenueCat: $175 - Claude API & Llama: $82 Total: $623 (not include the 15% fees from the App Store and Google Play) I used to think I needed to cut costs. Instead, I focused on marketing and it paid off. Marketing + build first, optimize costs later.

That's right! I dedicated: 4 hours to coding 4 hours to marketing 1 hour to exercising Did this every day for 4 months, and boom, 100K users, $25K total revenue, and $14K monthly revenue!

My app just hit $17.5K in revenue for the first time last month! 🎉 I've decided to resign from my current job to go all-in and focus 100% on my product, officially putting an end (at least temporarily) to my 9-to-5 journey, though I might go back if things don’t work out lol 😆. Officially stepping into the path of an indie hacker, solo entrepreneur, solo full-stack... Hoping everything goes as well as I imagine! 🤞

My Tech Stack for Building a $19.5K/Month, 230k User Product. Built by Me Only 😄 💻 Frontend: - Next.js - TailwindCSS - Shadcn UI - React Query - Zustand 📱 Mobile: - React Native (Expo) - NativeWind - React Native Reusables 🛠 Backend: - NestJS 🗄 Database: - Supabase 🔑 Authentication: - Supabase Auth 🏭 Infrastructure - Railway (hosting both NestJS backend and Next.js web app) 🤖AI services - Open AI API (LLM, Vision) - Deepinfra (TTS, STT, Llama) - Anthropic API (LLM) 🖥 IDE: - Cursor AI 💸 Payment: - RevenueCat - Lemon Squeeze 🚀 One stack. One language. All TypeScript. Clean, scalable, and built for speed.

4 hours to coding 4 hours to marketing 1 hour to exercising Did this every day for 8 months, and boom, 180k users, 70k$ total revenue, and $18,3k monthly revenue! Keep up good habits, and little wins will start showing up 😌

I just received the bill for my app’s operational costs, running at: 💰 $18.3K/month 👥 178K users 📈 5K–13K daily active users Breakdown: - Supabase: $113 - Railway server: $67 - OpenAI API: $246 (Both LLM and Vision) - Speech-to-text API: $240 (511k mins) - RevenueCat: $135 - Claude API & Llama: $102 Total: $903 (not include the 15% fees from the App Store and Google Play and 5% from Lemon Squeezy) I used to think I needed to cut costs. Instead, I focused on marketing and it paid off. Marketing + build first, optimize costs later.

A funny thing I noticed in my app: Users are more willing to pay $10/week ($40/month) than $20/month or $99/year. Any psychology theories to explain this? It's kinda wild. Or maybe it’s just… “It looks cheaper.” 😅

My Tech Stack for Building a $18.5K/Month, 180K+ User Product. Built by Me Only 😄 💻 Frontend: - Next.js - TailwindCSS - Shadcn UI - React Query - Zustand 📱 Mobile: - React Native (Expo) 🛠 Backend: - NestJS 🗄 Database: - Supabase 🏭 Infrastructure - Railway (hosting both NestJS backend and Next.js web app) 🤖AI services - Open AI API (LLM, Vision) - Deepinfra (TTS, STT, Llama) - Anthropic API (LLM) 🖥 IDE: - Cursor AI 💸 Payment: - RevenueCat - Lemon Squeeze 🚀 One stack. One language. All TypeScript. Clean, scalable, and built for speed.

A few people have shown interest in buying my app. I’m not planning to sell, but it made me wonder how much is it actually worth? Key metrics: • Total users: 135K • DAU: 10-15K • MAU: 50K • MRR: $16K, growing ~50% YoY • 100% organic growth (no paid ads) Please help me estimate its valuation, I don’t have experience in this. And if the right offer comes along… should I consider selling? 🤔

Vibe coding is chill, but vibe bug fixing is a nightmare

I just received the bill this month (30 days) for my app’s operational costs, running at: 💰 $19.5K/month 👥 250k total users 📈 70K monthly active users Breakdown: - Supabase: $113 - Supabase auth: $0 (free first 100k MAU) - Railway server: $78 - OpenAI API: $472 (Both LLM and Vision) - Speech-to-text API: ~$365 (1,1m mins) - RevenueCat: $131 - Claude API & Llama: $87 - Text-to-speech API: $89 Total: ~$1335 (not include the 15% fees from the App Store and Google Play and 5% from Lemon Squeezy) I used to think cutting costs was the answer. Turns out, doubling down on marketing worked better. Build and grow first worry about costs later.

A year ago, I was stuck between grinding Leetcode to get a FAANG job or building my own product. Spent months solving mind-numbing Leetcode problems, got bored out of my mind, and said screw it, let’s build something. Fast forward 4 months: my product made 3x what FAANG would pay me (in my country). But the best part? No Leetcode, full freedom, more time with family & pets, and eating sushi & pho at real restaurants instead of FAANG’s free cafeteria food. No regrets. 😆

“This idea already exists.” Good. That means: – There’s a market. – People are already paying. – You don’t need to educate anyone. Your job isn’t to invent something new. Your job is to do it better, simpler, or for a specific niche. And then market it 10x louder. Google wasn’t the first search engine. Facebook wasn’t the first social network. TikTok wasn’t the first video app. Execution + Distribution > Originality.

You're building a startup? Focus on timeless problems: – Fitness → AI calorie tracker – Studying → AI flashcards, AI language tutor – Productivity → AI planner, AI habit tracker – Money → AI dropshipping content creator – Beauty → AI skincare assistant – Memory → AI note-taker – Mental health → AI sleep coach, AI companion – Photography → AI photo editor, AI caption generator These problems never go out of style. People always pay for what they need.

Vibe coding is chill, but vibe bug fixing is a nightmare

Comment “ME” so I know how many of you actually need this. I’ll drop it to your inbox the moment it’s ready 🙌

My app just hit $17.5K in revenue for the first time last month! 🎉 I've decided to resign from my current job to go all-in and focus 100% on my product, officially putting an end (at least temporarily) to my 9-to-5 journey, though I might go back if things don’t work out lol 😆. Officially stepping into the path of an indie hacker, solo entrepreneur, solo full-stack... Hoping everything goes as well as I imagine! 🤞

my earnings from the last 18 months: dec 23: $3,200 (salary) jan 24: $3,200 (salary) feb 24: $3,200 (salary) mar 24: $3,200 (salary) apr 24: $0 (quit 9-5 job, full-time as indie hacker) may 24: $0 jun 24: $0 jul 24: $0 aug 24: $2,300 (salary) (fail and back to job) sep 24: $2,300 (salary) oct 24: $2,300 (salary) + $40 (product revenue) nov 24: $2,300 (salary) + $120 (product revenue) dec 24: $2,300 (salary) + $3,000 (product revenue) jan 25: $2,300 (salary) + $11,000 (product revenue) feb 25: $2,300 (salary) + $13,000 (product revenue) mar 25: $17,500 (quit 9-5 job) apr 25: $22,300 may 25: $40,020 Keep going, it's seriously so damn worth it.

A funny thing I noticed in my app: Users are more willing to pay $10/week ($40/month) than $20/month or $99/year. Any psychology theories to explain this? It's kinda wild. Or maybe it’s just… “It looks cheaper.” 😅

Which task do you find harder? – Coding – Marketing – Designing – Talking to users – Staying consistent – Shipping early instead of overthinking

I just received the bill for my app’s operational costs, running at: 💰 $17.5K/month 👥 145K users 📈 8K–12K daily active users Breakdown: - Supabase: $93 - Railway server: $47 - OpenAI API: $146 - Speech-to-text API: $80 (170.584 mins) - RevenueCat: $175 - Claude API & Llama: $82 Total: $623 (not include the 15% fees from the App Store and Google Play) I used to think I needed to cut costs. Instead, I focused on marketing and it paid off. Marketing + build first, optimize costs later.

My Tech Stack for Building a $18K/Month, 150K-User Product 💻 Frontend: - Next.js - TailwindCSS - Shadcn UI - React Query - Zustand 📱 Mobile: - React Native (Expo) 🛠 Backend: - NestJS 🗄 Database: - Supabase 🖥 IDE: - Cursor AI 💸 Payment: - RevenueCat - Lemon Squeeze 🚀 One language, one stack: TypeScript only. Simple, scalable, and efficient.

My Tech Stack for Building a $19.5K/Month, 230k User Product. Built by Me Only 😄 💻 Frontend: - Next.js - TailwindCSS - Shadcn UI - React Query - Zustand 📱 Mobile: - React Native (Expo) - NativeWind - React Native Reusables 🛠 Backend: - NestJS 🗄 Database: - Supabase 🔑 Authentication: - Supabase Auth 🏭 Infrastructure - Railway (hosting both NestJS backend and Next.js web app) 🤖AI services - Open AI API (LLM, Vision) - Deepinfra (TTS, STT, Llama) - Anthropic API (LLM) 🖥 IDE: - Cursor AI 💸 Payment: - RevenueCat - Lemon Squeeze 🚀 One stack. One language. All TypeScript. Clean, scalable, and built for speed.

I just received the bill for my app’s operational costs, running at: 💰 $18.3K/month 👥 178K users 📈 5K–13K daily active users Breakdown: - Supabase: $113 - Railway server: $67 - OpenAI API: $246 (Both LLM and Vision) - Speech-to-text API: $240 (511k mins) - RevenueCat: $135 - Claude API & Llama: $102 Total: $903 (not include the 15% fees from the App Store and Google Play and 5% from Lemon Squeezy) I used to think I needed to cut costs. Instead, I focused on marketing and it paid off. Marketing + build first, optimize costs later.

Funny thing I noticed in my app: People are more willing to pay $10/week (yep, $40/month) than $20/month or even $99/year. One guy’s already spent $200+ and still going strong. Super active. Never forgets. Any psychology theories behind this? Or maybe it’s just… “Looks cheaper lol” 😅

Unpopular opinion: No one cares if you're a "Vibe Coder" or senior dev, they only care if your product solves their problem.

Unpopular Opinion: Build for user needs, not for what you love 🫠

My Tech Stack for Building a $18.5K/Month, 180K+ User Product. Built by Me Only 😄 💻 Frontend: - Next.js - TailwindCSS - Shadcn UI - React Query - Zustand 📱 Mobile: - React Native (Expo) 🛠 Backend: - NestJS 🗄 Database: - Supabase 🏭 Infrastructure - Railway (hosting both NestJS backend and Next.js web app) 🤖AI services - Open AI API (LLM, Vision) - Deepinfra (TTS, STT, Llama) - Anthropic API (LLM) 🖥 IDE: - Cursor AI 💸 Payment: - RevenueCat - Lemon Squeeze 🚀 One stack. One language. All TypeScript. Clean, scalable, and built for speed.

I have received the bill for the services used by my app with: 📊 $6.5K MRR 👥 30K users 🔥 2K–3K daily active users Here’s the breakdown: - Supabase: $83 - Railway server: $47 - OpenAI API: $50 - Speech-to-text API: $5 - RevenueCat: $64 - Claude API & Llama: $3 Total: $252 I’m considering applying for AWS or GCP startup credits to save on costs 🧐

A few people have shown interest in buying my app. I’m not planning to sell, but it made me wonder how much is it actually worth? Key metrics: • Total users: 135K • DAU: 10-15K • MAU: 50K • MRR: $16K, growing ~50% YoY • 100% organic growth (no paid ads) Please help me estimate its valuation, I don’t have experience in this. And if the right offer comes along… should I consider selling? 🤔