hi, i'm maya. shipping every day until $10k MRR.
2 weeks of access · weekly call · honest feedback only.
thank you to every single one of you. wild.
- 01everyone wants Slack import.
- 02pricing is fine. trust is not.
- 03onboarding loses people at step 3.
ML/infra strong. equal equity. async-first. let's build the next 5 yrs together.
Cancelled three other tools the day I signed up. Genuinely.
- @maya love it. one ask: keyboard shortcuts.2m ago · feature
- @theo would pay double for an API.14m ago · pricing
- @nia export to csv?
for the ones building alone, together.
no investors. no runway pressure. just users paying for value.
2 days work · prefer TS · open source bonus
don't optimize for a market that doesn't exist yet. ship the smallest thing, talk to 5 people, repeat.
this. saved my last 3 launches.
hi, i'm maya. shipping every day until $10k MRR.
2 weeks of access · weekly call · honest feedback only.
thank you to every single one of you. wild.
- 01everyone wants Slack import.
- 02pricing is fine. trust is not.
- 03onboarding loses people at step 3.
ML/infra strong. equal equity. async-first. let's build the next 5 yrs together.
Cancelled three other tools the day I signed up. Genuinely.
- @maya love it. one ask: keyboard shortcuts.2m ago · feature
- @theo would pay double for an API.14m ago · pricing
- @nia export to csv?
for the ones building alone, together.
no investors. no runway pressure. just users paying for value.
2 days work · prefer TS · open source bonus
don't optimize for a market that doesn't exist yet. ship the smallest thing, talk to 5 people, repeat.
this. saved my last 3 launches.
unpopular opinion: deleting features is the most underrated growth lever there is.
do you actually struggle to track usage analytics across 5+ tools, or is that just me?
“a refreshing take on indie SaaS” — 487 upvotes, 124 comments
full-stack · TS · async · early equity · ship something every day.
- 1
Maya R.12 ships
- 2
Luca B.9 ships
- 3
Theo K.8 ships
12 builders · live demos · open Q&A
idea → a lightweight calendar for solo founders that auto-schedules deep work blocks based on your energy patterns.
a thank-you to the people who showed up before we did.
biggest unlock: stopped doing demo calls, built a 3-min loom instead.
tried Stripe Connect. failed twice. here's the fix →
Priya M. shipped v0.4ship
Iris L. hit $5k MRRmilestone
Nia O. opened a threadthread
unpopular opinion: deleting features is the most underrated growth lever there is.
do you actually struggle to track usage analytics across 5+ tools, or is that just me?
“a refreshing take on indie SaaS” — 487 upvotes, 124 comments
full-stack · TS · async · early equity · ship something every day.
- 1
- 2
- 3
12 builders · live demos · open Q&A
idea → a lightweight calendar for solo founders that auto-schedules deep work blocks based on your energy patterns.
a thank-you to the people who showed up before we did.
biggest unlock: stopped doing demo calls, built a 3-min loom instead.
tried Stripe Connect. failed twice. here's the fix →
- 09:42deployed v0.4.2 to prod
- 10:18fixed pagination off-by-one
- 11:03wrote tests for the auth flow
- 12:30lunch + thinking about pricing
- 14:55shipped onboarding tooltip
- v0.4Stripe webhooks, finally.
- v0.3dashboard redesign
- v0.2onboarding v2
Ship today. Polish tomorrow. The polish never lands without the ship.
idea → branch → tests → merge → deploy. five steps, one afternoon.
- land the auth refactor
- ship pricing page
- DM 5 beta users
- fix the export bug
- write changelog
- 01How we got our first 1,000 usersLuca B.
- 02Pricing for indie SaaS, an essayAnu R.
- 03Boring software, loud usersPriya M.
smaller market. clearer pain. signups doubled in 14 days.
- 09:42deployed v0.4.2 to prod
- 10:18fixed pagination off-by-one
- 11:03wrote tests for the auth flow
- 12:30lunch + thinking about pricing
- 14:55shipped onboarding tooltip
- v0.4Stripe webhooks, finally.
- v0.3dashboard redesign
- v0.2onboarding v2
Ship today. Polish tomorrow. The polish never lands without the ship.
idea → branch → tests → merge → deploy. five steps, one afternoon.
- land the auth refactor
- ship pricing page
- DM 5 beta users
- fix the export bug
- write changelog
- 01How we got our first 1,000 usersLuca B.
- 02Pricing for indie SaaS, an essayAnu R.
- 03Boring software, loud usersPriya M.
smaller market. clearer pain. signups doubled in 14 days.
how do you price v1 — flat or usage-based?
start flat. usage when you have data.
+1 — kept ours flat for 6mo, helped a lot
Show your work. The quiet path is overrated.
- Stripe webhooksshipped
- Public APIin progress
- Mobile appnext
- Self-hostlater
boring, fast, ships every day.
how do you price v1 — flat or usage-based?
start flat. usage when you have data.
+1 — kept ours flat for 6mo, helped a lot
Show your work. The quiet path is overrated.
- Stripe webhooksshipped
- Public APIin progress
- Mobile appnext
- Self-hostlater
boring, fast, ships every day.
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