Taki
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I shipped my startup yesterday and it didn't make a single dollar.
Yesterday, I launched my first startup,
Unlike a lot of success posts I see on X, the app got no signups, no purchases.
I now truly know what validating the idea means.
Before you
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No one uses my app anymore.
Recently, I've experienced the lows as a newbie indie hacker after launching
I've issued a refund for the first time ever because the customer didn't get use out of the app.
I've checked the logs and no one is using my app
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I started building my first startup 27 days ago and it changed my life.
12th March: I started working on my first startup,
27th March: I posted for the first time on X
2nd April: I announced my startup on X which got 143k views
3rd April: I made my
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I got sales from my first startup , but it was a disaster.
The users couldn't use the app, they couldn't access it even after paying.
I panicked, thinking I was going to lose my customers.
Luckily I was able to fix the issues but I wouldn't want to
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I only got 3 sales for my startup despite 125k views on X.
I launched my startup, , on X a few days ago, and it attracted a lot of visitors to my site.
However, it only converted to 3 sales, and one of the biggest mistakes I made was communicating my
I shipped my startup yesterday and it didn't make a single dollar.
Yesterday, I launched my first startup,
Unlike a lot of success posts I see on X, the app got no signups, no purchases.
I now truly know what validating the idea means.
Before you
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I just started indie hacking and I thought about quitting so many times.
When I first started and had no audience.
When I launched my startup and got no users.
When I got lots of negative comments on my startup.
When I shared my second startup idea and had 0 engagement.
All
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I taught myself how to code and it was one of the best decisions I've ever made.
I watched a lot of YouTube tutorials.
I built boring web apps to solidify my understanding.
I didn't buy expensive courses.
I didn't go to bootcamps.
I only had a really old, slow laptop.
Keep
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Amazing benefits of sharing in public.
I built an app in 20 days and shared on Reddit and X.
To my surprise, a lot of people engaged with my posts.
There were a lot of constructive feedback, honest opinions and encouraging comments, none of which I would've gotten if I
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I reached 500 followers in 25 days as a newbie indie hacker and this is how I did it:
1. I tried to tell authentic and personal stories
2. I shared my losses and learnings. Not just wins. Some people appreciated the transparency
3. I posted in the
#buildinpublic
community
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Don't be afraid to charge money
My attempt to earn my first dollar on the Internet started 7 years ago.
I have tried blogs, YouTube, building websites (never made a sales call) but none of them made a single dollar.
But a few days ago, I made my first dollar.
What did I
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I'm building a startup to build a habit of make git commits everyday.
Today I've implemented:
- Logic to listen to git commits being pushed
- Confetti to celebrate
The challenge is that the user will have to make at least one git commit a day for number of consecutive days.
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I've issued a second refund for my startup and it sucked.
Why am I sharing this?
Because I've realised that X, at least on my timeline, is full of success posts with people achieving $10k MRR.
There's nothing wrong with those posts but it tires me when I feel like everyone
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I'd like to share my recent best purchases:
by
@levelsio
. A must read indie maker book
by
@marc_louvion
. NextJS boilerplate to ship fast
by
@lukaszmtw
to take beautiful screenshots
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3 things I learned during a 3-week break from indie hacking
1. Getting back into a project is harder since most context is forgotten.
2. The longer I didn't work on the startup, the less motivation I had to pick it up again.
3. Not opening X to check for notifications and new
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Calling all indie hackers. I have a challenge for you.
I struggled to be consistent when I built my first startup, to make git commits every day.
So I've decided to host the first ever Commitathon!
Commitathon is a challenge where the aim is to make at least one commit to your
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I'm starting a Discord server for indie hackers.
For anyone interested, feel free to join from this link:
It'll be a community with the like minded indie hackers where we can bounce ideas, share our work or just socialise!
I'll also be hosting a
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I recently built my second startup, and I almost quit midway.
I spent 2 months on a new startup when I could've finished it in 2 weeks.
- Not being able to resolve bugs.
- Not putting in the hours.
- Lost motivation since the project was taking too
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@MrNick_Buzz
Thanks Nick.
I definitely didn't do a good job doing a through test.
I'll have them fixed and get back to you.
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Do you:
1. Mock up a design before you start building
Or
2. Go straight into development and figure out the design along the way?
#buildinpublic
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Today is a public holiday in Australia.
But as usual, I woke up early and spent some time working on the landing page for my app.
And if you look closely, you could tell that I'm using by
@marc_louvion
.
Gotta build and ship fast.
#buildinpublic
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I built a platform to challenge developers to make git commits everyday:
I've realised that spending a few minutes on your laptop and being consistent is one of the most important things as an indie hacker.
So I built .
A
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I built a challenge for indie hackers where the aim is to make a git commit everyday.
is a platform that links to your GitHub account and detects the commits you push to your repositories.
All you have to do is make at least one commit a day.
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After 20 days of development, I'm happy to announce my first ever startup, !
It's an app that allows you to calculate split costs for receipts easily.
I live with my partner and whenever we go grocery shopping, we buy things that we end up splitting and
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@marc_louvion
Wow, amazing numbers! Congrats Marc!
Was there any fear when you started on YouTube?
I'm interested in trying YouTube one day but I have a slight fear of exposing my face and losing a bit of privacy 😅
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@ryasendesign
Oh man! I'm doing the same thing right now, even though I have a gigantic 4k 32inch monitor right in front of me.
There's something about working directly on the laptop, I like the feeling
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Work before 9-5 not after.
I worked on my app today, a calculator that allows you to upload a receipt and calculate the split cost.
I was more productive in the morning than at night, after my 9-5.
An hour in the morning is my new golden hour.
#buildinpublic
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@hxutixnnn
@getbentofy
not the highest in priority but small details I found:
- The comma styles are inconsitent
- The comma is touching MRR text on top right grid
- The hash sign is touching the number "1" on bottom right grid
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Don't fall into the X trap.
Occasionally, I browse X and spend a while looking at others' success stories.
It makes me feel like I've achieved something.
But I realised that browsing X doesn't change the reality.
Building and shipping does.
#buildinpublic
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What made you decide between continuing to build new features or pursue a different startup idea?
I'd love to hear your story.
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After a bit of researching, I figured that it'd be tricky to pay the users the money.
Receiving payments will be simple as I can just use stripe.
But paying out to the users is quite tricky and complex.
Hence I'm scrapping this idea.
Lesson learnt: Never share too early?
Just encountered a problem.
How would the users' receive their money?
I'd have to implement some kind of wallet system such that the users can receive money but it'd be quiet complex...
#buildinpublic
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@marc_louvion
I really appreciated the money updates!
It's really motivating to see how much money you make as I'm new to indie hacking.
I get to dream big because I know for a fact that someone else has made lots of money from indie hacking.
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💡Have a mobile device next to you while you build
I found that it's much quicker to test the app on my phone than on dev tools.
I no longer have to deal with:
"Looking great on desktop, let's see what it looks like on mobile. Damn, that's horrible"
#buildinpublic
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@samuelsung
@levelsio
@marc_louvion
@lukaszmtw
Great question!
Boilerplate is like a cake base made by someone else.
You could choose to decorate it however you like to build your own cake.
You save time because you don't have to make the cake base yourself.
In our case, boilerplate is basically just lines of code to
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@being_naseem
@levelsio
@marc_louvion
@lukaszmtw
Likewise, such a good app! I wish I could record my android phone though
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I just built my first prototype in 30 minutes.
No swiping yet but we have a card 💪
#buildinpublic
New idea for startup: Kickstarter + Tinder but more casual.
The idea is that people can post why they want the money.
eg. "I want money to go to the Taylor swift concert but I'm 12 and I can't afford it"
And maybe a Tinder like UI for randomness.
What do you think of this
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Quick question, are the posts here from people who explicitly posted by choosing "Build in public" as the audience?
Or does having
#buildinpublic
tag automatically share with this community?
I've frequently been sharing updates with
#buildinpublic
tag with the audience set to
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Don't quit your startup halfway through because once you do, you'll get used to quitting.
I used to quit startups halfway and the more I quit, the easier it became to quit the next startup.
But now I make sure to finish off the startups even if they end up bad.
5 bad but
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Hi
#buildinpublic
👋
I'm Taki and my current goal is to earn my first dollar on the internet through the products I build!
I'm hoping to share my learnings and progress on X as a newbie indie hacker!
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@luk_designer
I didn't because they actually told me.
The feedback was for , a bill splitting app and the issues were:
- No support for splitting bill between more than two people
- Inaccurate scanning of the receipt.
Both of which I'm aware of but I'm not planning
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@being_naseem
Thanks Akhil, I've still got more shipping to do as well!
What's the plan for your first product?
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@hxutixnnn
It was indeed.
But they did tell me what was wrong with the product so it wasn't just a loss!
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@bzagrodzki
One of my posts did really well!
I started building my first startup 27 days ago and it changed my life.
12th March: I started working on my first startup,
27th March: I posted for the first time on X
2nd April: I announced my startup on X which got 143k views
3rd April: I made my
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@being_naseem
@levelsio
@marc_louvion
@lukaszmtw
I could try that but I just wished it was seamless like it is for iPhones.
But it's a Mac app so it makes sense
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@MrNick_Buzz
Hi Nick, I was wondering where you encountered this:
- When Bob paid "$100", but the bill is $176 why does Bob still owe Jane $138.07?
Was it in the try calculator section?
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@MrNick_Buzz
and I will issue a refund if the app doesn't work after I ship the fixes.
Apologies for the inconveniences!
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Calculating the costs is always a pain since we have to stare at the receipt and figure out which items should be split between us and which ones should be paid in full.
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I'm currently building a tool that allows the user to upload an image of a grocery shopping receipt and calculate the split cost per item basis.
Problem I'm trying to solve:
(Ongoing thread)
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