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Building a $5k MRR app while freelancing to keep the lights on

How much time is a directory listing worth when you’re doing everything yourself?

Google made me find 12 strangers willing to test my app for 14 days. Nobody warned me how hard that actually is.

Your Product Might Not Need More Features — It Might Need More Discovery

I thought I was building a tech blog. Turns out I was building a distribution asset

Hitting $40k+ MRR with bottom-of-funnel content until AI search forced her to change tactics

Analyzing markets for months before finding the right idea and building a 5-figure MRR product

Launching an app builder in 2 weeks and hitting $10k MRR within a year

I've posted everywhere and gotten zero sales. Here's what I'm learning about why

We turned AI wait time into a tradeable market. Developers earn, advertisers reach.

Everyone agrees the problem is real. Nobody will actually try the thing that fixes it

I built a tool directory that doesn't pretend every founder has the same needs

Growing an open-source product to $1.3M ARR in two years

I'm a former 57-year-old construction site manager. I built an Email Decision OS because I couldn't afford to miss another deal.

I kept losing deals not because of bad sales — but because I forgot to follow up

Pterocos: HTML CSS JS Online Editor with AI builder

Most AI agent failures are actually workflow failures

Most AI agent failures are actually workflow failures

Agencies charge $5,000 for a 60-second product demo video. I make mine for $0. Here's the exact workflow.

Everyone says "build karma first." The real threshold is 45 days and nobody tells you.