From crying over CSS to $65 MRR: Learning to code while serving tables

Just hit $65 MRR with VidMakerPro while working as a waiter 🎉

Six months ago I was googling "how to center a div" and crying because even basic CSS didn't make sense. Today strangers pay me for software I built using ChatGPT.

The reality check:

• 6 paying customers

• $65 monthly recurring revenue

• Built entirely during restaurant breaks

• Zero coding background before this

• Still serving tables to pay rent

I was spending entire weekends making videos that got 12 views. Felt trapped in the cycle of double shifts and zero time for side projects.

So I told ChatGPT: "Help me automate this. I know literally nothing about programming."

For five months I learned to code during bathroom breaks. Debugged errors while walking to work. Built features between serving customers who don't tip.

Some nights I was too exhausted and just stared at my laptop. Other nights everything clicked and I felt more alive than I ever had.

VidMakerPro turns text into complete faceless videos in 5 minutes. Script, visuals, voice - everything automated. Perfect for creators who hate editing.

The numbers aren't huge but they're real. Most indie hacker stories are from people with cushion. This is what it looks like when you're actually broke and desperate.

Still working double shifts but now I'm building my escape plan one line of code at a time.

To anyone feeling stuck: you don't need to be smart, just stubborn enough to keep trying when everything breaks.

AMA about learning to code with AI or building while working full-time!

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