Oh man, this is truly amazing! For someone who has a long wish list of "projects to execute" sitting in notes, your 'tiny projects' is inspirational! :)
His basic message is to make a bunch of tiny products, things you can put together in a month or less. Doing so allows you to diversify your income and increase your exposure to positive randomness (i.e. having one project do very well), while avoiding the risk of investing 6+ months into a project that gets zero traction.
I enrolled in the most recent cohort and have found the content valuable, but honestly it's worth it just for the discord community. Having this group of like-minded indie hacker types inspires me to keep going, and it's helpful having their support and feedback.
Nice Darko. Several people who have been successful say one thing they wish they had done differently is to "make several small bets" from the start. Whether they still would have been successful who knows, but you're trying it & I sense you have an experimenters mindset that may discover something that really takes off. 🚀
Absolutely amazing how doing small things lead to be a better place. Your story about how you did something small and then rocketed your skills within short amount of time by putting your ideas to execute. Inspiring and good luck!
Just getting back into web development after 15 years. the list of projects you tackled and actually generated money from is giving me some good inspiration! a little light in my daunting journey figuring out all these flavors of frameworks and services.
I feel ya. I've been away from a full time engineering job for about two years. Just been coding a little c# on the hustle. You know how it goes. Don't use it you lose it but it's amazing how fast it comes back. Keep the faith and dive back it!
I've been reading your article, kinda inspiried me for what you do. I started my first saas project recently. Without programming skill, and only learn UI/UX recently. But I do believe I can make product that user need in the future. Thanks for sharing Darko.
I love the look and feel of your blog. 0 shit plastered around, no pop-ups, no time wasting animations. Just good old school browsing experience where you enjoy reading the content.
I just realized you are the zerotousers guy. I found your pdf with different acquisition channels a few months ago and as a tech founder it was an amazing resource to get!
We are building https://twitter.com/thriftmvp a high quality pre / early revenue mvp marketplace, so I was wondering if you would like putting any of those up for sale. We were lucky and found a good number of buyers, so now we are trying to keep our listing up!
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@Darko, I remember seeing you back when you launched Mailoji. Great to see that you are still kicking it. I love reading how you just make those seemingly totally unrelated projects one after another. Kudos for being a K2 user too ⌨️.
Do some market research, then check out crunch-base to see who's funded and the level of competition you'd have. You'd be surprised sometimes you'll find an idea you want to do, and the first to market burned through their runway too fast.
There is always space as long as you see your market advantage. Anygo is a cool idea. I started an similar project over 10 years ago for that. It allowed for family/groups to plan driving trips based, plan for gas stations, pee stops, who had a favorite kind of food around that time. 2nd rev was adding airports and trains to travel options.
I got offered a great job and shelved the project. Good luck!
Thanks for your tips! Do you have any recommendations or features that you think should be added based on your previous experiences, or should I focus more on market research and getting website visitors?
I'm not sure what you MVP is. My advice would be find your core offering, and what your competitive advantage is. Do you market research on who you are up against and what their message is. Then build away. From the indiehacker podcasts I've heard from (from day one) some of the most successful people say they spend more time marketing each week, than building. Maybe 60/40, 70/30.
Feel free to hit me up anytime. You already know the lodging for an AirBnB or hotel. I can share my waypoing, gas (now also EV) stations, food stops, etc ideas for driving and train travel. Flying is pretty straight up, just figuring out transport on either side. It's all about having the ease to create a simple or specific itinerary. Some people are anal, I'm not but it's good to at least have a rough plan, especially when kids are involved.
I also like to take a half day each week and plan/dream ahead when working on a project, just so I have an idea of the possible road ahead and spur motivation. Can't wait to see it rolln' Good Luck!
Amazing read! I was genuinely excited reading about every one of those projects.
It's great to put those skills to good use for such a wide range of apps (or games). http://myfordbenefits.cc/
-write lots of common libraries help to speed up development.
-copycat works (the most download/profitable app only took 3 hours to write, 400k+ downloads).
-long projects often don't get the reasonable return
-... and many many many more...
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This is awesome! The power of blogging about your ideas really shines through. I love the ‘micro bet’ approach. I think there’s a high level of freedom and creativity when you’re more focused on the idea than making money. Best of luck with your future projects!
From my experience, ideas start to flow once you realize how many problems can be solved with code. First find a problem, then see if enough people face it, and then if that problem can be solved by a solution through technology.
By the way, I would appreciate your feedback on a website I created called AnyGo, a platform to compare trip costs: www.anygo.info
I have read with pleasure your posts over the years. One doubt I still have, Do you have a regular job? Do you freelance? Or are you dedicated 100% to your projects?
Super nice and positive web experimenting at its quirkiest:)
I am not surprised OneProductStore brought you 5K$, there is something in it.
I recommend just building something; anything; even if it's
terrible, and I guarantee a better idea will pop into your brain shortly after.
Each project I build now uses a spark of an idea from the previous. It's like a monkey
swinging vine-to-vine, except the vines are projects, and I'm just a dumb monkey.
Amazing read! I was genuinely excited reading about every one of those projects.
It's great to put those skills to good use for such a wide range of apps (or games).
Very good approach. I know many people advise against this, and tell you to focus on one project. Despite that, I know a bunch of creators who are making it work. Creating small projects and seeing if they take off is a strategy I also resonate with.
Cheers for sharing!
You're welcome!
I have been following your blog since winter 2020 and its always a good read, great stuff well done
Oh man, this is truly amazing! For someone who has a long wish list of "projects to execute" sitting in notes, your 'tiny projects' is inspirational! :)
I guess most of the love here should go to you!
This is very much in line with the ethos of @dvassallo's Small Bets course.
His basic message is to make a bunch of tiny products, things you can put together in a month or less. Doing so allows you to diversify your income and increase your exposure to positive randomness (i.e. having one project do very well), while avoiding the risk of investing 6+ months into a project that gets zero traction.
I enrolled in the most recent cohort and have found the content valuable, but honestly it's worth it just for the discord community. Having this group of like-minded indie hacker types inspires me to keep going, and it's helpful having their support and feedback.
Pretty amazing post. With he posted more on how he promoted those projects.
Nice Darko. Several people who have been successful say one thing they wish they had done differently is to "make several small bets" from the start. Whether they still would have been successful who knows, but you're trying it & I sense you have an experimenters mindset that may discover something that really takes off. 🚀
A common pattern I'm seeing here is that you need to launch a few projects to see one succeed. You'll have no idea which one it will be.
Love the post! Can't believe people pay for (and use) an emoji email.
How about tinynocodeprojects
Showcase of your future and others' ... tinynocodeprojects
Have a great day, cant wait to rad about your next tiny project!
Interesting. Are you building any tiny nocode projects @ToPe?
So , cool!
Persistence, systematic approach, quick validations and lightweight MVPs :)
You are inspiring us :) !
Absolutely amazing how doing small things lead to be a better place. Your story about how you did something small and then rocketed your skills within short amount of time by putting your ideas to execute. Inspiring and good luck!
Just getting back into web development after 15 years. the list of projects you tackled and actually generated money from is giving me some good inspiration! a little light in my daunting journey figuring out all these flavors of frameworks and services.
I feel ya. I've been away from a full time engineering job for about two years. Just been coding a little c# on the hustle. You know how it goes. Don't use it you lose it but it's amazing how fast it comes back. Keep the faith and dive back it!
I've been reading your article, kinda inspiried me for what you do. I started my first saas project recently. Without programming skill, and only learn UI/UX recently. But I do believe I can make product that user need in the future. Thanks for sharing Darko.
I love the look and feel of your blog. 0 shit plastered around, no pop-ups, no time wasting animations. Just good old school browsing experience where you enjoy reading the content.
It just works. :)
Love this! I did the same over the course of a year and built up a portfolio of weird hacky projects: https://www.hackyexperiments.com/
You learn and grow a lot even if no one project takes off.
Love it
Love your work @tinyprojects! This is a great write up and very inspiring, thanks for sharing.
Thanks Chris!
I just realized you are the zerotousers guy. I found your pdf with different acquisition channels a few months ago and as a tech founder it was an amazing resource to get!
We are building https://twitter.com/thriftmvp a high quality pre / early revenue mvp marketplace, so I was wondering if you would like putting any of those up for sale. We were lucky and found a good number of buyers, so now we are trying to keep our listing up!
This guide can be used by both MyFordBenefits Retirees and MyFordBenefits US Employees interested in logging in to MyFordBenefits Ford Motor Company. https://my-ford-benefits.live/
This is just very wholesome. Read it on a Monday morning, and it got me out of my start-of-workweek-funk. Thank you 🙏
I should also do some tiny projects. My current project just keeps growing though…
@Darko, I remember seeing you back when you launched Mailoji. Great to see that you are still kicking it. I love reading how you just make those seemingly totally unrelated projects one after another. Kudos for being a K2 user too ⌨️.
This is awesome.
I love the idea of being a prolific startup founder. I can only imagine the things you can learn by launching so many different products.
I've actually been planning on doing something very similar.
My goal is to launch a small project a month for the next year.
I hope to get my first one launched next month (June '22), then I'll be hustling to get the next one out!
Cheers for sharing!
Speed Test
Better to spent 2 years launching tiny projects than waiting for a paper without projects.
how do you do marketing and find customers/
Quora, Reddit, Forums, Facebook Groups, anywhere that you think your customer will be, be there.
By the way, I would appreciate your feedback on a website I created called AnyGo, a platform to compare trip costs: www.anygo.info
the ui/ux looks nice!
Do some market research, then check out crunch-base to see who's funded and the level of competition you'd have. You'd be surprised sometimes you'll find an idea you want to do, and the first to market burned through their runway too fast.
There is always space as long as you see your market advantage. Anygo is a cool idea. I started an similar project over 10 years ago for that. It allowed for family/groups to plan driving trips based, plan for gas stations, pee stops, who had a favorite kind of food around that time. 2nd rev was adding airports and trains to travel options.
I got offered a great job and shelved the project. Good luck!
Thanks for your tips! Do you have any recommendations or features that you think should be added based on your previous experiences, or should I focus more on market research and getting website visitors?
I'm not sure what you MVP is. My advice would be find your core offering, and what your competitive advantage is. Do you market research on who you are up against and what their message is. Then build away. From the indiehacker podcasts I've heard from (from day one) some of the most successful people say they spend more time marketing each week, than building. Maybe 60/40, 70/30.
Feel free to hit me up anytime. You already know the lodging for an AirBnB or hotel. I can share my waypoing, gas (now also EV) stations, food stops, etc ideas for driving and train travel. Flying is pretty straight up, just figuring out transport on either side. It's all about having the ease to create a simple or specific itinerary. Some people are anal, I'm not but it's good to at least have a rough plan, especially when kids are involved.
I also like to take a half day each week and plan/dream ahead when working on a project, just so I have an idea of the possible road ahead and spur motivation. Can't wait to see it rolln' Good Luck!
Oh and have fun
Thanks. Do you have Twitter or an email address to contact you if I have any questions?
Wow amazing
Amazing read! I was genuinely excited reading about every one of those projects.
It's great to put those skills to good use for such a wide range of apps (or games). http://myfordbenefits.cc/
Thank for sharing!
Wow this is super impressive, I admire the hustle so much!
Very cool!
Back in 2012, I wrote 25 apps in 1 year. Basically get it to work in a week and publish the next. It was an interesting experience.
Would love to hear more about your experiences in that year. Did anything stick?
-write lots of common libraries help to speed up development.
-copycat works (the most download/profitable app only took 3 hours to write, 400k+ downloads).
-long projects often don't get the reasonable return
-... and many many many more...
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Awesome post. I’m also currently building micro sites that sell digital products to help one group of people solve one problem.
Past two month in a row the profit has been greater than my FTJ.
Inspiring post. Thanks for sharing.
And I'm curiosity about how the paper website idea come up? It would be good to hear some sharing about this.
That's really inspiring! Thanks a lot!
This is really motivating! Keep going! Thanks for sharing!
Inspiring !!! Thank you for sharing this.
Congrats! The emojis project is really cool! Do you also work apart from doing these peojects?
Wow, Paper Website is so cool!! I feel like I'm living in the future!! 😂
This is awesome! The power of blogging about your ideas really shines through. I love the ‘micro bet’ approach. I think there’s a high level of freedom and creativity when you’re more focused on the idea than making money. Best of luck with your future projects!
Love the post ❤ do you this fulltime now or just on the side?
From where did you find so many ideas? Did you use some approach to find out most suitable ideas which can be implemented quickly?
From my experience, ideas start to flow once you realize how many problems can be solved with code. First find a problem, then see if enough people face it, and then if that problem can be solved by a solution through technology.
By the way, I would appreciate your feedback on a website I created called AnyGo, a platform to compare trip costs: www.anygo.info
I have read with pleasure your posts over the years. One doubt I still have, Do you have a regular job? Do you freelance? Or are you dedicated 100% to your projects?
This is really awesome. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Do you work full time on those Tiny Projects? Or is this a side business?
A project/value proposition too small is very hard to market and gain positive cashflow.
One Item Store is a brillant idea.
Trendy gifts items
http://www.henriss.com.ng
Love the article. Cheers for sharing.
Definitely enjoyed this read, agree with what's already been mentioned below. The OneProductStore has a future for sure, that is, if managed well.
Super nice and positive web experimenting at its quirkiest:)
I am not surprised OneProductStore brought you 5K$, there is something in it.
... or a really wise human.
This was very informative. You just have to keep plugging away and till you get traction.
Speaking of plugs, thats what we are doing with fabform.io
Amazing read! I was genuinely excited reading about every one of those projects.
It's great to put those skills to good use for such a wide range of apps (or games).
Very good approach. I know many people advise against this, and tell you to focus on one project. Despite that, I know a bunch of creators who are making it work. Creating small projects and seeing if they take off is a strategy I also resonate with.
For the 8bit Battle Royale - if you were to do it again, but browser based, what stack would you use? Unity or something else?
Sounds interesting. Thank you for sharing. :-)