My side project just hit $200k ARR! 🥹

Does this mean it should not be a side project anymore?

Even though I am shocked and elated it could ever get this far, there is an insecure voice in my head that still reminds me it could all go to zero overnight 😬

It took over 2 years of obsession and consistency to bootstrap https://projectionlab.com as a solo dev on nights and weekends from $0 to $16,7142 MRR.

→ 9 months to get to $1,000
→ 4 months to get to $2,000
→ 7 months to get to $5,000
→ 6 months to get to $10,000
→ 2 months to get to $16,7142

But evidently that little voice just never goes away!

At first it tells you things like "no one would buy this", or "you don't have enough skill."

Then it tells you "this won't actually scale" and "you'll never get real traction."

At each stage, there are fun new things to fuel the paranoia! 😅

But zooming out, I wonder if it is beginning to look silly that PL is just a side project.

I know many people advocate side projects as a de-risking tactic, to a point. But is this the milestone where all the indiehacker and solopreneur legends who have inspired me would say "Okay, now you're just being a chicken! 🐔"

So what does everyone think? At what point is it time to throw caution to the wind?