GitHub Gardener on Indie Hackers

July 28, 2018

Turned GitHub Gardener profitable

When I launched on PH, I only launched with a Free version and an email box for people that want to get notified when I supposedly finished the paid tier. I saw some interest, so I decided to build a paid version. Funny enough, now it's at $50 MRR

Again, everything can be found in this twitter thread: https://twitter.com/alexsideris_/status/993523095708332032

Alex Sideris 🚀 on Twitter

“Ok, I want to build a simple product this week and launch it. I am thinking of a bot that pushes a commit to a stupid repository on GitHub everyday in order to make it green in the span of a year.”

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July 28, 2018

Launched on PH and took 3rd place

After launching, GitHub Gardener finished 3rd on a Sunday. This way my first "successful" launch. I was super pumped!

Again, the launch play by play can be found in this twitter thread: https://twitter.com/alexsideris_/status/993523095708332032

Alex Sideris 🚀 on Twitter

“Ok, I want to build a simple product this week and launch it. I am thinking of a bot that pushes a commit to a stupid repository on GitHub everyday in order to make it green in the span of a year.”

twitter.com

May 6, 2018

Started building GitHub Gardener

Beware, just another cliche passing by...

Bored after polishing and over engineering several MVPs for 6 months with terrible results, I decided to build the first thing that came to my mind completely in the open and launch it inside a week.

Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/alexsideris_/status/993523095708332032

Alex Sideris 🚀 on Twitter

“Ok, I want to build a simple product this week and launch it. I am thinking of a bot that pushes a commit to a stupid repository on GitHub everyday in order to make it green in the span of a year.”

twitter.com