Simon (Indie Maker)

Digital nomad building 12 apps in 12 months for 80 years. he/him/hacker

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

built 37 apps last year!

time spent: 1,250 hours
server costs: $5.15
revenue: $0

#bootstrapped

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

whoever stole this from me is going to pay

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

thinking of building a twitter app that helps you not use twitter on the weekend.

i believe in moving quickly so the MVP will simply text you “stop” after you tweet.

Q - can someone @twitter send me API keys? i cant afford the developer fee yet but soon.

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

i figured this out a long time ago but remain bullish on coding because marketing is a fad.

[Richard Kovacs @rchardkovacs]

Marketing is way harder than coding 😅

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

@dannypostma correct. this is why im building 37 apps this year. one per week with a 15 week sabbatical in between to prevent burnout.

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

thinking of making a new course: “how to stay under the radar as an indie hacker.”

one of the modules would include tips to get loans from currency exchange shops.

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

reading fan mail from a cafe in Bangkok 🫶

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

@levelsio page rule for the api endpoint that disables whatever is blocking you (3 free per account)

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

not learning more backend.

there’s a lot you can do with just HTML/JS but storing api keys client side is apparently frowned upon.

[Lucy @codingwithlucy]

What's your biggest regret in your coding journey?

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

@levelsio inspired so here goes: https://t.co/W6OOYrde0f

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

🎉 I'm going to give one random person that retweets this $5. Because I’d rather spend my ad budget on you than BigTech

👩‍💻 I'm trying to promote my Twitter @OG_IndieMaker which helps you build profitable indie side projects

💖 Thx!

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

🎉 I'm going to give one random person that retweets this $5. Because I’d rather spend my ad budget on you than BigTech

👩‍💻 I'm trying to promote my Twitter @OG_IndieMaker which helps you build profitable indie side projects

💖 Thx!

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

@levelsio sorry, i need BigQuery compatible sql dump is this possible

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

ICYMI: Facebook is rebranding to Meta. excited to see what comes next and if i can finally make friends on the platform.

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

i'm bullish on ETH v2 supporting DELETE queries

[Zach Holman @holman]

Hi! I'm from the future! Here's a slide from a pitch deck for a hot new startup.

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

i did an ad experiment once. super lean, $5 /day for 1 day. didn’t raise the needle so currently investigating kubernetes.

[Corey Haines @coreyhainesco]

Any SaaS founders who've used Facebook groups to grow their SaaS?

Not necessarily starting one — more looking for examples of participating as a community member.

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

@sahilypatel i stopped using LinkedIn, too many recruiters that never contacted me.

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

in other news, just installed Tinder. one really interesting thing about dating culture in Thailand is you have to send them money for drinks before meeting IRL.

looking forward to my 1st date this wknd — the last 3 unfortunately had to cancel day-of.

#moretimetobuild

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

3 counterintuitive productivity tips that completely transformed my workflow:

1. Pomodoro (work 4mins, rest 40)

2. Pareto (spend 80% of time thinking about the other 20)

3. Mental Models (e.g. Dunning-Kruger was huge for me when i got started)

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

i love being data driven, so for example since launching my new app a few weeks ago (no users yet, DM for beta) i’ve already lost 9kg and feel a lot better just eating 1-2x /week.

(huge time-saving hack as well for other busy makers)

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

i see a lot of indie makers on here struggling with intermittent fasting. what worked really well for me is moving to a hostel where your food is regularly stolen.

[Simon (Indie Maker) @OG_IndieMaker]

super bullish on web3. just signed up for Coinbase Pro and awaiting identity verification.