Abu Darwish

Indie hacking.
Journey to $5K MRR.
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[Abu Darwish @abadarwish]

My 2026 has been crazy 🤯

🐣 My son was born in January
🚀 Launched first SaaS in April (CRM)
📞 Did 100 cold calls => $0 MRR (crowded niche)
☠️ Killed the CRM and built 4 iOS apps
💵 First dollar in June.
📈 experimented AND succeeded with ASO / SEO / AEO / AI vids / social growth
💰 $1K MRR in September!
🐦 I’ve been sharing my journey on X

In the mean time learning a ton about marketing + psychology 📚

Chasing my dreams has been the best thing I’ve ever done 🔥

Excited for what 2027 will bring 👀

If you’re an indie hacker, let’s link up! 🔗

[Abu Darwish @abadarwish]

@frederickjames your designing skills are so good man, congrats on the launch

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As a developer, I can tell you this straight up - I do not want to build a SaaS everytime I need a service.

Maybe over the long run. But I want to work on my products, not spend 2 weeks building something that takes me away from my product.

So yeah, SaaS is not dead. It's just more available.

Trust me, after you build your fifth or sixth SaaS, you'd rather just pay somebody to do XYZ for you rather than keep building more. You want to focus on the marketing, etc.

[Abu Darwish @abadarwish]

I am mostly talking into the air. Nobody hears me, but it’s ok. The journey is mine to make. I’ll figure it out, like I figured my app out.

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What do you guys use to find your UGC people

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ChatGPT estimates it’ll save me $200 per month or so. So $2K a year. IMHO worth it.

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I’m going to see if I can move the functional aspect onto a web app, so people can use the web app OR the phone app. That way some of the money won’t be thieved off of me.

[Abu Darwish @abadarwish]

Just learnt about the difference between revenue and proceeds and ready to end my career as an indie hacker

I knew there was the 15% App Store fees, not that there were additional costs on top of that.

And on top of that, I pay a bunch in corporation tax etc.

From $1351 revenue I am seeing about $412 in profit.

It’s so over.

[Abu Darwish @abadarwish]

@edwin1 @0xIQzz Honestly you got a quality app man, good on you. How do you do your testing for each new feature or map etc you release? Just winging it with Claude?

[Abu Darwish @abadarwish]

Good morning. Blast all socials with your app.

Cash that money at the end fo the month.

You're welcome.

[Abu Darwish @abadarwish]

People say there is a right way to build a side income. Ship something people actually search for and distribution takes care of itself.

[Abu Darwish @abadarwish]

The indie dev world is unfortunately not built for people who want slow, sustainable growth. Almost everything rewarded online is about explosive launches, and that pressure is exhausting.

[Abu Darwish @abadarwish]

The strongest signal of progress is honest tracking.

Builders who share real numbers, even the ugly ones, move faster than those chasing optics.

The most useful updates are the ones that show what broke.

[Abu Darwish @abadarwish]

What you can control:
1. Shipping anyway
2. Killing what does not work

[Abu Darwish @abadarwish]

@HakDimoz @natnaelgirma27 Yes but if you share your app, your terms and conditions will have your company name

[Abu Darwish @abadarwish]

@hermanbjorheim Seemed all too easy on the way in fr

[Abu Darwish @abadarwish]

Just learnt about the difference between revenue and proceeds and ready to end my career as an indie hacker

I knew there was the 15% App Store fees, not that there were additional costs on top of that.

And on top of that, I pay a bunch in corporation tax etc.

From $1351 revenue I am seeing about $412 in profit.

It’s so over.

[Abu Darwish @abadarwish]

@KrimsonPepino @jeiting lol does this work I haven’t tried it

[Abu Darwish @abadarwish]

@solotechdev I feel like this is really good for people who forget they’re on a plan lol

[Abu Darwish @abadarwish]

@rishabhnasa I must reiterate, it is so over

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@ThomasBurkhartB Correct. I am funding half of Britain with my taxes.

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I am going full throttle btw. All three web apps on social schedulers, Claude on Claude max. It’s sink or swim, and I’d like to swim. 🫡

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@frederickjames It’s fine, it gets a bunch of followers that get you a bit of credibility —> you can pull that into doing more MOFU or LOFU videos

[Abu Darwish @abadarwish]

Seems I am making money for everybody except myself. What a scam. Why would anybody try to run a business, easier to just go on benefits for being dyslexic or something.