Esther Sarasua

building my first iOS app in public. ex-nomad, now indie from Galicia 🌲 wins, dead ends, all of it.

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

For years I lived in a tent.

Forests of Canada. Mountains of California. Three months working brutal hours as a seasonal worker, then the rest of the year as a nomad — Mexico, India, Nepal.

The deal was simple: work hard, sleep under stars, trade time for time. A day off was a missed paycheck. Total ownership of my hours.

I loved that life. Freedom wasn't a concept. It was a random Wednesday at 1pm, on a beach in Oaxaca eating mango with friends.

Then came the pandemic.

It caught me in Spain. My seasonal job stopped paying what it used to. The road closed. I went to Thailand to learn massage thinking I could trade one honest trade for another. Beautiful detour. Didn't stick.

Madrid happened. Waitressing. Precarity. Forty years old serving cañas at 1am wondering how the hell I got here.

Something cracked.

I enrolled in a bootcamp. Code. Logic. Systems. The opposite of campfires and visas. A company liked my profile and called me mid-course. Now I work remote on a legacy project I don't like. Nobody turns on their camera. Nobody mentors me. I work alone with the AI. I'm not growing. Not professionally. Not as a person.

The job pays €1,300. The work bores me. The comfort is dangerous.

I'm 40. I'm not afraid of hard work. I'm afraid of fading.

So here's the plan:

— Build apps from this quiet Galician flat
— Save what I can
— Camperize a van with my partner
— Reach €2k MRR
— Then point the wheel south

Comfort is not my priority. Freedom is.

If you're here grinding for the same reason — silently, slowly, against the gravity of safe — I'm building in public. Follow along.

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

@DeependraGaur15 Sure 😁

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

Morning light, harbour view, my app project open on the screen.

This is why I build.

🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

@najam_codes The free PDF thing is huge, most tools charge for that and it's so unnecessary. Good call 💪🏼

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

Hey builders 👋

Looking to connect with people building cool stuff

🚀 Startups
💻 SaaS
🤖 AI
⚙️ Automation
🌐 Web products
📱 Mobile apps
🛠️ Developer tools
🧑‍💻 Indie hacking
🎨 UI/UX
🖌️ Design tools
📊 Marketing tech

Great ideas grow faster around the right people 🚀

Drop your project below—let’s connect 👇

#BuildInPublic #LetsConnect

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

@dragosroua Followed! Solving your own problems first is the right foundation

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

@SherKhanCodes Followed!

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

@_deep_star Sure!

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

@adityamagar__ Following back!

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

@kipchilisk Followed! What are you building rn?

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

@soni_sahil_0 Same. Let's connect

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

@256_rc Following the journey then! Different worlds but same build-in-public energy

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

@gezimqaili Sure

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

@the_real_ori Love the concept. I'm shipping Oneirism, dream journaling meets self-exploration. Early days, figuring it out as I go

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

@LukaTheFounder Following! Chorey is a great name for that. Financial literacy for kids is so needed

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

@emaann28 Done! Skincare SaaS is a fun space, following along

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

@MarkoCirix That's actually a useful problem to solve. Lmk when it's ready 🤝

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

@CodeWithTamara Same here, i fell you 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

@visonmilan GTM first, lowkey smart move. Checking it out

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

@master_jpma Followed back! That framing is interesting, "hiring a team member" sets a high bar for UX. Will keep an eye on your project

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

@Michael_WCD Differing opinions are the whole value. If everyone agrees, the group is useless.

[Esther Sarasua @esarasuadev]

@OmarTunkarwg7p Compliance tooling is such a solid niche. Let's connect!