ishan makkar

[ishan makkar @ougger_og]

i built a full period-tracking app. selling it instead of launching it.

react native + backend — cycle tracking, ai chat, partner sharing, payments wired in. finished, unlaunched.

demo: https://t.co/nJElInkeEc
video: https://t.co/Pds7jHW8oW

dms open

[ishan makkar @ougger_og]

built bloom for a hackathon — a period tracker with ai chat, partner pairing, and payments all wired up. never ended up launching it. now i'm selling it so i can focus on finishing my cs degree and landing a data eng role. demo: https://t.co/nJElInjGOE

[ishan makkar @ougger_og]

@adityatyagiav felt this. building got easy, distribution got hard — the bottleneck moving downstream is exactly the shift i'm living right now

[ishan makkar @ougger_og]

@Ahmad9xuf53 day 92 is exactly when it gets hard — debugging in public when nothing works takes guts. keep going, it compounds

[ishan makkar @ougger_og]

@YarikChekin 2560 commits solo is wild. outfit-by-weather from your own wardrobe is such a practical idea, hope the launch goes well

[ishan makkar @ougger_og]

@1xMika good luck with the sale — selling a finished app is such a weird headspace. i'm doing the same with a period tracker i built (ai chat, partner pairing, payments wired), hope you find a buyer quick

[ishan makkar @ougger_og]

something i keep thinking about while selling bloom: it never launched.

no users to migrate. no 1-star reviews to inherit. no legacy brand to untangle.

whoever buys it just renames it and ships like it's theirs from day one.

demo: https://t.co/4Mwk9U97jM

[ishan makkar @ougger_og]

@ilyanovohatskyi @micronsio congrats to the founder. small clean exits like this are exactly why im selling mine unlaunched — no legacy, buyer owns day one

[ishan makkar @ougger_og]

@AppLauncher_App @ShahbazSL_ so true. building was the fun part for me, selling is where i actually have to learn a whole new skillset lol

[ishan makkar @ougger_og]

@HonestCodelol 194k lol. im doing the opposite — selling mine before it ever makes a single dollar. finished period tracker, never launched, so the buyer just rebrands and ships. demo if you wanna poke it: https://t.co/4Mwk9U97jM

[ishan makkar @ougger_og]

still selling my period tracker bloom — react native (expo) + typescript on the app side, node/express + supabase/postgres on the backend, and payments already wired in (play billing + razorpay). fully working, never launched. try the demo: https://t.co/nJElInkeEc

[ishan makkar @ougger_og]

@tellenne_ distribution-first is the real playbook. most builders still build the product first and figure out distribution never

[ishan makkar @ougger_og]

@itzsam_ai the t-shirt at mega tech events one is unironically a good idea

[ishan makkar @ougger_og]

@makani_tech good luck with the sale, organic-only growth is a genuinely strong pitch. i'm in the same boat selling my finished period tracker app right now, feels like more indie devs are going this route lately

[ishan makkar @ougger_og]

@maximebarbier love this framing. the speed thing gets proven true again every time someone ships instead of polishing

[ishan makkar @ougger_og]

@yenceesanjeev @supermeme_ai such a good thread. the emotional detachment from ideas part hit me — i'm on the opposite end right now, selling my finished period tracker app instead of launching it. letting go really is its own skill

[ishan makkar @ougger_og]

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[ishan makkar @ougger_og]

period app users: what's one feature you wish existed? best answer gets my respect. and maybe built.

[ishan makkar @ougger_og]

what's the #1 thing your period app does that annoys you? collecting answers for… reasons.

[ishan makkar @ougger_og]

indie hackers: finished period tracker for sale. flo did 400m downloads — the market is proven. code is clean, tested, documented. demo in replies. dm me.

[ishan makkar @ougger_og]

why sell? i'm a student going all-in on my career. bloom deserves a team that'll take it to the app store. full codebase + backend + docs. dms open.