Danik Pavlovski

16 y/o indie hacker, building apps in public
$100+ revenue. chasing $1k MRR.

[Danik Pavlovski @pavlovski_dev]

Hi X. I’m Danik (15 yo). I’ve been learning IT since 13 yo, and now I build full-stack projects - Telegram Mini Apps (TMA) and web apps.

[Danik Pavlovski @pavlovski_dev]

@smalcakmak thanks man, I used openVPN, the best one is around 1500 views

[Danik Pavlovski @pavlovski_dev]

i wanted to reach US audience for my app everyone said i need a proxy or a US sim card

i tried just a paid VPN

best video so far - 88.8% of viewers from the US. 0.3% from belarus where i'm actually sitting

if you're outside the US and need to reach US audience - try the simple setup first
don't pay for proxies until you actually need them

[Danik Pavlovski @pavlovski_dev]

is it just me or does claude code start hanging for like 10 min once a session gets long enough?

zero tokens moving, just frozen. happens almost always in chats with a lot of context

[Danik Pavlovski @pavlovski_dev]

pov: tried giving claude code a chance instead of codex

it "crunched" for 4 minutes and "sautéed" for 36 seconds to deliver me a 500

[Danik Pavlovski @pavlovski_dev]

created a new TikTok account

half a day of warm up. posted first video - 868 views, 50 likes, 10 saves

people say you need a 3 day warm up but nobody's actually proven that

if your fyp is tuned to your niche and your first video has a strong hook - it’s already fine

what's your tiktok warm up routine? curious if anyone else has skipped it

[Danik Pavlovski @pavlovski_dev]

@katarinaore keep experimenting with hooks + if you're using ai in content, make it feel as human as possible

[Danik Pavlovski @pavlovski_dev]

@elizimm44 @10x_apps yeah thanks, will give it a few more days and then probably go just resubmit it

[Danik Pavlovski @pavlovski_dev]

this is sick, but the missing piece is human feel

right now content splits into two paths that actually work, imo:
1. full ai with cartoon characters or something like that
2. raw human content that doesn't smell like ai at all

stuff that tries to be both, ai pretending to be human, just doesn't work, from what i've tested

[Danik Pavlovski @pavlovski_dev]

honestly people don't put enough attention on marketing

market first, product second. otherwise you build something nobody asked for and wonder why nobody downloads

shipping is the easy part now, ai writes the code, ui templates everywhere, ship in a weekend

marketing is still the hard part

[Danik Pavlovski @pavlovski_dev]

@cinamarina human taste is so underrated now, i think it's the most significant skill in AI era

[Danik Pavlovski @pavlovski_dev]

@aryanlabde i use 2 codex subscriptions for $20 + claude for $20 instead, works nice for me

[Danik Pavlovski @pavlovski_dev]

@Tobby_scraper niches don't matter that much imo

what actually drives mrr is one viral feature and its marketing

[Danik Pavlovski @pavlovski_dev]

@alexcooldev that’s cool man, however, who do you usually find formats for your videos?

[Danik Pavlovski @pavlovski_dev]

@Tech_Circuits @Tobby_scraper yo this is cool, college search/visits feels like a really underrated niche tbh

how are you finding your first users? organic on tiktok/reddit or something else?

[Danik Pavlovski @pavlovski_dev]

@louisagareiss yep true

but still wild that apple in 2026 can't figure out how to automate or scale this review part

[Danik Pavlovski @pavlovski_dev]

apple's review process is genuinely the worst part of building ios apps

been waiting a week for apple to review an update.
no rejection. no "in review". just sitting in waiting for review since may 3

is this normal now? feels like review times got way worse this year

[Danik Pavlovski @pavlovski_dev]

@pcshipp don't be afraid to try.

push the first app hard, different angles, different platforms, different hooks. if after real effort it's still not moving, then move on and build something new

[Danik Pavlovski @pavlovski_dev]

@KCodes7777 been seeing more and more of these demo-style ads lately

product on screen in 2 seconds, no fluff. probably gonna try this format for my own app

[Danik Pavlovski @pavlovski_dev]

@santoshstack "consistency matters more when nobody is watching" - this hits.

the hardest part of solo isn't the work, it's showing up day 47 when nothing's moving and you have no proof it'll matter