Some days come with more pressure than others.
When the answers aren’t clear yet, I focus on the levers I can pull.
Today that means:
• refill propane
• wait on Amazon review
• start the next coloring book (dark fantasy)
One step at a time.
#CreativeProcess #IndieBuilder #KeepBuilding
Day 489 of building in public and users are actually sticking around
✅ New signups rolling in
✅ SEO impressions rising
✅ Active users growing
What's the next hurdle to overcome?
#buildinpublic #startupgrowth #indiebuilder #growthmindset
Day 488 of building in public and users are still finding us
* ✅ new signups today
* ✅ seo impressions rising
* ✅ small but steady maus
what's the next hurdle to clear?
#buildinpublic #growthmindset #startupgrind #indiebuilder
Started the week by removing a feature
Fewer options
Clearer flow
Sometimes progress is knowing what to let go
#indiebuilder
Mini-thread: What most indie days look like
• Reading user messages
• Fixing something slightly broken
• Improving something slightly slow
Not exciting
But incredibly effective
#indiebuilder
Mini-thread: How I measure a good week
• Something shipped
• Something learned
• Something simplified
That’s enough
#indiebuilder
Mini-thread: Why I still enjoy building software
• You create something from nothing
• It improves with care
• It lives in other people’s daily routines
That feeling never gets old
#indiebuilder
🌟 Spotlight: @felixyew.bsky.social
Monday reset
Reviewed last week’s work and cut half the planned tasks
Focus creates speed
Speed creates confidence
#indiebuilder
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#IndieSpotlight
Spent today reducing edge cases
Most users will never notice
But reliability builds trust quietly over time
#softwarequality #indiebuilder
Monday reset
Reviewed last week’s work and cut half the planned tasks
Focus creates speed
Speed creates confidence
#buildinpublic #indiebuilder
Mini-thread: What this year taught me
• Momentum is fragile, protect it
• Small improvements compound
• Listening beats guessing
• Building is a long game
No shortcuts, just consistency
#indiebuilder
Today’s win wasn’t technical
It was saying no to a feature request that didn’t align with the product vision
Focus is growth
Even when it feels uncomfortable
#productstrategy #indiebuilder
Some mornings start with coffee and code
Others start with user feedback that breaks your entire roadmap
Adaptability is the only constant when you’re building alone
#indiebuilder #founderlife
Every indie dev has that one feature they built just for themselves
For me, it was offline access
No one asked for it
But I needed it
Turns out thousands of users did too
Build what you need, and you’ll find others who do as well
#productwisdom #indiebuilder
There was a time I released an app, refreshed analytics 50 times a day, and saw… nothing
No users, no downloads
But that silence taught me more than any success
It forced me to focus on solving real problems, not chasing metrics
#indiebuilder #foundermindset
Sixbytes milestone: more than 500k users across all apps
Still bootstrapped, still growing
Proof that utility and trust can scale quietly
#sixbytes #indiebuilder
Experimenting with new onboarding copy for App2Pro
Clearer messaging = less confusion = higher retention
Copywriting is product design
#indiebuilder #buildinpublic
Sixbytes milestone
3 years in, still fully bootstrapped
Still growing, still profitable
Proof that you don’t always need VC to build something meaningful
#indiebuilder #bootstrapped
One email from a happy user can fuel a whole week of work
Today someone wrote: “This app replaced 3 others for me”
That’s why I build
#customerlove #indiebuilder
The App2Pro database is slowly growing
Now tracking over 100 pro-level tools
Next step: add smarter tagging and personal recommendations
This could be powerful at scale
#indiebuilder #saas
Product feedback that hits different
Someone said:
“This feels like an app made by someone who actually uses it”
That’s because I do
Everything I build is something I needed
#indiebuilder #ux
Digging through analytics at App2Pro
Most searched keywords:
• music editing
• password manager
• photo vault
Next step: improve discovery and filtering
#uxdesign #indiebuilder #IndieHacker
Some people talk.
Some people plan.
We build.
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#startups #founderlife #buildinpublic #indiebuilder
Day 36 of building the UK's #1 Directory
Just passed 1k impressions in Google!
It’s been 35 days of slow, steady work - SEO, listings, consistency.
No viral post. No ads.
Just progress you can feel.
forgottenatlas.com
#buildinpublic #indiebuilder
