Indie10k Blog
Notes on building, shipping, and growing to sustainable indie income.
- 10/17/2025
Ask for Money, Not Opinions — The Hard Truth I Learned
Opinions are free. Payments aren’t. The only real validation test is asking someone if they’d pay — and logging the truth. A short field note on how I learned pricing by asking for money directly.
- 10/16/2025
🧱 Build Log — Trial Now Ends After 7 Reps, Not 7 Days
Today I changed how the Indie10k trial works. It no longer ends 7 days after you sign up. It now ends after you’ve completed 7 reps. Why this matters Time...
- 10/16/2025
Keep Going: The Indie10k Manifesto
In a world obsessed with outcomes… some indie devs still care about progress . They don’t chase trends. They don’t wait for perfect timing. They wake up, open...
- 10/15/2025
From Idea to Launch: The Battle-Tested Startup Stack
Every indie founder ends up building their own tool stack. Here’s my collection — the 10 tools that take an idea from validation to launch to growth.
- 10/15/2025
Build Log: You Need Courage to Make a Unique Thing
The truth is — your SaaS core idea might not be unique. Mine isn’t either. The heart of Indie10k is the same as Duolingo or any fitness app — small, daily...
- 10/14/2025
Build Log: Why Indie10k Lets You Fix Broken Streaks (and Still Count It)
Today I made a small but meaningful tweak to Indie10k . Users can now fix broken streaks from the past seven days. That’s it — no fireworks. But it changes...
- 10/14/2025
The Streak Is the Product (Not the Features)
A story about almost overbuilding Indie10k with AI, and rediscovering its core principle: the streak is the product.
- 10/13/2025
Growth-As-Code: Shipping Momentum = Shipping Code
Momentum isn’t a feeling — it’s visible in the commits. Every time I push code to Indie10k repo, I leave behind proof of growth. I started treating growth...
- 10/12/2025
Build Log: 182 Users Now. Many left. But I’m not.
I just crossed 182 users for Indie10k. Good news: people do come. Bad news: many leave after one rep . It’s that classic indie problem — they sign up, poke...