Harshil Tomar

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This Reddit user took 8 years to hit $10k MRR. No overnight success. No viral launch. Just reps. Here's the full breakdown: 1/ The start > Started with games. Most of them flopped. > Didn't quit. Kept building. 2/ The pivot that changed everything > Found a fluid simulation app, built his own version > Sold it for $44k > Used that capital and confidence to go deeper 3/ The product that actually scaled > Built Vythm, a music visualizer app > Spent 4 years listening to user feedback and improving > Didn't chase trends. Just kept the product tight. 4/ When he added paid marketing > Started ASA (Apple Search Ads) at $800/month > Broke even in 3 months > Recurring revenue made it profitable long term 5/ What actually got him to $10k MRR > 22,163 active customers > 2,005 active subscriptions > $13,868 revenue in last 28 days The lesson most builders miss: slow compounding > fast viral 8 years of doubt, bugfixing, and quiet execution. That's the actual playbook nobody talks about. Follow for more real founder stories

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10 things AI will confidently get wrong in your codebase: > hardcode your env variables if you don't remind it not to > skip input validation on forms unless you specify it use client-side auth checks instead of server-side by default > write SELECT * queries on tables that'll have 100k rows someday > forget to add rate limiting on your API routes > skip error boundaries and let one crash take down your whole UI > store sensitive data in localStorage without asking > skip database indexing on columns you'll query most > generate console.log statements everywhere and leave them in prod > build the entire feature before asking if you actually need it

> Replit just raised $400M at a $9B valuation 85% of fortune 500 already use it > This is what happens when you build for the vibe coding wave before anyone else took it seriously > The builders who started using it 2 years ago aren't surprised > The ones who ignored it are now scrambling to catch up > Pick your tools before the crowd does

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This Reddit user cut SaaS churn from 15% to 4.5% in 60 days. Here's the exact playbook: 1/ the problem > B2B SaaS at $15K MRR with 15% monthly churn > basically refilling a leaky bucket every single month > 200+ services listed, quality inconsistent, customers confused > support overwhelmed, lowest loyalty, worst customers 2/ what actually fixed it > killed 80% of the product catalog. analyzed which services drove 80% of revenue and axed everything else. fewer options, way better experience. churn dropped 4-5% right there. > built an automated 365-day guarantee system. detects delivery issues and compensates automatically. no tickets, no manual review. support load dropped 40%. churn fell another 3%. highest ROI thing they ever built. > raised prices 40% and repositioned. lost price-sensitive users, gained way better ones. net churn improved even though volume dipped short term. > added real-time order tracking and proactive delay notifications. customers stopped churning just because they didnt know what was happening. small engineering effort, massive trust payoff. > started weekly 15-min calls with churned and active users. not surveys. actual conversations. drove 60% of product decisions in the year that followed. 3/ the result > churn went from 15% to 4.5% in 2 months > MRR went from $15K to $40K in the year after > mostly because they stoped losing people the leaky bucket was never an acquisition problem. it was always a retention problem.

VIBE CODING skill levels ( 1 - 30 ) level 1: opened cursor for the first time level 2: asked AI to explain what a component is level 3: copy-pasted code without knowing what it does level 4: fixed a bug by prompting instead of reading docs level 5: built your first landing page with AI level 6: shipped something small that actually works level 7: your app has a real URL people can visit level 8: someone used your app who isn't you level 9: built an MVP in under a day level 10: you have a claude.md file doing the heavy thinking level 11: your cursor rules are tighter than most devs' architecture level 12: you stopped calling yourself "non-technical" level 13: you rebuilt a $5k app in under 3 hours level 14: a client paid you to build with AI level 15: you closed a $3k+ deal as a solo builder level 16: you're shipping faster than teams of 5 level 17: your AI workflow is a system, not just vibes level 18: you've replaced a dev agency with just you and claude level 19: you have a repeatable build process for every project level 20: clients come back for more level 21: you're charging what agencies charge, solo level 22: you're closing $10k+ deals level 23: you teach other founders how to ship with AI level 24: you have a waitlist for your builds level 25: AI is your moat and you've stoped explaining it to people level 26: you're productizing your workflow into a course or tool level 27: your build process has become your content level 28: sponsors are paying you to talk about your stack level 29: you have inbound you can't keep up with level 30: vibe coding isn't a skill anymore, it's your identity 1 to 15 → you're learning to build 15 to 30 → the build is building you what level are you at?

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The easiest path to a viral indie app right now (that actually makes money): > go to appkittie[.]com → filter apps making over $50k/mo > sort by rating (low to high) → pick the worst rated ones > open the app store page → scroll straight to 1 and 2 star reviews (this is the goldmine) > copy-paste the 20-30 worst complaints into Claude with this prompt: "summarize core user problems, group by theme, quote exact pain phrases, ignore bugs, focus on missing features / bad UX" > you now have a crystal-clear list of what users hate about an app that already makes real money > build the 80% better version that fixes the top 2-3 complaints (simpler UI, one killer missing feature, faster flow, no forced sign-up) > launch fast → market on Reddit, TikTok/Reels, X threads $800-1.5k MRR in 60-90 days → flip for $8k-15k on MicroAcquire find demand, then build

@DeanBuilds22 yes that’s the true value

@Hartdrawss been there with the $0 exit thing the real cost people miss is opportunity cost. that $412k could've compounded in index funds while he worked a $200k job but you can't put a number on what he learned. that's the bet indie hackers make

This Reddit user made $412k in 3 years and walked away with $0 Here's the honest breakdown every founder needs to see: 1/ What it cost to run > infrastructure and tools: $67,000 (AWS, Stripe, subscriptions) > contractor dev work: $134,000 (no cofounder, outsourced everything) > marketing experiments: $48,000 (ads, agencies, content plays) > legal and accounting: $23,000 (incorporation, contracts, taxes) > his own living expenses: $140,000 (~$3,900/month for 3 years) 2/ Why he shut it down > peak MRR hit $18k. then the ceiling became visible. > breaking through required capital he didn't want to raise > for a market he wasn't excited about anymore > so he shut it down cleanly. helped every customer migrate. no bridges burned. 3/ What he actually walked away with > 3 years of operator-level learning you can't buy anywhere > customers who still remember him and reach out > a portfolio piece that kept opening doors

@no1herebruh lol yes

@Hartdrawss Seriously bruh

@CChirchi yepp

@Hartdrawss that's brutal, contractors killed it without a cofounder

@oscargaske yes this could have been cut down a lot

@Hartdrawss > infrastructure and tools: $67,000 (AWS, Stripe, subscriptions) > contractor dev work: $134,000 (no cofounder, outsourced everything) am I wrong to say that this could be avoided

@thechaicoder less go

@Hartdrawss Good one this Prolly documenting this while adding a third party API Key would be much more helpful

Vibe Coding PRO Hack: Before you push to prod (or hand the repo to anyone), run this in Cursor: "List every import that pulls from an external package. For each, note the version in package[.]json. Then list every place we use process[.]env or similar. For each, note if it's in .env.example or documented. Save to deps_and_env[.]md. Flag anything that's missing from .env.example or pinned to a wildcard version." Then: > Open deps_and_env[.]md. Pin every wildcard (no ^ or ~ for prod if you can avoid it). Add every secret to .env.example with a placeholder. > Delete any key that's hardcoded. Move it to env. Re-run until the file is clean. > Anyone who clones the repo can run it with "copy .env.example to .env and fill in". No more "it works on my machine" from missing envs. Takes under 10 mins but beats the deploy that fails because one env var was never documented.

@ashcotXBT yes sir

@Hartdrawss deps and env cleanup saves more launches than demos do

@DominikWarchol Banger ! let me make a try and tweet on this

Solid practice — worth adding the follow-up prompt that catches what this one misses: "Search the entire codebase for any string that looks like an API key, token, password, or secret — including in comments, console.logs, and git-ignored files that are still in the repo. List every match with file and line number." Because the env audit catches undocumented vars. This catches the ones that were hardcoded, "temporarily," six weeks ago and forgotten. Also worth running: `git log --all --full-history -- '**/.env*'` If a .env file was ever committed and then deleted, it's still in git history. Still readable. Still a live credential if the key was never rotated. The deps_and_env.md is the pre-flight checklist. The git history audit is the security sweep. Run both before any repo goes public or changes hands.

@RitikShilp80441 nah ! it works

@Hartdrawss wait, so vibe check _after_ the vibe code? feels backwards, ngl. asking for a friend (it's me).

@ThisIsRajat24 happy to help

@Hartdrawss did this after mass-refactoring with claude code. found 11 phantom imports. would've shipped a blank screen to prod

@git_cuber yepp

@Hartdrawss Gold mine!

@MLife48029 sure brother

@Hartdrawss Let’s connect bro

X just paid me $1300 for the first time ! > Not something from agency but for writing things i actually believe in. > When i started posting like 1 year ago i had no idea this was coming. I was simply just trying to document what i was building; I was a college kid who got inspired to post in from 100xdevs > The number isn't massive. I have seen folks make like $10,000/mo just from X. But the fact that it almost coming close to my previous salary > I had got fired when they found out about my side work; started freelancing with no safety net and now a platform is sending me a direct deposit for my words > This is the part of the internet nobody talks about enough you can build leverage with just a keyboard and sharing knowledge Internet is f*cking great man !