Nishanth.Marka

Hi, I'm a hardware lover at heart. I love building things with my hands. Before starting a hardware startup, I was in love with how Apple products look, so I set my goal to build medical products that look as good as Apple. I designed products in SolidWorks, imported components from Mouser, and made PCBs in Gujarat. Since I couldn't afford plastic injection molds , I made products with casting recycled aluminum , CNC milling, and painting — all local manufacturing in Hyderabad. Sleepless nights to get the output I dreamed of. Finally, the products launched. I'm still proud and happy about how beautiful and sophisticated they are. But after launching, reality hit hard. Hardware is brutal. Costs were impossible to control without massive scale. Customers expected local service centers and instant support — things I couldn't provide from my desk. Unlike software, I couldn't just push an update to fix issues. I spent 3 years designing and building stunning products, then 2 more years struggling with finances, manufacturing, and logistics. As a first-time hardware founder, it broke me. In the end, it all came down to money — we needed bulk orders to reduce costs, but we never got there. After that, I spent a couple of years just surviving, doing things I didn't love. But the builder in me wouldn't allow me to sleep. That strong passion towards building and becoming a successful entrepreneur pushed me to try another form: software. I taught myself HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, frameworks, libraries, architecture — everything. 8 months of intense, daily learning. With help from my cousin @koushikmarka , today I finally launched my first SaaS: Cueflow. Cueflow lets SaaS teams ship beautiful in-app banners, modals, checklists, and surveys in minutes — no external tools, no dev bottlenecks. Just add one script and start driving engagement, conversions, and retention. cueflow.so Thank you, universe, for this long, painful, amazing journey. I've found so many ways to fail. Now, I'm hoping Cueflow shows me a way to win. Special thanks to my brother @koushikmarka — you showed me the way when I was at my lowest point in life. #buildinpublic #SaaS #indiehacker #indiehackers #bootstrapped #founderstory #startupjourney #pivot #startupstory #startupfailure #resilience #failedfounder

Facing a ton of headaches building in-app banners, checklists, or surveys from scratch? @cueflow_so : Just drop a script tag, get beautiful + targeted messages, free forever up to 1k MAU (Pro at $0 in public beta rn!). Indie hackers, give it a try! cueflow.so #SaaS #IndieHackers #BuildInPublic #MicroSaaS #Startup #NoCode

The problem isn’t new. In-app communication has existed for years. The problem is that most tools are built for large teams with big budgets. Many early-stage SaaS founders just want something simple, lightweight, and affordable to talk to users inside their product. That’s the gap I’m trying to fill with Cueflow. #BuildInPublic #SaaS #IndieHacker #EarlyStageStartup #FounderJourney #Bootstrapped

Launched my SaaS 11 days ago. 0 users till now, If you’re a founder and can spare a minute, I’d really appreciate honest feedback on what’s missing or confusing. Building, learning, iterating.

Day 9 of building Cueflow in public 🚀 One thing I've learned shipping my first SaaS: Users miss 90% of your updates if they're buried in emails or blogs. That's why Cueflow focuses on *right message, right user, right time*—banners, modals, checklists, surveys, all targeted without code. Public beta is live and free forever up to 1k users (all features included). Tried any in-app tools lately? What worked (or annoyed you)? Feedback = fuel. DM or reply! cueflow.so #buildinpublic #indiehacker #SaaS #ProductUpdate

In SaaS, how do you tell users about new features or get feedback without annoying them or building everything yourself?I've struggled with this a lot—announcements get ignored, onboarding feels clunky, feedback tools are separate. So I'm building @CueflowHQ : easy in-app banners, modals, checklists, surveys, and changelogs. One script tag, visual editor, target by user or behavior.Public beta now—free for up to 1k users, all features. What's your biggest in-app communication pain? How do you handle it today? If interested, check it out: cueflow.so Feedback appreciated—still early! #buildinpublic #saas #B2BSaaS #ProductDesign #UserExperience #IndieHacker #SaaSGrowth

Quick tip if you have multiple user types: Segment your in-app messages. Power users → advanced tips Free users → upgrade nudges New users → onboarding help Build once in a no-code editor, add targeting rules, done. No tickets, no deploys, no waiting.Keeps everyone happy without noise. #indiehacker

I built a webapp called cueflow. With that You can show banners or modals only to specific users. not everyone. not everywhere. right message, right people, right time.

What’s harder? Building features or Making sure users actually notice them?

I’m building Cueflow in public. No launch hype. No big audience. Just daily effort, doubt, and small wins. Some days it feels pointless. Some days it feels inevitable. I choose to believe the second one. #buildinpublic #saasfounder

Getting tips and feedback and ideas from users when they are fresh right inside your app!! We’re building a tool called Cueflow to help with this very problem, With Cueflow, you can add "Give tips/ideas to founder" button show banners, show popups, collect feedback, create surveys, show changelogs. Cueflow gives you a powerful way to communicate with your customers when they’re actually active — right then, right there, inside your app. Please try it out. It’s free forever for up to 1,000 users. This can be really useful for many startups in the early days. It helps a lot for starters like us. Your users can send feedback right away, the moment an idea sparks. That’s the most valuable thing in the early days. And honestly, I also want a lot of feedback from you.

Many solo founders, know this feeling. Coding: confidence 📈 Marketing: confidence 📉 Same founder. Same day.

@sergeynazarovx I think you're not focusing on Windows, it's wide open. There seems to be no real competition there from Screen Studio

@Nishanth_Marka No, it works only for Mac OS 😢

@LeifStrand1 Yes let's connect. Thanks.

@Nishanth_Marka Let’s connect🤝

Built the MVP — cueflow.so Realized distribution matters more than perfection. So I’m building in public now. Ship. Learn. Share. 🚀 Kudos to all developers who are building in public while handling the fear of copying.

@kylemuth @maxdevai33 Same doubt here — Claude makes line-by-line coding easy, but architecture and centralization still need human judgment.

@maxdevai33 Dang.. I have not had that experience with claude. Are you providing enough context/specific instructions for the prompts or just trying to have it one shot stuff?

When I bought Claude, I thought I’d just write prompts and watch my tasks get solved one by one. Instead, I ended up checking every line, pointing out mistakes, and explaining what needs to be fixed.

@ElitzaVasileva Yes, totally — do you mean I avoided a bigger disaster just by failing?

@Nishanth_Marka Depends on the perspective, but failure could actually be a good thing!

What is the best and the worst thing that happened to you in 2025?

@emanueledpt This is inspiring 👏 From $0 → $500 in one year, learning JS to Next and actually earning online — that’s real execution. Most people learn, few build, even fewer earn. You’ve proved it works. 2026 will be big 🚀

And this 2025 ends with an amazing milestone $500 in total revenue reached through my SaaS I didn't even think it was possible for me to earn $1 online, but I did The funny part is that I started learning JavaScript this year, around March Then Express, then React, then Next And now I'm here making my first internet money with what I learned just this year It's incredible how 365 days can change the trajectory of your life if you actually put in the work I started with $0, I learned and built this year like an animal And now I know that this will work, that's why I have bigger plans for 2026 And can't wait to show them all to you Believe in yourself, Push beyond possible. Your dreams will come true.