Ivan Khmelev
371 posts
Ivan Khmelev
@ikhmeleff
∙ Made $11.102 w/ Claude Code freelancing Dropped out in 11th grade and moved abroad alone
Georgia, Tbilisi Katılım Nisan 2025
9 Takip Edilen63 Takipçiler
Day 1 of doing nothing 🤗
I went for a zone 2 run this morning with my cousin @matthieumatical
And this afternoon I looked through old family photos with my parents. My brain couldn’t stop thinking there should be a SaaS that turns them into videos and sells them as Christmas gifts for grandparents.
It feels good to keep the laptop close
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@ErnestoSOFTWARE Swipe your iPhone's control center -> Find there a feature that your mom doesn't even know about -> Wrap it into an app -> You now own another useless app making $400k/mo
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$400K/mo for an app that's literally already native on your iPhone 💀😭
This QR code reader app has been printing for 7 years straight
you can build this in 48 hours
create an AI boomer influencer
and run ads on this shi like
its new technology
congratulations you now own a useless app making $400k/mo
Ernesto Lopez@ErnestoSOFTWARE
$300K/mo for a sleep app that's literally just listens to you breathe😭 it's been printing since 2016 and people still don't realize how simple this is you can build this in 48 hours → hire 8 UGC creators, $15/video for 50 videos/mo each → hook: "POV: this app told me I lowkey died last night" → automate faceless sleep content with open claw → spark ads on top performing sleep anxiety posts → pull 20M views monthly congratulations you now have a glorified microphone making $300K/mo
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@marclou I had the same feeling 2 weeks ago until I came up with an idea that drove me to continue working. Wish you a good rest and hope you make a 10x comeback!!
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I overworked myself.
For the past 5 years, I barely took a day off.
I shipped 30 startups, wrote 30,000 tweets, made 70 YouTube videos, and answered thousands of support requests.
The weird part is, it never felt like work. It felt like play. Until recently.
For the first time in years, I’ve struggled to get things done. I don’t want to open my laptop. The things that used to make me happy suddenly feel heavy.
That scares me a bit, because the playful side of work is what got me here. And right now, it feels like I lost it.
So I’m taking a break.
I’ll still do about an hour of maintenance work a day, but the rest of my time will go to real life. I’m training for Hyrox in Korea on May 25, so I’ll put my energy there for now and train 20 hours a week.
I went through a little burnout once before, in 2021. What helped me was going back to basics: training, reading, eating well, and sleeping 8 hours.
It brought the hunger back then.
I trust it will again!
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@DailyLoud Either he's been in Nigeria/Africa, following Nigerians online, or someone from Africa is sitting at the back🙄
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Driver decided to drive on the other side of the highway to avoid traffic 🤯
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@ikhmeleff I think the much larger worry should be nobody caring at all
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this is why you should start talking about your product BEFORE launch
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Get started here: datafa.st/docs/react-nat…
Next: RevenueCat integration
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@chrissyinspace Joining the queue in case previous repliers don't need an app
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I think I just fixed macOS notarization for tinyshots .app
first person to comment gets a free copy, only thing I ask in return is you telling me if installation goes smoothly 🙏🙏
Christopher Woggon@chrissyinspace
fuck it, I'm sending it landing page is LIVE at tinyshots .app 💥 the hero animation went viral so I had to capitalize on it super proud that @nico_jeannen was my very first customer 🙏 $9 early bird lifetime for the first 9 customers the tiny empire is growing 🥹
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@jackfriks Yea I know :)
I thought you moved out to a private house
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okay i bought it.
now i try for 1 week and if i dont love it ill return it
Oliur@UltraLinx
@jackfriks Think about all of the mental energy you’re spending making this decision. And all of the tweets. Just buy the monitor. It will literally help you be more productive.
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Imagine making $3,000,000/mo from a
plant identifier app😭
you point your camera at a plant
→ it tells you the name
→ and how to take care of it
thats the whole app
Literally a ChatGPT wrapper.
They have very high quality organic content
This video alone got 4.1M views
More than 200M Americans own plants
Who’s building the pokedex version?
Ernesto Lopez@ErnestoSOFTWARE
$500K/mo for an app that is free on your iPhone 😭 Their app is basically a clone of the alarm app on your phone. Except it won't turn off until you take a picture of something random This app works because it’s marketed like a pain point. Being late + and snoozing your alarm These apps all follow the same marketing playbook Unhinged caption + app demo And it works, this video alone got 4.7M views And probably 10k+ downloads If I had an app like this → I would hire 10 UGC creators → 30 videos/mo each → "POV: my alarm made me ___" → the funnier the task, the more views That’s it.
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$200K/mo for an app that just lets couples see distance to each other😭
I swear making money will never be this easy again.
You can vibe code this in 24 hours
And use this 2.3M view hook
“10 years in a relationship and
now I find this”
→ hire 5-10 female creators
→ film the shocked face +
unfinished hook
→ proceed to app demo
→ pay $600 for 30 videos/mo
Congrats you’re now single
But at least profiting on couples 🙏🏽
Ernesto Lopez@ErnestoSOFTWARE
$200K/mo for an app that just transcribes your notes 😭 They basically just spam viral hooks on TikTok "watch me realize i have [deadline] in [X] minutes" film a student panicking for visual shock then the app saves them → hire 5 college students → $600 for 30 videos/mo + view bonus Congrats, you’re not poor anymore
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Last 2 months I spent 90% of my days working on my own apps and only 3-4 days working with my freelance clients. I like it.
What's interesting is that my income hasn't changed at all
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If you just doomscroll my x account
→ Pick 1 of the $100k/mo app ideas I share everyday
→ Pick 1 of the 10M view hooks I share everyday
→ Build and launch an app
→ Spam viral formats on IG and TikTok
You will literally be successful.
People have book marked my post
over 1M times on X.
Stop bookmarking me and take action
I want to see more wins like this
Ivan Khmelev@ikhmeleff
@ErnestoSOFTWARE Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I made my first $ today from my own app that I created following your articles
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99% of people don’t have what it takes to be a successful founder.
it took this guy 8 years to
hit $10k/mo with apps,
→ he started with games.
→ built a fluid simulation app.
→ sold it for $44K.
→ struggled for years after
→ pivoted to music visualizers.
→ built Vythm.
→ spent 4 years listening to users and improving
→ started Apple Search Ads at
$800/mo last year
→ now $10,242 MRR.
Most people would have give up
I made an article on exactly how i made 11 apps and retired my mom and wife
Go read it, it’s free
Ernesto Lopez@ErnestoSOFTWARE
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what’s a material thing under $1000 you’ve bought that actually changed your life?
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Does anybody know if these users are bots or not?
They all have:
- The same OS - Linux
- The same city - Council Bluffs
- Almost the same time of visit but different day
- The same browser - Chrome
I wouldn't believe they are real
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