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@alexcooldev Congratulations

I just received this month’s operational bill for my apps, along with the latest metrics: 💰 $30K/month revenue 👥 390K total users 🫂 10K–14K daily active users Breakdown: - Supabase: $187 - Railway server: $289 - OpenAI API: $542 - Speech-to-text API: $190 - RevenueCat: $150 - Claude API & Llama: $321 Total: $1,679 (not include the 15% fees from the App Store and Google Play) I used to think I needed to cut costs. Instead, I focused on marketing and it paid off. Marketing + build first, optimize costs later.

This is actually a good thing and I’m glad it exists.

🚨 Twilio charges $0.0079 per SMS. Someone just turned any old Android phone into a free SMS gateway. Unlimited messages. $0. It's called SMS Gateway for Android. Install it on any Android phone. It becomes a full SMS sending and receiving server with an API. No Twilio. No MessageBird. No per-message pricing. No contracts. Just an old phone and a SIM card. Here's what's inside this thing: → Send and receive SMS through a REST API from any app or service → Works with any Android phone running 5.0 or newer → End-to-end encryption. Messages are encrypted before they leave the device. → Multi-SIM support. Use multiple SIM cards on one phone. → Multi-device support. Connect multiple phones to the same account. → Real-time webhooks for incoming messages → Multipart messages with auto-splitting for long texts → Track delivery status of every message in real time → No registration required. No email. No account in local mode. Here's the wildest part: That old Android phone in your drawer that you haven't touched in 2 years? Install this app. Insert a SIM card. You now have your own private SMS infrastructure. Two-factor authentication. Order confirmations. Appointment reminders. Notification alerts. All the things startups pay Twilio thousands a month for. Free. Running on a phone you already own. Startups spend $500 to $5,000/month on SMS APIs. This costs the price of a SIM card. 875 GitHub stars. 359 commits. Apache 2.0 License. 100% Open Source.

I'm 15 and just raised $750k for my AI startup. So grateful to the team at @sequoia and @ycombinator for making this happen. No investors knew me. No one believed I could do it. Even my parents kicked me out of the house. Every day I fail. Every day I learn. Every day I get closer. This is what it feels like to start something from nothing. It's terrifying, exhausting, and exhilarating all at once. (I'm just joking btw... practicing my speech for when this actually happens)

Replit ($9B), Vibecode (raised $10M) and Rork ($2.8M) just got slapped by Apple. I'm a solo founder in Tel Aviv. My app is live, serving professionals who are generating native iOS apps. The difference isn't money. It's architecture. 🧵

@timothylindblom newly

Introducing Newly. The world's first Agentic app builder. RT + Comment "Newly" and I'll send you 100 apps to make $10K/mo.

Updates: Happy to share Coconote has been acquired by Quizlet! • $6.7m ARR • ~50% ebitda • 1 billion+ organic views on social • $0 raised

Introducing Blink Claw - the first platform to hire unlimited AI employees that run your business 24/7. 180+ AI models included. Gmail, Slack, LinkedIn, HubSpot - one-click connect. No API keys, no $600 Mac Mini. Reply "Claw" + RT. Your first agent is on us. ($50 - 200 creds)

This indie dev spent 1,400+ days building his game, Tangy TD, completely from scratch in C++. Seeing him and his wife react after the game earned $250,000 in its first week after launch is honestly beautiful.

My mentor at my first dev job once told me: “You will never make it to Junior 2.” Why? Because I asked a question about a technology I had never used before. The next day HR and the CEO scheduled a call. I was fired for that same reason. Now imagine if I had a weak mindset. That moment could’ve convinced me I wasn’t good enough. That I should quit coding. But I didn’t. I laughed and kept going. 4 years later: • I have 3 apps making money • I code better than that mentor • I make more than I did at that job And more importantly, I learned things that job would never have taught me: Infrastructure. Security. Marketing. Finance. So in a way… they were right. I was never meant to make it to Junior 2. I was meant to be CEO and CTO of my own things.

@vitddnv Send

I've been working on this humble Claude Code alternative. In a nutshell: containerized by default, multi-provider (Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini & Grok so far), self-building dev environments & 100% open-source, 100% Go. The repo is brand new, only 1 ⭐️, 🥲.

@wickedguro Congrats brotha

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf I knew it would reach 60k, but it's hard for me to process how my life is going to change, and that's I am going to get it every month (or even higher)

@Hartdrawss Congratulations 🔥

Exactly 1 Year Ago (March 13, 2025) I was fired from my US Remote Job > It was a regular Thursday morning at 7 AM IST. I joined the daily stand-up, gave my updates on the PRs and tickets closed, asked how to build this feature. > I noticed my TL was a bit down. Asked him in the end what's the reason and there it was "we have to part ways". > Reason simply being I was focusing too much on my startup as per them. > I asked if there was any possibility to give another chance, promised I'd lock in harder, deliver faster, prioritize fully. > But the decision was made and we moved forward with the separation. I was devastated. Told my friend @ilavanyajain that I got fired and he was like "are you joking" for like 4-5 times. Then I told my co-founder @WasimShips of the same. At that point dreamlaunch was doing $1000/mo roughly and the money wasn't enough to give me the confidence to go all in. For the next 10-15 days, I was in a confused state of choosing my dream or looking for a safety net again. I asked all my friends for referrals and thankfully there were few that could be arranged. I was scared. I had like 9 Months of total Runway if I lived Super cheaply. I sat down and went to play out all scenarios possible, the best and the worst and the okay one as well. Finally I took the call. I will live cheaply, I will try to figure this out. > Every day I spend more looking for safety, my life would push me towards not taking risk. 1 year more, I will need to pay rents, 1 year more, I will need to think about buying house, 1 year more, I will need to think about marriage. So I took my call. Let's go all in ! In the worst case, I will find some freelance gigs and make $1000/mo from them so life could always keep running. We started on this journey, I started with a small salary from going full-time. My co-founder ( @WasimShips ) suggested this and he did not withdraw any finance to help ensure I stay afloat. In these 12 months, I have seen all highs and lows. From months with 0 clients to working with biggest brands. The Journey has made me more thick skinned than anything I have ever experienced in life. But with showing up daily, things happened. I got sponsors, I got retainers, I got things happening. Early phase ( March–October 2025 ) : > 0-client dry spells that made me question everything. > Then sudden wins: biggest brands, retainers, sponsors on X > Hit $50k cumulative revenue by early October. > Months with $10k+ MRR > Got X sponsors rolling in > Selected into Residency accelerator program. > Started building my own SAAS ( shut down ) > Began hiring : team from 1 ; scaling toward 10+. The grind deepened ( late 2025–early 2026 ) : > Joined Residency ; poured 3 intense months into building a SaaS product. Collapsed due to marketing disputes. Brutal reset. > Pivoted hard: focused on Residency growth, personal brand, and client delivery. > Doubled down on building in public: content threads, breakdowns, playbooks (ICP guides, pricing cheatsheets, vibe-coding tips, font decisions, security rules). > More podcasts: returned to @kirat_tw's show ; this time as a founder, not just a dev. Also YC founders, IndieHackers chats. > Entered full AI × MVP era : RAG-heavy systems, automation agents, AI-powered tools. > Shipped large-scale financial systems. > Customer engagement platforms. > Document automation/filling tools. > Social bookmarkers & knowledge graphs (even built a D3.js physics-based one inside a client project ; nodes/links with forceCharge, forceLink, etc.). > Chrome extensions. > Call-analysis tools. > AI learning systems and agentic workflows. > Clients now global: US, Dubai, Australia, India, Saudi Arabia. > Wins for them : one client acquired, two others raised $100k each from accelerators. > Crossed $70k net revenue by late 2025, on track for $100k EOY. > Then pushed further : officially crossed $100,000 cumulative revenue in early 2026 (less than 1 year full-time ; still surreal at 23). Today (March 13, 2026): > Cumulative revenue well past $100k (consistent clients, retainers, repeat work). > Running Dreamlaunch as a global product studio: AI-powered MVPs & full products for early-stage founders/startups. > Shipping faster than ever: 5-week MVPs common now (planning heavy, execution mechanical). > Team growing steadily (on trajectory to 10+) > Living the exact dream the little kid inside me who once saw the dream of being a entrepreneur watching Sharktank USA finally launched his own dream, helping others build their own. > Tbh this bet could have played out bad. I would have had to shut things down. I would have had to look for job. > But I took the scary jump and the universe rewarded me I guess. The little kid inside me who at once saw the dream of being a enterprenuer watching Sharktank USA finally launched his own dream, helping others build their own. If you are reading till here; This is your sign, to keep going, keep showing up daily and keep hustling ! Lock in, work hard. Figure out what you want. Ignore the opinions of others. And do so much volume that it would be unreasonable that you’d be unsuccessful. One year ago I was terrified. Today I'm building the life I always wanted. Grateful. Onward

A major cheat code in life: Master the art of strategic incompetence. Some tasks you don't want to be good at. Be bad at them and watch them get reassigned. Not everything needs your excellence. Some things need your exit.

@ojaskandy Moon

We just hacked macOS to build Moonshot, the first AI agent with its own computer on your Mac! Moonshot works as a separate macOS user alongside you. 2 users, 1 mac. Join the waitlist for early access at moonshot.computer comment "MOON" for priority access

Dude I am fucking crying. I put a Halo ISO file in a folder and told Codex to make it playable on Mac. I left it running and I got jumpscared by suddenly hearing the Halo music theme blast out my speakers

>be Lee Kuan Yew >born 1923 in Singapore >British colony >fourth-generation Chinese >family is wealthy, English-speaking >top of every class 1942: >Japanese invasion >Singapore falls in 7 days >the British surrender >"impregnable fortress" — a joke >you're 18 >watch your colonial masters kneel >learn something >white men are not gods >power is earned, not inherited occupation: >survive under Japanese rule >learn Japanese, work as a translator >see brutality, corruption, chaos >nearly get executed in a random roundup >luck saves you >or destiny >you don't forget what powerlessness feels like 1946: >war ends >go to Cambridge >study law >graduate with double starred first >top of your class >marry Kwa Geok Choo >she graduates top of hers too >power couple before the term exists 1950: >return to Singapore >become a lawyer >defend unions, fight the British >anti-colonial firebrand >the communists want you >you use them >they think they're using you >they're wrong 1954: >found the People's Action Party >coalition of English-educated moderates and Chinese communists >you need their grassroots >they need your respectability >temporary alliance >you both know it 1959: >PAP wins elections >you become Prime Minister >age 35 >Singapore is still British >poor, dirty, overcrowded >no resources, no industry >malaria in the swamps >you: "we'll fix this" 1963: >join Malaysia >Singapore becomes part of the federation >finally independent from Britain >but the marriage is bad from day one >race riots, political clashes >Malay leaders don't want a Chinese-majority city >threatening their power August 9, 1965: >kicked out of Malaysia >not independence, expulsion >you announce it on television >you cry >the only time anyone sees you cry >"for me, it is a moment of anguish" >you're now leader of a country nobody wanted >no army, no water, no hinterland >just a swamp and 2 million people >survival is not guaranteed the problem: >no natural resources >not even fresh water >surrounded by hostile neighbors >communists infiltrating >racial tensions everywhere >how do you build a nation from nothing? the solution: >human capital >if you have nothing, invest in people >education, discipline, meritocracy >English as the common language >no corruption, zero tolerance >pay officials well so they don't steal >punish harshly when they do >caning, hanging, no exceptions >rule of law or rule of the jungle >you choose law the economics: >invite multinationals >make Singapore the easiest place to do business >low taxes, stable government, no bullshit >build infrastructure relentlessly >airport, port, housing >public housing for everyone >home ownership creates stability >people don't riot when they own property the authoritarianism: >no free press >defamation suits against critics >opponents bankrupted, jailed, exiled >chewing gum banned >long hair on men, suspicious >you run a tight ship >too tight, critics say >but the ship doesn't sink 1970s-80s: >Singapore transforms >from third world to first >GDP per capita explodes >skyline rises >slums become towers >swamp becomes financial hub >everyone wants to know the secret >the secret is you 1990: >step down as Prime Minister >after 31 years >but you don't leave >become Senior Minister >then Minister Mentor >shadow over everything >until you die the results: >GDP per capita: higher than the US, UK, Japan >one of the least corrupt countries on earth >best airport, best airline, best port >from fishing village to global city >in one generation >your generation the criticism: >authoritarian >no real democracy >freedom of speech, limited >you respond: "I'm not interested in being loved. I'm interested in being effective." >Singapore proves you right >or proves nothing matters except results March 23, 2015: >die at 91 >a million people line the streets >in the rain >to watch your funeral procession >the father of a nation from Japanese occupation >to British colonialism >to Malaysian expulsion >to building a nation from scratch Lee Kuan Yew. the man who turned a swamp into a superpower. Singapore exists because you refused to let it fail.