The Overcast podcasting app seems to be built by a single person: https://overcast.fm/skeptics_faq
Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
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Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#132Key Values ( https://www.keyvalues.com ) is a one-woman show (oh hi!). I started Key Values as a side project two years ago, but it quickly turned into my full-time passion and business. I'm doing ~$30k/month and it's almost all profit since I don't have an office or any employees. I recently talked to Courtland of Indie Hackers (already mentioned in the comments) about how I got here: https://www.indiehackers.com/po…
Really good website. However, I'm wondering as to why this is a full-time business. Is most of your time taken by marketing and sales?
Listen to her indie hackers podcast, exactly this discussion is covered extensively.
Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#133https://algodaily.com is profitable :-) And we're just getting started! Still very much a side project too.
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Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#134I started https://ipinfo.io as a side project, and then ran it fulltime as a one-person SaaS app for over a year. We're now a team of 8, profitable, and growing quickly. We're still 100% bootstrapped, and I have zero plans to raise any outside funding. We started with a simple IP geolocation API, which now handles over 20 billion API requests per month. We've added new data to that service, such as IP type classifica…
You got my GPS coordinates almost exactly correct. That's incredibly worrying. I mean, it's impressive from a technical standpoint; but still, worrying.
City level result here. Do you happen to live close to a center point of something?
Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#135Earlier quoted context omitted.
Neat! Could you add a category for part time? How do you enforce that the companies are being honest? Also the filters seems to OR each other so the more I pick the more results I get. I think most people expect filters to be AND.
Yeah, the filter really turns me off. The number of matches going up as I try to narrow things down is frustrating.
I second this sentiment
Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#136The Overcast podcasting app seems to be built by a single person: https://overcast.fm/skeptics_faq
I imagine the history of that single person might not be so relatable to people reading this thread :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Arment
Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#137Go for it!
I'm working on NanaGram (https://nanagram.co) solo and bootstrapped. Although I'm not making a full-time income yet, it's generating a profit. It's mostly automated.
NanaGram is the 3rd greatest generator of happiness and fulfillment in my life (after my wife and my dog). I get a constant stream of good vibes from customers, most recently voicemails from grandmothers! (https://nanagram.co/blog/feedback-by-vm)
Good luck :)
Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#138I'm the solo founder of Holiday API - https://holidayapi.com - a DaaS platform for holiday information.
The project was originally started in 2013 as an open source side project, while I running a network of niche social networks full-time (also quite profitable for a while), after serving as CTO of a daily deal company, that stemmed from my need for reliable holiday information without the overhead of actually maintaining said data on a regular basis.
A shift to a premium model was made in 2016 and the first month into being a premium service, it was profitable (sans my time ;) and has grown to ~$1500 MRR.
Ironically I started the project as a way to NOT have to maintain said data and now part of my day to day involves maintaining data accuracy... and sales outreach... and DevOps to improve... my own development efforts... and... and...
Recently received my YC rejection email for the upcoming batch (actually interviewed with another project with a partner a while back), but still hustlin'. Flying solo is great, but definitely can't get caught up in the echo chamber. Would highly recommend building a peer group of founders / other hackers & hustlers to meet / chat with regularly.
Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#139Key Values ( https://www.keyvalues.com ) is a one-woman show (oh hi!). I started Key Values as a side project two years ago, but it quickly turned into my full-time passion and business. I'm doing ~$30k/month and it's almost all profit since I don't have an office or any employees. I recently talked to Courtland of Indie Hackers (already mentioned in the comments) about how I got here: https://www.indiehackers.com/po…
Neat! Could you add a category for part time? How do you enforce that the companies are being honest? Also the filters seems to OR each other so the more I pick the more results I get. I think most people expect filters to be AND.
1. I think only ~1/150 companies I talk to are actively hiring part-time engineers, so it's unlikely I'll add this category any time soon... if ever. (Sorry!)
2. A lot of people don't trust employers, but in reality, hiring managers aren't trying to mislead people. Especially at small startups. It's extremely expensive (and heart-breaking!) to interview, hire, and onboard devs only to have them leave soon after. It's a competitive market and software engineers have their pick of the litter, so companies want to attract the right candidates, the ones who are truly aligned w/ their values and will stick around for the long haul.
3. Trust me, I don't want to use OR logic either! Once there are enough companies on Key Values for AND logic to provide a good user experience, I'll switch. For now, the results are sorted by number of matches and how highly companies rank those matches.
Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#140Earlier quoted context omitted.
You got my GPS coordinates almost exactly correct. That's incredibly worrying. I mean, it's impressive from a technical standpoint; but still, worrying.
City level result here. Do you happen to live close to a center point of something?
Yes, that's a reasonable explanation. I'm near enough to the middle of my town for that to be the cause.