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I've been running a bootstrapped, lifestyle software business since 2005. I've linked to some articles you might find relevant here (for free!): https://successfulsoftware.net/starting-a-microisv/
Not exactly a resource but more of an advice - learn software development. Unless you are familiar to some extent, you will always be dependent on a competent software engineer, and that will make it much harder to build a lifestyle business. Second advice, use Ruby on Rails or Django as a web framework and don't follow after the complexities of JS and other newcomers. Phoenix (Elixir) is awesome but that will requir…
Phoenix is just as easy as Rails to get started and now with LiveView, easier than needing to know Ruby and JavaScript. It’s a secret weapon for indie hackers.
It's my framework of choice and a secret weapon indeed but let's not pretend it's rails-easy. It's just not.
Covers all the angles including for non technical founders.
Not exactly a resource but more of an advice - learn software development. Unless you are familiar to some extent, you will always be dependent on a competent software engineer, and that will make it much harder to build a lifestyle business. Second advice, use Ruby on Rails or Django as a web framework and don't follow after the complexities of JS and other newcomers. Phoenix (Elixir) is awesome but that will requir…
As a JS developer, I second this. I love node, react and typescript, but they're great tools to build very complex web apps — think Figma or an in-browser IDE. If you're building a typical CRUD app and don't have a VC-backed budget, just use a Django or Rails.
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I don't want to hijack this thread, but what does Django do? I ask, cause I have a service that is a Rust backend (kind of specialized in what it does) + a SolidJS frontend... But I've seen a potential area for growth, I didn't imagine at first, and that would be stuff like user profiles, authentication, and managing stuff. And I really don't want to cut all this more "CRUD" like stuff in Rust and an SPA. I don't kno…
Nothing against Django, just suggesting another option: Laravel offers the same "out of the box" tools that Django does. Django is built with Python, Laravel with PHP. Someone will be along in a moment to start the flame wars about why one or the other or both totally suck , but for your purposes it's most important to choose the language and approach that will be most comfortable to you.
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discuss.bootstrapped.fm is well worth a look. I miss Joel's Business of Software forum (I was one of the moderators) - sadly I don't think that is still available.
That’s a shame! I was wondering why it wasn’t available when trying to link to it the other day.
Lifestyle businesses are underrated in my opinion. They are also more achievable than a multi-million exit, especially if a lifestyle business is the planned goal. A lifestyle business does have particular challenges however. Specifically, moving it from a stage two to stage three business as described in Scale by Finkel and Hoffman: https://www.amazon.com/Scale-Seven-Proven-Principles-Busines... A stage 1 business d…
While lifestyle businesses are the first step in their process to free your own time to swing for something bigger, check out the Microconf channel on YouTube. Covers all the angles including for non technical founders.
What’s “lifestyle” in this context? I can think of a couple of meanings, but the first thing I’d recommend is a lawyer to figure out your language, privacy policy, exposure if using certain terms. For example results, quality, etc would need legal documents to basically say ‘results may vary’ based on jurisdiction.
I’m enjoying being a member of Ramen Club https://ramenclub.so/
What do you like about it? It feels like a lot of money for potentially little value?