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One-man SaaS, 9 Years In
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Re: One-man SaaS, 9 Years In
#22Inspired beyond belief. Personally I'd rather commit suicide than work for the slave drivers at apple and google who screwed my life over then gave me jobs proving their guilt.
Or you could, you know, have a normal job.
Re: One-man SaaS, 9 Years In
#23Am in a similar situation running a 1 person SaaS B2C product.
Recently wrote up a similar review post about the fears, failures and successes I experienced over the past year:
https://www.magiclasso.co/insights/ad-blocker-year-in-review...
Re: One-man SaaS, 9 Years In
#24The linked email story was also interesting: https://blog.healthchecks.io/2023/08/notes-on-self-hosted-tr... The author's end solution goes against all common HN wisdom (!) This is the way things should work. There should be millions of email senders and receivers, not just 32 mafiosas (Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, MailChimp, etc). There are endless counter-examples on HN advocating against hosting something as simple as e…
“As simple as email…”
You could at least be realistic instead of blatantly sounding like a zealot.
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#26I'm really glad to see he's doing well.
I love Healthchecks.
It's open source and easy to set up if you'd like to go that route.
His free tier is more than enough for my self hosting shenanigans and it's been one of the most reliable parts of my setup.
Re: One-man SaaS, 9 Years In
#27The linked email story was also interesting: https://blog.healthchecks.io/2023/08/notes-on-self-hosted-tr... The author's end solution goes against all common HN wisdom (!) This is the way things should work. There should be millions of email senders and receivers, not just 32 mafiosas (Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, MailChimp, etc). There are endless counter-examples on HN advocating against hosting something as simple as e…
“As simple as email…” You could at least be realistic instead of blatantly sounding like a zealot.
With things like https://mailinabox.email/ it is actually simple.
Re: One-man SaaS, 9 Years In
#28I really respect your choice to optimize for balance and enjoyment.
My journey as a solopreneur is similar, but I still struggle with giving myself permission to rest. "If I take a break, the company is at a stand-still!"
Despite the self-imposed pressure and anxiety though, it is still a dream come true. I actually had a shocking realization recently that mornings are now my favorite time of day!
When I was a corporate engineer, I would get the sunday scaries every week and find any excuse to push back bedtime another hour. But now, I wake up excited and energized to work on a project I love... and maybe someday I'll give myself permission to do that less than 7 days a week.
Anyway, I digress.
I'm so happy to hear your SaaS is going strong after 9 years. Cheers! And here's to 9 more!
Re: One-man SaaS, 9 Years In
#29Congrats.
Same with me. On my one year mark as a one person saas with 123x.dev . Helping Monday and Atlassian customers with custom apps.