Hey HN,
I'm a self-taught mediocre dev without a job.
I love building apps and launched 17 products in the last 2 years ( all of them: https://www.marclou.com/ )
I realized I was doing the same thing over and over: set up DNS records, listen to Stripe webhooks, design pricing section... So I built ShipFast ( https://shipfa.st/ ) for 3 reasons:
1. Save time and focus on what matters: building a business
2. Avoid headaches like emails ending in spam or waiting 3 days for Google to approve
3. Get profitable fast
When I launched 4.5 months ago, I told my wife "we're lucky if we make $100"
Fast forward to today, the boilerplate has made $220K in revenue (~$200K in profits) and helped 1,500 devs launch their startups.
I created a community on Discord and there are new products launched daily and makers earning their first $1 online, which makes me happy.
Revenue isn't slowing down ($1.9K today, $2.2K yesterday). That's the first time in my life having enough money without having to think about paying the bills.
I have no clue what's next. Just thought it would be nice to share here on HN where my journey started (in Show HN: to be precise)
— Marc
