Indie-maker

I committed to learning publicly, and it hasn't always been smooth. This post reveals the hidden costs – time, ego hits – and the profound personal growth that emerged.

When you're solo, customer support is *you*. I share my initial struggles and the totally manual, yet effective, system I built to handle early customer inquiries without dedicated tools.

Early user feedback is gold, but it can quickly become overwhelming. I detail how I went from drowning in feature requests to having a clear, organized system for prioritizing and building.

Sharing the gut-wrenching decision process when a product isn't gaining traction, and my personal framework for deciding whether to pivot, kill, or double down.

This post reveals how I shifted from chasing vanity metrics to tracking internal state and energy levels, and how this seemingly 'unimportant' data dramatically improved my productivity and decision-making as a solo founder.