A solo developer quit after reaching about $4,500 a month
After almost five years as a developer at a small startup, the owner left the job to work full time on personal products. Two earlier products had already been sold: CaptureKit for $15,000 and LectureKit for $6,750. The current products bring in about $4,500 a month together.
SocialKit, a social API, makes about $3,000 a month. PostPeer, a posting API launched three months ago, has reached $1,470 in MRR. That income is still lower than the former salary, but it had grown every month while only getting nights and weekends.
The plan is to spend about one year as an , test whether the path can work, and return to a job if it does not. The next focus areas are stronger SEO, consistent , public progress updates, and YouTube tutorials and how-to videos. The biggest risk is losing a steady salary, so the practical advice is to build while still employed when possible.
Key points
- The two active products make about $4,500 a month together.
- SocialKit makes about $3,000 a month, while PostPeer reached $1,470 MRR three months after launch.
- Two older products were sold for $15,000 and $6,750.
- The plan is to try full-time indie work for about one year, then get a job if it fails.
- The growth plan centers on SEO, , public progress updates, and YouTube tutorials.