How side projects changed my llfe and It could change yours 🧵↓

If my sporting activities were part of the MRR, I would have already reached a million 😂

People ask "How do I get my first 1000 followers?" Wrong question Right question: "How do I get my first 10 customers?" Followers don't pay bills Customers do 1 paying customer > 1000 followers who just like your tweets Build an audience of buyers, not browsers

Reminder: Night owls → 1–3AM grind Early birds → 6–8AM deep work You/Me → 45 min non-negotiable And that’s OK Their path ≠ your path Ritual beats willpower

Here is my plan for launching my next SAAS while I have a job I love and three children: I will spend 45 minutes every evening coding my side business: Here is the exact system I will put in place: 1. Evening preparation (5 min): - Open Windsurf with the previous day's context. - Review the conversation history with Claude - Check what has been delivered and what is blocked 2. High value-added coding (30 min): - Use Claude to follow my plan. - Code in Windsurf. - Test immediately in the browser. - Document what works in simple English. 3. Prepare marketing (10 min): - Take a screenshot of the progress. - Write a tweet about what I've learned. - Schedule it for the next day. The model: deliver small, document everything, build what I can in public. My 9-to-5 salary finances my experiments. My 45 minutes in the evening turn into products. Most people waste their evenings watching Netflix. I learn and build my personal growth

Stop feeling guilty about your screen time Imagine what you could build in just 10 minutes with Claude like a simple chrome extension! You just need to show up

I watched developers with 9-5 jobs try vibe coding side businesses Here's why most quit within 90 days: Mistake 1: They vibe coded features, not MVPs - Built for 6 weeks before showing anyone - Perfected UI instead of validating demand - Used AI to add complexity, not speed Mistake 2: They treated it like a hobby - Coded when "inspired" instead of scheduled - Skipped marketing because it felt uncomfortable - Never talked to potential customers Mistake 3: They compared their Chapter 1 to others' Chapter 20 - Saw Marc Lou's revenue screenshots - Felt inadequate with their $0 MRR - Quit before compound effects kicked in Who succeeded did this: - Protected 45 minutes every morning - Used Claude, cursor, Windsurf to ship one tiny feature daily - Posted progress publicly even at $0 revenue - Talked to 5 potential users per week Vibe coding, coding, stack aren't the blockers Consistency is Your 9-5 gives you the luxury of patience Most founders don't have that

Reminder: Daily posters → 100 posts/day Ghosts → 0 posts, 100 drafts You/Me → 5 posts/day, consistent And that’s OK Their path ≠ your path Consistency > intensity

The psychology behind successful launches: Don't announce what you're building Announce what you've already built "I'm going to create X" = Skepticism "I created X, here's who it helped" = Social proof

last night, side biz session resuming an old remixed project hint: leadgen I'm working on onboarding For me, onboarding is both the simplest and most complicated thing to do. Creating a simple, quick onboarding process that, once completed, allows users to use the tool

The highest-earning service businesses follow this formula: Service work + Content creation + Teaching others = 10x revenue Don't just clean garages, teach garage cleaning on YouTube. Don't just answer Santa mail, sell the system to others. Multiple revenue streams beat single services.

I studied 20 profitable indie hackers The successful ones don't build faster They validate faster Pattern: • Day 1-7: Customer interviews • Day 8-14: Landing page + pre-orders • Day 15-30: MVP for paying customers only Validation isn't a step It's the whole process

You say you have no time to vibe code a side business with your 9-5 job But you spent 2 hours scrolling X today You watched 3 YouTube videos about productivity You debated which AI tool to use for 45 minutes The math isn't the problem The honesty is Claude can generate a working feature in 10 minutes. You just need to show up

Two types of entrepreneurs: Type A: Builds for 6 months, launches to silence Type B: Validates for 6 days, builds for customers Type A thinks: "If I build it, they will come" Type B thinks: "If they want it, I will build it" One gets customers One gets crickets

Controversial take on bootstrapping: Your 9-5 salary is not your safety net It's your competitive advantage While funded startups burn cash on growth hacks You can: • Take time to find product-market fit • Say no to bad customers • Build for long-term value Patience beats pressure

I only use the top three levels of the pyramid, and I agree. Perplexity is underestimated. For market research, I would also add Claude. And in the end, Claude is still the big winner in my opinion. What about you?

SaaS founder looking for his first customer (and what's more, that first customer is his brother)

The difference between hobby projects and real businesses: Hobby: "I built something cool" Business: "I solved someone's expensive problem" Hobby: "Look at my tech stack" Business: "Look at my customer testimonials" Hobby: "It works perfectly" Business: "It makes money consistently" Which one are you building?

If you can't build a side business with "free time," you won't build one without it. free time wasn't the blocker Fear of shipping was

💡 Startup idea: 1-minute auction of unused domain names