What nobody tells you about traction. Reaching 1,5k users changed my day-to-day life completely
I’ve been building apps for 3 years little to no success. Recently, I launched my first successful startup –Yadaphone. It lets people and teams make cheap international calls from the browser. In under 3 months, it reached 1500 users, 7 enterprise customers, and brought in $15,000 in revenue. Before that, I thought I had a clear idea of how indie hacking works: you build something, launch it,...
Skype closed down - here are top 6 Skype alternatives for international calls
For the past 10 years, whenever I needed to call an international number, I used Skype. It had my back when I had to clear things up with the US university admissions from Austria, arrange a hotel pickup in Bali, or call my EU bank to see why my card was blocked while I was trekking through Argentina. I could call anywhere in the world for cents, and it was delightful. In February 2025,...
My latest post on Reddit got 300k+ views and 1000 upvotes. Here are 8 things that helped me go viral
1. Effort ≠results I’ve spent hours on posts that got 0 attention. I wrote my most viral post in 10 minutes while having morning coffee. You never know what will take off. Don't overthink it, just start writing and posting. 2. Don't be afraid to help competitors Some people say building in public I only give my competitors an advantage. That's is partly true. At least 2 people reached out and...
My non-AI app made $8000 USD in 2 months. Here’s how I did it
I’ve been building AI wrappers for the past 3 years as an indie hacker. None of them became profitable. Building failed products taught me how to code, design and market properly. And one day all those skills paid out The idea 2 months ago Skype announced it was closing down. Most people used Skype for video calls, but there was a niche of people who used Skype to make cheap international calls...
