$ grep -r "indie-dev" blog/
Posts tagged #indie-dev
4 posts
I stopped indexing the internet and let the database build itself
MyTops started as a fix for the half-hour “what should we watch” negotiation. It turned into a proof of concept for a database that gets populated by the questions people ask it.
29 August 2026
Marketing is harder than the code
What I learned shipping Permly solo — why paid installs produced zero revenue, why word of mouth beat Google Ads, and what I'd do differently on launch day.
Permly's privacy model: no ads, no data, no second agenda
Why I made no-ads and no-data-collection structural constraints in Permly — set before writing a single line of code — and why that architecture is a genuine competitive advantage.