7 Pricing Mistakes That Keep Indie Developers Broke (And How to Fix Them)
Most indie developers underprice their work by 3x. Here are the exact mistakes — and the frameworks that fix them.
Practical articles on pricing, getting clients, marketing, and building a solo business. No fluff.
Most indie developers underprice their work by 3x. Here are the exact mistakes — and the frameworks that fix them.
Cold email open rates are under 20%. Here's what actually worked for indie founders to land their first real clients.
I wasted 6 months on marketing that produced zero results. Here's the honest post-mortem and what actually worked.
Practical techniques that reduced our LLM spend from $800/month to $160/month — with the same output quality.
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