alt Hacker NewsI run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack
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This is similar to what I do. Linode, Debian, Go, HTMX, SQLite (with modernc.org/SQLite so I have no CGO dependency) and Caddy. If I have apps that need a lot of storage, I just add an S3 bucket.
I do it even more simpler: build in PHP and webhosting from Hetzner. All managed: email, sub-domains, name-servers, OS updates/patches etc.
I really started to enjoy managed servers/instances.
Agree with a lot of this except sqlite, and the fact that if I commit to building something I typically put it in the cloud with basic scaling from the start for efficiency.
I read it as an article in defence of boring tech with a fancier/clickbaity title.
Here’s the more honest one i wrote a while back:
Can anybody validate this Github Copilot trick for accessign Opus 4.6? Sounds too good to be true.
Forget about the tech stack, how do I get multiple $10k MRR companies?
I decided to look at their website halfway through the post,
This is really what 10k mrr can get you? A badly designed AI slop website that isn't even mobile correctly compatible. The logo is white background on black website like a university project.
I can't believe that people are willingly spending money on this.
We have gone full circle haven't we?
Does anybody know a good service to self host Ai? My graphics card is shit, I want to rent hardware to run my own models
So what's the $10K MMR product, exactly? The lede is buried into nonexistence. Is it this one: https://www.websequencediagrams.com/ ...?
> Here is the trick that you might have missed: somehow, Microsoft is able to charge per request, not per token. And a "request" is simply what I type into the chat box. Even if the agent spends the next 30 minutes chewing through my entire codebase, mapping dependencies, and changing hundreds of files, I still pay roughly $0.04.
Really? Lol. If it's true why would you publish it? To ensure Microsoft will patch it up and fuck up your workflow?
It always make me both roll my eyes and smile a little when i see someone daft enough to think they need some obscene setup - you dont. You never have. You are not Amazon, Microsoft, Google, etc. If you get to the point where you need that kind of setup you're already employing a dev ops team thats telling you that.
Stick whatever you're working on onto a ~$5/mo cheapo vps from someone like Hetzner, Digitalocean, etc and just get on with building your thing.
Is infra where investors money is going? I imagined salaries would be it. Marketing costs maybe.
Very interesting insights on long running Llms locally.
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>The feedback was simply: "What do you even need funding for?"
Not clear from the text, but what was your plan using the funding on? If you did not have a plan, what did you expect? VCs want to see how adding more money results in asymmetric returns.
You already have and had everything you need to scale the business to max and it hasn’t happened so more money won’t help.
What do you want VC to do?
You didn’t bring a plan.
I think making is the easiest part, would be really cool if you also reveal how you distribute what you are making for $20/mo.
If you can’t articulate what you need funding for, don’t be surprised if nobody will give it to you?
AI has solved the "code problem", but it hasn't solved the "marketing problem"…
well, the guy runs what he runs and can't complain
Eh-trade.ca eh? The name spells the exit strategy this is seeking. Awesome idea and a great execution. Vertical scaling will take this simple setup far and probably far enough.
You can get all the advantages and almost none of the constraints by buying a bigger base server for $50/m
Not my website. I found this interesting.
eh the super low cost only comes from low complexity. If complex, people pay more, features cost more, infra costs aren’t that big of a cost compared to dev time.
nice article, validates some of the things i already thought. although im sure things like aws and database servers etc are still useful for big companies
So is the slopaclypse gonna destroy HN too? 2nd from the top AI written non-proofread article
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What a fascinating article. I especially love the part about writing extremely detailed requests which only cost $0.04 versus the token approach most “vibe code” devs use. Fortunately his tactic is almost impossible to emulate for 90% of the YCombinator audience / HN commentators.
Why do I know this? Because there had to be a declaration here to stop using ChatGPT and other Agents to write YOUR OWN GODDAMN POSTS. Thinking isn’t your strong suit, Greed is, and taking the time to learn the power of English doesn’t satisfy the latter, so you minimize it to your own detriment.
Don’t get mad at me. Go punch a mirror.
LMFAO at Linode / Digital Ocean as lean servers.
Hetzner / Contabo maybe. Cloudflare workers definitely.
This guy is not at my level and multiple $10k MRR is possible but unlikely.
A lot of this advice is good or at least interesting. A lot of it is questionable. Python is completely fine for the backend. And using SQLite for your prod database is a bad idea, just use Postgres or similar.
Where do you get your eh-trade.ca stock price data? Given the licensing fees, that seems like one of the greater challenges of bootstrapping anything with market data.