Writing on creating products, discovering new ideas, and building a business.

My thoughts on programming, product design, and indie hacking, collected in one place.

SaaSculator part 7 – getting user feedback & usage statistics

This is part of a series about building my side project SaaSculator . Each part covers my experiences and learnings while developing. The topics include the development, design, marketing & running of this project. You can find all parts here . In the last part I launched saasculator.com on Netlify....

SaaSculator part 6 - launching on Netlify

This is part of a series about building my side project SaaSculator . Each part covers my experiences and learnings while developing. The topics include the development, design, marketing & running of this project. You can find all parts here . Static site hosting I have already mentioned that I...

SaaSculator part 5 – adding real provider data

This is part of a series about building my side project SaaSculator . Each part covers my experiences and learnings while developing. The topics include the development, design, marketing & running of this project. You can find all parts here . Last time I made the calculator functional. A user...

SaaSculator part 4 – adding functionality

This is part of a series about building my side project SaaSculator . Each part covers my experiences and learnings while developing. The topics include the development, design, marketing & running of this project. You can find all parts here . Model bindings & computed properties with Vue The product...

SaaSculator part 3 – implementation of the first design

This is part of a series about building my side project SaaSculator . Each part covers my experiences and learnings while developing. The topics include the development, design, marketing & running of this project. You can find all parts here . Creating the project Finally getting to development! Last time...

SaaSculator part 2 - first features & initial design

This is part of a series about building my side project SaaSculator . Each part covers my experiences and learnings while developing. The topics include the development, design, marketing & running of this project. You can find all parts here . Determine the MVP features Alright, let’s get to actually...

SaaSculator part 1 - inspiration & idea

Inspiration to idea – scratching my own itch Recently I thought about creating a project, which would require a payment gateway. I already knew about Stripe, Gumroad and Braintree, but never researched the differences in detail or thought about which one to chose if I ever need one. Still, I...