Aniela

Backend dev with 6 years of experience, now building dev tools.
Currently building PokeDemo, interactive product demos you can self-host. One-time pricing, no subscription.

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Stop Renting Your Product Demos

Do you actually own what you build?

I was tired of renting product demos, so I built my own tool

Building, failing, rebuilding, and then hitting $30k MRR in a year

I'm 7 weeks into building a SaaS for contractors. 0 paying users as of now. Here's the journey.

Are indie makers actually bad customers?

Growing a GEO tool to a mid-five-figure MRR within a year

Day 3 update: 60+ cold DMs sent, 2 replies, 0 paying customers — here's what I've learnt and found.

👉 The most expensive contract mistakes don’t feel risky

The SaaS Graveyard is Paved with "Cool" Ideas: 8 Brutal Mistakes Indie Founders Make

5 Positioning Mistakes I See Founders Make Every Day

Hitting $25k+ MRR by making his goals less ambitious

I've been reading 50 indie builder posts a day for the past month. Here's the pattern nobody talks about.

Pivoting to reach a wider audience and hitting a 5-figure MRR

From simple newsletter to $4.5M/yr media company

Acquiring micro-SaaS products and growing them to $120k MRR

$300 MRR in 7 days. Here's exactly how I launched PostClaw.

Staying close to customers and hitting $16k/mo

I realized the loudest users aren’t the ones who matter

I’m building a 24/7 AI agent that runs workflows for founders — looking for feedback