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How a Solo Dev Hit 10K MRR by Selling a macOS Menu Bar App
In this episode of The Indie Hacker Podcast, Lucas and Luna break down how a solo developer named Sarah Chen built 'MenuMetrics' — a tiny macOS menu bar app that shows real-time SaaS metrics — and grew it to $10,000 monthly recurring revenue without any venture funding. They walk through Sarah's specific strategy: identifying a hyper-specific pain point (the hassle of checking multiple dashboards), launching with a single feature set, pricing at $9 per month with no free tier, and using Twitter threads and niche indie hacker communities instead of paid ads. The hosts also discuss why…
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