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How a Solo Dev Built a SaaS With No Employees
Episode 35 of The Indie Hacker Podcast: Lucas and Luna explore the story of a solo developer who built a SaaS product — a website monitoring tool called Pulsetic — entirely alone, with no co-founders or employees. They break down how Pulsetic reached 10,000 paying customers and over $1 million in annual recurring revenue run rate as of early 2026, using automation, customer support chatbots, and a hyper-focused product roadmap. Lucas explains the key strategies: avoiding feature creep, leaning on AI for customer support, and building a lean operation that lets one person run the entire…
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