I've been following your posts for about two years now and have found myself rooting for you. Your warmth of character and insightful nature are quite inspiring. I would like to get into indie hacking but have no 'unfair advantages'. Maybe with vibe coding and the power of AI i can turn my ideas into reality.
I feel so proud about this stranger I just recently started reading about on the internet. And it shouldn't even make sense, but it somehow does.
I just came from your previous update, which was in about 2023, where you were only making 45K a month with 90% of the profit. I could see some of myself in you. A lot of myself, actually.
A lot of the times, I don't have all the answers. And I've actually come to figure out, most people, all people really, don't have all the answers. We're all just figuring it out day by day.
The difference between most people and us is we can be brutally honest about it that I don't have all the answers. I mean, I'm taking steps, but I don't have all the answers.
It truly can feel very, very lonely. Even though you're surrounded by other people who build stuff. But when you go the specific path of a solopreneur, there are few others like you.
I've been creating on LinkedIn for more than one and a half years, and I can count on my fingers the number of actual solopreneurs that I've seen. It's crazy.
That space favors startup culture and building a big team model. So, partly my fault. But even on Substack, I haven't seen that many solopreneurs.
I always knew the path I choose would be out of the ordinary, far removed from the ordinary. But actually living with the consequences is a different experience.
I don't hate it. It's just different from what I pictured. Anyway, happy to see you're married.
very much inspiring, how about a trip to Stockholm and share some insights on the startup ecosystem, builders community there? just an idea for you anh
Heey, I'll love to you if you don't mind. I'm a website dev, still learning and trying to build a software product, but I struggle with ideas and how to come up with them.
Can you teach me or write on how you're able to come up with ideas or identify problems around you and solve them with a software. Cause I belive your softwares are solutions to problems you saw or figured out.
Wow, you’re the creator of TypingMind? I started following you before the LLM craze and I’ve also used TypingMind by chance. Crazy coincidence.
Amazing work. How long did it to take to ship your first build to real users? Are you the only dev working on it?
edit: btw, I heard of TypingMind through ChatGPT when asking for any free web apps that let me chat with any model using my API keys. I’ve asked this question in various forms over the past year and TypingMind consistently appeared, so seems to be an excellent referral source for you
Amazing to read ur story! Congrats on the journey and keep enioying the ride!
PS: where did u find waves in Switzerland ?
Thank you, Romain! No wave in Switzerland, unfortunately, but we enjoyed the nature a lot!
seriously awesome to hear about your progress and well done on achieving financial independence!
Having a sense of purpose every day is where true freedom really lies and it sounds like you’re well and truly on that pathway.
keep making stuff you love
Bro, super valuable insight. Enjoy reading your newsletter. Keep going.
I've been following your posts for about two years now and have found myself rooting for you. Your warmth of character and insightful nature are quite inspiring. I would like to get into indie hacking but have no 'unfair advantages'. Maybe with vibe coding and the power of AI i can turn my ideas into reality.
Keep writing Tony.
I feel so proud about this stranger I just recently started reading about on the internet. And it shouldn't even make sense, but it somehow does.
I just came from your previous update, which was in about 2023, where you were only making 45K a month with 90% of the profit. I could see some of myself in you. A lot of myself, actually.
A lot of the times, I don't have all the answers. And I've actually come to figure out, most people, all people really, don't have all the answers. We're all just figuring it out day by day.
The difference between most people and us is we can be brutally honest about it that I don't have all the answers. I mean, I'm taking steps, but I don't have all the answers.
It truly can feel very, very lonely. Even though you're surrounded by other people who build stuff. But when you go the specific path of a solopreneur, there are few others like you.
I've been creating on LinkedIn for more than one and a half years, and I can count on my fingers the number of actual solopreneurs that I've seen. It's crazy.
That space favors startup culture and building a big team model. So, partly my fault. But even on Substack, I haven't seen that many solopreneurs.
I always knew the path I choose would be out of the ordinary, far removed from the ordinary. But actually living with the consequences is a different experience.
I don't hate it. It's just different from what I pictured. Anyway, happy to see you're married.
I would love to hear tons of more updates.
Welcome to China～
So good my friends
Oh, when did you get married? Have you been away from Vietnam for long?
Welcome to China. Yunnan and Guangxi are very close to Vietnam.
very much inspiring, how about a trip to Stockholm and share some insights on the startup ecosystem, builders community there? just an idea for you anh
Amazing story, literally read it word form word.
Heey, I'll love to you if you don't mind. I'm a website dev, still learning and trying to build a software product, but I struggle with ideas and how to come up with them.
Can you teach me or write on how you're able to come up with ideas or identify problems around you and solve them with a software. Cause I belive your softwares are solutions to problems you saw or figured out.
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉
Your story is so motivating, enthusiastic and optimistic. Keep the good work going, man!
Wow, you’re the creator of TypingMind? I started following you before the LLM craze and I’ve also used TypingMind by chance. Crazy coincidence.
Amazing work. How long did it to take to ship your first build to real users? Are you the only dev working on it?
edit: btw, I heard of TypingMind through ChatGPT when asking for any free web apps that let me chat with any model using my API keys. I’ve asked this question in various forms over the past year and TypingMind consistently appeared, so seems to be an excellent referral source for you
it's helpful and inspired bro
Thanks Tony. This really inspired me. Keep sending emails.