The Art of Slow Growth: How I Calmly Grew My Chrome Extension to 100K Users In 5 Years
Mind-changing lessons learned on my journey to build a stress-free side project.
Marius Bongarts
❤️ User happiness ＞ hyper-growth
👨💻 Building http://web-highlights.com (80K+ users) ⭐️ 3x Top Writer on Medium: http://medium.com/@mariusbongarts
Latest articles
3 Unusually Painful Mistakes on My Side Project Journey to 100K Users
Mistakes are inevitable when building side projects. Learn from my 3 biggest mistakes to take a shortcut on the path to a successful side hustle. I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. — Yevgeniy Brikman The biggest mistake...
Forget About Marketing. Focus on Building An Awesome Product
I completely focused on building and stopped marketing for 3 months — here is what happened.
Time Vs. Dreams: Why I Decided to Sell My B2B SaaS AI Business
With the rise of ChatGPT, I got really excited to build my own AI business. I was not the only one. As a part-time indie hacker, I faced the daunting challenge of competing against fully dedicated and well-financed competitors eager to capitalize on ...
Are Web Components Dead?
Recently, I published an article with a different question on a similar topic: Will Web Components Replace Frontend Frameworks? Most of us would say NO. But what's your answer regarding the more controversial question of whether Web Components have a...
How to Compete with Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Co.
The big advantage of being small in a world of giants.
Rule of Three — Three Strikes And You Refactor
One of the most common misunderstandings in software development is the DRY principle — Don’t repeat yourself. It usually sounds straightforward: The DRY principle states that duplication and repetition in code that exists in two places and repeats t...
Publish Your Side Project, Now!
If you’re not embarrassed by your first release, you’ve launched too late.
My Journey to the First $ 9.99 with My Side Project
Passive income with Chrome extensions
