Marcin Michalak

7 years ago I learned to code and built an app to scratch my own itch. It grew to 3500+ users. 😢 But, I failed to monetise it (< $1100 all-time revenue) I abandoned the project 2 years ago and now I want to revive it. Let me share my journey, here on 🦋

Reworked the hero section on the landing page to show before vs. after (with or without the app). 🌟 What do you think?

Imagine you can just click a csv or xls file on your Mac and it opens in Google Sheets… Oh, I’ve just shipped it 😇 csvtosheets.com Simple as that… You can try it for free.

Tough days as an indie hacker recently… - My 9-5 costs a lot of 🔋 recently 💀 - my agency cofounder got seriously sick and I had to take over some responsibilities 😕 - it’s a flu season and my kids are getting sick more often 😬 Anyone else feeling overwhelmed? #buildinpublic

Day 12: Massive UI overhaul. After not touching the UI for 3 years I’m now rebuilding it. Thanks to TailwindCSS the whole process is a breeze. Also getting a lot of interesting feedback around pricing recommending to introduce annual plan. What are your thoughts on that? #buildinpublic

Your bookmarks folder is where good content goes to die ☠️

Time to call it a day. Sending an email update after many, many, many months to your user base is scary as f*. Let's look at the numbers tomorrow morning. Let's try to relax now. All links work, right? #buildinpublic

I’m in the good company! 👌👌👌

Missing bookmarking option on 🦋? I've got you. The newest version of Mailist extension lets you bookmark posts on BSky! How cool is that? 😇 #buildinpublic

Day 7 / Part 2: WIP: 🦋 bookmarking feature for my extension #buildinpublic

Love seeing these weekly stats from @figma.com marketplace 😍 Getting close to 1000!

Day 7: Final fixes for the extension. And finally uploaded to Chrome and Firefox stores for a review! 🎊🎊🎊🎊

Day 5: Twitter/X Bookmarks export feature works! 😱 *Tested successfully with 51 bookmarks at once.* #buildinpublic Releasing the update soon! 😇

Recent emails stats: My app (live for 7 years) sends ~1000 emails every week with private newsletters. Open rate averages 24-28% CTR: 1-1.5% Collecting ideas how to improve Open Rate 👀 #buildinpublic

Day 4: Finalized X bookmark action with automated sync/save to my extension. Not gonna lie, it was a challenge to detect these clicks in X's UI! #buildinpublic

Woke up to this. 🦋 is amazing.

#buildinpublic How do you handle legal stuff? GDPR/Privacy Policy/Terms etc.? ChatGPT or real legal advisor? Askin for a friend 😅

Day 3: Finalized new feature for my extension. Use case: export my Twitter/X saved bookmarks and save it in my extension. I didn't want to pay $200/mo for API access. Sure! 😇 Next: • Prepare to release the update to Chrome Store. • Promo on X

Game Plan *5 days*: • Refresh Chrome extension by fixing UI glitches and adding one major functionality for Twitter/X users • Promote new feature on X • Get 10 customers • Fix minor bugs in Rails app Status: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🔲 If successful: - Migrate main app to NextJS - Continue improvements Status: 🔲 🔲