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• #008Jun 26, 2026 · Solo Mobile / Global Pricing
  How a Solo Dev Hit $1K MRR Selling a $1.99 Pixel Habit Tracker
  A Mauritius solo dev grew Habit Pixel to $1,007 MRR in 8 months with PPP pricing, zero ads. The moat isn't the app — it's the grid users build inside it.
• #007Jun 25, 2026 · Pricing Iteration
  How One Google Workspace Marketplace Slot Prints $10K MRR (Peak $17K)
  MagicSlides sits at $10K MRR steady with 2M users and $0 paid ads. The product is a weekend. The moat is a marketplace listing two years older than yours.
• #006Jun 24, 2026 · Open-Source Distribution
  How Postiz Hit $113K MRR as Open-Source AI Social Plumbing
• #005Jun 23, 2026 · Pricing Iteration
  A DM Asking for a Pitch Deck Turned Into $17K MRR Across 136 Languages
  MagicSlides hit $17K MRR and 10M+ generated decks, solo. Tome raised $43M chasing the same room. The bet was the boring .pptx format and unsexy languages.
• #004Jun 22, 2026 · Pricing Iteration
  He Cut SaaS Pricing 51% on Day 4 After Watching 4 DMs and 2 Replays
  $68 MRR in 72 hours, then a 51% price cut. The persona was wrong before the pricing was — and grandfathering 2 customers is now the control group.
• #003Jun 20, 2026 · Health Vertical SaaS
  $602 MRR in 60 Days: A Diabetic Meal Planner With a Hidden Data Moat
  86 paid users at $7/mo, $89 cost, 80 build hours. One banner change lifted conversion 5 points — but the real asset isn't the SaaS, it's the data.
• #002Jun 20, 2026 · Shopify CRO
  How a Solo Operator Hit $4.2K MRR Selling $97 Shopify CRO Audits
  Inside the $4.2K MRR Shopify CRO audit business one founder built in 5 months. The product isn't the audit. It's a 24-hour clock.
• #001Jun 19, 2026 · AI Agency
  How a Solo Operator Hit $20K/mo Wiring n8n Into Local SMBs
  $3,500 setup + $300/mo retainer, 22 clients, 95% margin. The arbitrage isn't AI — it's the hour spent across the desk from a dental office manager.