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Startup

521 objects in the archive · 520 ranked picks

Postmortems, revenue reports and build-in-public notes from founders

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  1. 51
    My Startup Failed, So We Open-Sourced the Tech
    veniqa.com20201 submissionHN thread
    337 pts
    144 cmts
  2. 52
    Post Mortem: A single whitespace character
    eatabit.com20141 submissionHN thread
    333 pts
    205 cmts
  3. 53
    Wolfenstein 3D secrets revealed by John Romero in lengthy post-mortem chat
    arstechnica.com20221 submissionHN thread
    330 pts
    113 cmts
  4. 54
    Postmortem for Malicious Packages Published on July 12th, 2018
    eslint.org20181 submissionHN thread
    329 pts
    155 cmts
  5. 55
    Well, We Failed – Wattage is shutting down
    medium.com20151 submissionHN thread
    328 pts
    157 cmts
  6. 56
    A List of Post-Mortems
    github.com2015–20202 submissionsHN thread
    326 pts
    32 cmts
  7. 57
    PostgreSQL HA cluster failure: a post-mortem
    gocardless.com20171 submissionHN thread
    322 pts
    117 cmts
  8. 58
    The strangest letter of the alphabet: The rise and fall of yogh
    deadlanguagesociety.com20251 submissionHN thread
    317 pts
    305 cmts
  9. 59
    Bootstrapping an Online Fabric Shop and Growing to $20k per month
    starterstory.com20181 submissionHN thread
    317 pts
    132 cmts
  10. 60
    How we bootstrapped our SaaS to $1M ARR
    scrapingbee.com20221 submissionHN thread
    316 pts
    148 cmts
  11. 61
    How Bubble bootstrapped a visual programming tool for non-coders to $100k/mo
    indiehackers.com20171 submissionHN thread
    315 pts
    113 cmts
  12. 62
    Building an $80k/month business with a software testing community
    indiehackers.com20161 submissionHN thread
    314 pts
    59 cmts
  13. 63
    Goat Simulator Post Mortem
    gamasutra.com20151 submissionHN thread
    304 pts
    85 cmts
  14. 64
    30kloc and $0 revenue. Lessons from my failed startup (& code release)
    truffles.me.uk20111 submissionHN thread
    301 pts
    97 cmts
  15. 65
    What are the most indispensable books for indie hackers?
    indiehackers.com20191 submissionHN thread
    301 pts
    61 cmts
  16. 66
    Bootstrapping My Side Project to $6k/Month
    indiehackers.com20171 submissionHN thread
    297 pts
    145 cmts
  17. 67
    The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done
    newyorker.com20201 submissionHN thread
    293 pts
    160 cmts
  18. 68
    Simple Analytics hits $4k MRR and shares its numbers
    simpleanalytics.com20201 submissionHN thread
    288 pts
    120 cmts
  19. 69
    My Startup Failed. Fuck.
    nemrow.tumblr.com20131 submissionHN thread
    287 pts
    178 cmts
  20. 70
    Slack Bot Business Tutorial: From zero to $25k per month
    standuply.com20181 submissionHN thread
    287 pts
    98 cmts
  21. 71
    How we bootstrapped a $1M ARR email client
    missiveapp.com20211 submissionHN thread
    284 pts
    138 cmts
  22. 72
    The rise and fall of the PlayStation supercomputers
    theverge.com20191 submissionHN thread
    283 pts
    169 cmts
  23. 73
    BMW heated seats subscription costs $18 per month in South Korea
    motor1.com20221 submissionHN thread
    281 pts
    384 cmts
  24. 74
    How We Bootstrapped a $20K Website into a $4M/year Business
    myclean.com20131 submissionHN thread
    273 pts
    166 cmts
  25. 75
    Post mortem of my one game a month
    usebox.net20141 submissionHN thread
    273 pts
    65 cmts
  26. 76
    Candy Japan crosses $10K MRR
    candyjapan.com20141 submissionHN thread
    269 pts
    103 cmts
  27. 77
    The Rise and Fall of Thinking Machines (1995)
    inc.com2013–20183 submissionsHN thread
    267 pts
    109 cmts
  28. 78
    Ramen Profitable
    paulgraham.com20091 submissionHN thread
    264 pts
    136 cmts
  29. 79
    How we hit our $30k ARR milestone
    blog.simpleanalytics.com20191 submissionHN thread
    261 pts
    20 cmts
  30. 80
    Using coding skills to make passive income
    coryzue.com20251 submissionHN thread
    259 pts
    141 cmts
  31. 81
    How I got to $9.99 MRR after 7 years
    cloak.ist20201 submissionHN thread
    258 pts
    107 cmts
  32. 82
    8088 Domination Post-Mortem, Part 1
    trixter.oldskool.org20141 submissionHN thread
    252 pts
    106 cmts
  33. 83
    How Zapier Reached $35M ARR
    ryanberg.co20181 submissionHN thread
    243 pts
    95 cmts
  34. 84
    The Rise and Fall of the Gopher Protocol
    minnpost.com20161 submissionHN thread
    235 pts
    62 cmts
  35. 85
    After losing my savings as an indie hacker, I can't do it anymore. I quit.
    indiehackers.com20201 submissionHN thread
    232 pts
    144 cmts
  36. 86
    The Rise and Fall of the LAN Party
    aftermath.site20241 submissionHN thread
    231 pts
    119 cmts
  37. 87
    What tech stacks are indie hackers using for their apps, and why?
    indiehackers.com20181 submissionHN thread
    230 pts
    192 cmts
  38. 88
    Startup mistakes: Lessons from failed startups
    failory.com20201 submissionHN thread
    230 pts
    74 cmts
  39. 89
    My First Passive Income Project, One Year Later
    sparklewise.com20121 submissionHN thread
    229 pts
    51 cmts
  40. 90
    I Bootstrapped My Side Project to $6k/Month (2017)
    blog.usejournal.com20181 submissionHN thread
    228 pts
    66 cmts
  41. 91
    Why we shut down a product that was $75,000/year profitable
    wildbit.com20121 submissionHN thread
    227 pts
    77 cmts
  42. 92
    A Passive Income Hacker's View on Wealth
    x.myles.io20131 submissionHN thread
    226 pts
    124 cmts
  43. 93
    A Failed SaaS Postmortem
    Mattlayman.com20191 submissionHN thread
    225 pts
    134 cmts
  44. 94
    The rise and fall of Ext JS
    medium.com20171 submissionHN thread
    220 pts
    128 cmts
  45. 95
    Eye contact marks the rise and fall of shared attention in conversation
    pnas.org20221 submissionHN thread
    218 pts
    172 cmts
  46. 96
    Mullvad: Shutting down our search proxy Leta
    mullvad.net20251 submissionHN thread
    218 pts
    140 cmts
  47. 97
    Post-Mortem for Bra Theory
    bratheory.com20191 submissionHN thread
    216 pts
    50 cmts
  48. 98
    Why 'Passive Income' Is A Dangerous Fantasy (2011)
    forbes.com20131 submissionHN thread
    211 pts
    164 cmts
  49. 99
    Game Engine Black Book Postmortem
    fabiensanglard.net20171 submissionHN thread
    209 pts
    69 cmts
  50. 100
    We bootstrapped our open source Google Analytics alternative to $500k ARR
    plausible.io20211 submissionHN thread
    206 pts
    68 cmts