Aaaaaand we're live on @ProductHunt ! After months of building in public @Beplan_app, it is finally launching. There are a lot of awesome stuffs coming soon too! If you could take 2 minutes to upvote and share, it would mean the world for me 🙏

I can't thank @T_Zahil enough for the opportunity to join the residency, work on obviouslead.com and do what I love at the same time 🎥❤️ I hope this short clip gives you a feel for this week at the Uneed Residency! Keep your eyes peeled for the next one in October!

✨ Introducing Uneed Residency Several times a year, we gather 14 indie hackers in a manor in France for a week 🙏🏻 A BIG thank you to our sponsors, @creem_io and Fload 📅 Next edition: late October Leave a comment and I'll DM you when applications open 👇🏻 🎥 By @arnoio

New blog post: Uneed Residency, the Finances thomas-sanlis.com/p/uneed-re…

Some changes, starting June 18th, about X and free plans.

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New blog post: Uneed Residency, recap. thomas-sanlis.com/p/uneed-re…

X API is forcing to go from subscription to pay-per-use on June 18th...

Last Tuesday, Beplan ran into an incident where media stopped being processed. This had two consequences: - In the app, any unprocessed media showed up as a black screen - Any post that contained unprocessed media failed to publish We've had a few similar hiccups in the past, but nothing this disruptive. To be direct: this is not the level of stability and quality I want Beplan to stand for, and I'm sorry for the friction it caused. Here's where things stand: - The issue has been fully resolved and a patch is already deployed. - I've added a brand-new server to the infrastructure, dedicated specifically to processing media. This gives media handling its own room to breathe instead of competing for resources, which is what made past incidents possible in the first place. This particular failure won't happen again. Thank you for your patience and for sticking with Beplan!

We talk a lot about success stories and MRR... This guy is putting it on the side this week to vibe code a whole system to help his mom that has Alzheimer. It leaves me speechless. If you don't follow him yet, do it now. Whether or not you understand French, follow the story. This is the kind of project our community should be rallying behind. Building something that matters for someone who matters. All the support to you, man. Keep going. 🫡

The Uneed Residency ended on Sunday for me. Honestly, I didn't know what to expect. I was excited, but also a bit nervous! What I found was a group of incredibly talented people, but more importantly, incredibly human people. We all come from different backgrounds. Some are just starting their entrepreneurial journey, others are much further ahead. Yet you wouldn't know it from the way they act. Everyone was humble, approachable, and genuinely willing to help. I wish I could have been there more. Family comes first, so I couldn't stay the whole time. But every conversation, every encounter, left me richer than before. I'm not someone who collects things, but I keep objects that mark important moments in my life. In 2019, during a yoga retreat in Portugal, I met a few entrepreneurs who planted a small seed in my mind. Around that time, my wife gave me a small Ganesh statue. In Hindu tradition, Ganesh is known as the remover of obstacles. To me, it became a symbol of finding meaning in my professional life, and eventually building a life with more freedom and joy. A few years later, I met @Aivars_Meijers (the CODE cap). At a time when I was deeply questioning my professional future (I had just god laid off), he helped me find some light again. Despite everything he has going on, he always took the time to answer my messages. Then I met @nicolasBachur, who showed me that making a living from apps was actually possible. It's different when the example isn't someone on the internet, but someone living close to you. And then @T_Zahil became my neighbor. The first time he told me about the idea of the Uneed Residency, I immediately knew I wanted to be part of it. Since January, I've been making a living from my apps. Yet somehow, I still struggled to call myself an indie developer. Maybe because changing your identity takes time. Before the Residency, I barely knew any indies personally. It's not really the mindset I grew up around, nor the one I found in most of my previous professional circles. But I can honestly say there is a before and an after Uneed Residency. The indie community is incredible, and for the first time, I genuinely feel like I belong here. I want to stay in touch with the people I met, follow their journeys, and meet more people like them in the future. (And keep improving my English 😄) Thank you Thomas for making this happen, for putting people at the center of the experience, and for making everyone feel welcome. The world needs more people like you.

May wrapped. Let's talk numbers. The good: 🔻 Churn collapsed from 17.2% to 6% 📈 SaaS Quick Ratio jumped from 1.78 to 2.55 The mixed: 🔄 Trials went from 27 to 25 (slight dip) 📊 Trial conversion rate went from 41.5% to 41.9% (stable, but I want back 50% ) The one to watch: 📉 Growth rate went from 18.4% to 13.8% So what's the SaaS Quick Ratio and why do I care about it more than growth rate? It measures how efficient your growth is. The formula is (New MRR Expansion MRR) divided by (Churned MRR Contraction MRR). Two companies can grow at the exact same rate, but one is hemorrhaging revenue and replacing it with new customers, while the other is barely losing anyone. They look identical on a growth chart. They are not identical businesses. Above 1 means your growth is healthy. I went from 1.78 to 2.55, which means my growth is getting cleaner, not just bigger. So what's the plan? On churn: learned during the residency not to draw conclusions too fast. 6% is encouraging but I'm keeping my head down and continuing to reduce it. On conversion: I want to claw back to 50%. It was there before and it'll be there again. On growth: I basically let it run on autopilot since February while I focused on building. Now with V2 coming, I'm going back at it properly. New product, redesigned site, and real marketing effort again. Could move a lot of things at once. Lots of variables converging at once. Could go several ways. That's what makes it exciting. 👀

Even on the last day, we're still working at the Uneed Residency. Or at least, that's how the afternoon started... @Pauline_Cx shared what worked well for her in business and the lessons she learned along the way. The discussion naturally expanded, with @DmytroKrasun, @benjamincode, @T_Zahil and other founders sharing their experiences and tips. Lots of practical insights and food for thought. A great way to wrap up the week!

A masterclass of growing a SaaS product to 30k MRR by @DmytroKrasun on one paper

What we expected the residency to be: work What really happened:

I've spent all morning coding so I'm taking the day off to play Path of Exile and brainrot ;w; BUT I've made SO MUCH progress!! And, something special might be coming soon too... @MaxInPublic and I are planning to have @Beplan_app integrated with the hub so that you can schedule and learn all from one place! ~

Yesterday was my last day at Uneed Residency. I’m leaving with a full heart. What an amazing experience. I met so many inspiring people and made connections I’ll never forget. A HUGE thank you to @T_Zahil for making this experience possible! I’m so sad but hope to see you all again soon 🫶 @SoraiaDev @MaxInPublic @heymattia @Pauline_Cx @benjamincode @arnoio @filippkowalski @hugolassiege @DmytroKrasun @NicolasPapegaey @ikoichi @olexalysenko @ema_totaro @DmytroBavykin

I'm sorry about not posting anything the past few days, during the Uneed Residency I felt a bit guilty about this at first, but I realized that it was ok, because my main priority this week was being 100% present for the residents And tbh, they're doing an amazing job promoting the residency without me 🤩 But I won't stay quiet for long! In the coming days, I plan to: - Finish my daily series of blog posts, and talk about how it went day by day - Publish a lot of photos and videos - Publish all the finances of the week, to help people start their own residencies - Do 1:1 calls with all the residents to debrief, gather their feedback, etc - Find a business model to make those residencies profitable - Start to look for sponsors for the next edition, which will take place in the same manor, in October (if you're interested, DM me!) TLDR; I'm going to publish a lot of content about the residency soon, and there will be a second edition 😎