Indie Software Studio
Serendipity
Labs
/serˌənˈdipədē labs/
Where happy accidents become beautiful software.
My side project has side projects.✦Shipped before the coffee got cold.✦MVP: Minimum Viable Perfection? Nah, just ship it.✦git commit -m 'yolo'✦Works on my machine is lame excuse.✦Another day, another deploy.✦Perfection is a procrastination technique.✦If it compiles, it should ship.✦Delete code, feel joy.✦The best feature is the one you didn't build.✦Buttons: zero. Confusion: also zero.✦Less is more. Unless it's revenue.✦rm -rf complexity✦Every line of code is a liability.✦Bootstrapped and unbothered.✦Powered by coffee and stubbornness.✦Meetings: 0. Features shipped: plenty.✦No investors were harmed in the making of this app.✦My burn rate? Coffee beans.✦Revenue > Runway.✦Profit is self-care for startups.✦Customers > Pitch decks.✦ARR: Actually Real Revenue.✦README: Actually read it.✦TODO: Ship this before I overthink it.✦console.log('Still at it.')✦:wq and walk away.✦Tabs vs spaces? Ship the feature.✦Dark mode by default. Obviously.✦
My side project has side projects.✦Shipped before the coffee got cold.✦MVP: Minimum Viable Perfection? Nah, just ship it.✦git commit -m 'yolo'✦Works on my machine is lame excuse.✦Another day, another deploy.✦Perfection is a procrastination technique.✦If it compiles, it should ship.✦Delete code, feel joy.✦The best feature is the one you didn't build.✦Buttons: zero. Confusion: also zero.✦Less is more. Unless it's revenue.✦rm -rf complexity✦Every line of code is a liability.✦Bootstrapped and unbothered.✦Powered by coffee and stubbornness.✦Meetings: 0. Features shipped: plenty.✦No investors were harmed in the making of this app.✦My burn rate? Coffee beans.✦Revenue > Runway.✦Profit is self-care for startups.✦Customers > Pitch decks.✦ARR: Actually Real Revenue.✦README: Actually read it.✦TODO: Ship this before I overthink it.✦console.log('Still at it.')✦:wq and walk away.✦Tabs vs spaces? Ship the feature.✦Dark mode by default. Obviously.✦
My side project has side projects.✦Shipped before the coffee got cold.✦MVP: Minimum Viable Perfection? Nah, just ship it.✦git commit -m 'yolo'✦Works on my machine is lame excuse.✦Another day, another deploy.✦Perfection is a procrastination technique.✦If it compiles, it should ship.✦Delete code, feel joy.✦The best feature is the one you didn't build.✦Buttons: zero. Confusion: also zero.✦Less is more. Unless it's revenue.✦rm -rf complexity✦Every line of code is a liability.✦Bootstrapped and unbothered.✦Powered by coffee and stubbornness.✦Meetings: 0. Features shipped: plenty.✦No investors were harmed in the making of this app.✦My burn rate? Coffee beans.✦Revenue > Runway.✦Profit is self-care for startups.✦Customers > Pitch decks.✦ARR: Actually Real Revenue.✦README: Actually read it.✦TODO: Ship this before I overthink it.✦console.log('Still at it.')✦:wq and walk away.✦Tabs vs spaces? Ship the feature.✦Dark mode by default. Obviously.✦
The Manifesto
Six principles that guide everything we build.
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Good software is good art.
We believe that software can be beautiful, elegant, and a joy to use.
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Ship fast, iterate faster.
Perfect is the enemy of shipped. Launch early, learn from real users, improve constantly.
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III
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Every feature we add must justify its existence. Complexity is debt.
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Independence over infinite scale.
We choose freedom over unicorn dreams. Sustainable beats hypergrowth.
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Profit is freedom — embrace sustainability.
Revenue is not a dirty word. It's what lets us keep building.
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Small Teams can make an impact in the world, one commit at a time.
The indie hacker spirit: small teams, big impact.
Our Craft
Stuff that's been shipped.
Chess Clock Plus
Timer for players
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Blood Sugar Tracker
Diabetes logger & food tracker
iOS
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Stockfish Chess Analysis
Best move scanner AI
iOS
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Transcribe
Private audio speech to text
iOS
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Knighty
Offline chess puzzles
iOS
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LibriVox!
Ad-free audiobooks for all
iOS
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H for Hacker News
Tech news & discussions
iOS
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Deep Work
Focus in a distracting world
iOS
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Privy
AI-powered transcription for macOS
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Sticksy Notepad
Quick notes, kanban and journal
iOS
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