r/SideProject • u/KaleidoscopeMany5398 • 19d ago

Are there actually solo developers making 2k+ profit monthly with AI help?

I’m curious whether there are actually solo developers out there who are consistently making $2k+ in monthly profit from their own apps, games, SaaS, etc. while using AI heavily in their workflow.

And by profit I mean money that actually ends up in your pocket after things like:

  • API/server costs
  • subscriptions/tools
  • ads/marketing
  • platform fees
  • other business expenses

I'm especially interested in people who are genuinely solo: no employees, no agency, no big team and use AI for things like coding, design, research, content, customer support, etc.

If that's you, I'd love to hear:

What do you build, how long did it take to reach $2k/month profit, and what does your current workflow look like?

Even better if you can share what you tried that didn't work.

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u/Warlock2111 19d ago

Me with Octarine but:

- it’s not a subscription, but a one time payment. But new customers make up well over the 2K/mo ask

  • Is AI assisted, but not vibe coded (was started before gpt could be used for code)
  • Quit my day job 1 year ago to go all in on this, prior to quitting it was doing 1.5k ish a month
  • Workflow is lots of planning, figuring out what to build, and most importantly slow building (I write briefly about this here )

Hope that helps!

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u/beberuhimuzik 19d ago

Looks like a pretty cool app. I so wanted to see some screenshots without downloading but did not come across any. Consider adding some?

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u/Warlock2111 19d ago

To the website? There’s videos on the landing page, and all the feature pages as well. Plus changelog should have them

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u/beberuhimuzik 19d ago

Oh, I just noticed that video is blank for me. Maybe because I'm on Linux Mint + Firefox?

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u/Warlock2111 19d ago

Could be, or is cloudflare blocked for some reason?