- Product Hunt began as a simple list emailed out to people.
- Levels.fyi was powered by a Google Sheet until 2021.
- Crave Cookies was making $200k/mon according to their interview using a SQlite DB which started as a JSON file.
- Headlime started as a JSON file sitting on his frontend with no DB - then sold for $60k a week later
Tools I personally am exploring:
- DB: Google Sheets - either through API (numerous services like sheet.best for this or self-hosted)
- DB: Airtable - it provides API out of the box and has forms and whatnot too, keeps things real quick to start
- Whole Shebang: have only built toy examples, but Glideapps and Softr seem like handy options to spin an idea up really quickly and not getting distracted by tech rabbit holes
Some of my favorites:
- Nomad List started as a Google Sheet.
- Product Hunt began as a simple list emailed out to people.
- Levels.fyi was powered by a Google Sheet until 2021.
- Crave Cookies was making $200k/mon according to their interview using a SQlite DB which started as a JSON file.
- Headlime started as a JSON file sitting on his frontend with no DB - then sold for $60k a week later
Tools I personally am exploring:
- DB: Google Sheets - either through API (numerous services like sheet.best for this or self-hosted)
- DB: Airtable - it provides API out of the box and has forms and whatnot too, keeps things real quick to start
- Whole Shebang: have only built toy examples, but Glideapps and Softr seem like handy options to spin an idea up really quickly and not getting distracted by tech rabbit holes