I earn $1,753/day with this SIMPLE tech stack

[@marc-lou]

14,631 readers get my newsletter every Saturday morning - marclou.beehiiv.com I share everything I learn as a solopreneur: How to find startup ideas, launch fast, and get profitable. No spam, sponsorship, or email retargeting BS - Just my thoughts and learnings.

[@tankeryee7130]

Marc, did you use mongoClient?

[@ballerzballerz1188]

Good day Marc, my name is Gideon Akinyele Ogunronbi , i am a Junior front-end developer and my skills include Html,css,Javascript and React , I watched this video and i wanted to ask if i could intern under you to build up my knowledge and become a better developer.

[@deepshaswat]

Your article on Code a Stripe Subscription model is not available. Can you please share the link

[@MuhammadBilal-cs3dg]

Where is the link to stripe article you mentioned in the video? Thanks

[@InternetMadeCoder]

Love the simplicity!

[@ScottJames02]

I love one thing in particular that you touch on in the video: Customer's don't care about your tech stack! They care about how easy/quick/cheaply they can get their job done. 💜

[@TimothyJoh]

Customers DO care, just not overtly. If you pick a stack that is poor in SEO, you will get less traffic and fewer purchases. It matters to the extent that it is “good enough” for small projects with under 100k users. Then you have to start optimizing.

[@yoannme1181]

Small -> 100k .. I mean for any solopreneur (that's how we say it ?) having an app with 100k user is a looot So yeah for this kind of app no one cares

[@daedaluxe]

Me with too much work that I have to sell it to other freelancers working with wordpress and elementor pepelaugh you may not like it but this is peak tEcH stAcK performance

[@ireallylikecoffee14]

"Just ship it". Maaan i cannot emphasize enough how important that sentence is. Great video!

[@EDS432]

And 12 days past since your comment. How far are you?

[@SacredCASHcow]

no offense but ...who are you? did you launch something successfully?

[@EDS432]

@@SacredCASHcow yes

[@ireallylikecoffee14]

the hell happened here

[@mykolaskucinskas9473]

Of course this also depends what kind of application it is. If it is in Medical or Financial field I think you would want to test things a little more just to be sure you don't mess things up after shipping it.

[@JeudryPeñaPeña]

I needed this guy like 4 years ago, its not about the last trending tecnologies, like literally 99.9 youtubers does, its about the demanding ones who works with business

[@WelmiApp]

Hell yeah, that's it.

[@CHURCHISAWESUM]

This. Bleeding edge stuff is cool for nerds like us, but it’s not reliable enough for business. There’s a reason most devs are like, working with Java 9-13 most of the time 😂

[@LimitedWard]

His #1 source of income (according to his website) is selling you on this exact tech stack. It's akin to someone saying "I make $1k per month as an author" where their best selling book is "How to Make $1k per Month as an Author".

[@byailen]

@@LimitedWard Yeah, it's kinda like "How I became a millionaire with drop-shipping" "If you want to learn how, buy my pdf-book + course just for $45"

[@sadekjn]

@@LimitedWard yeah, bro is a -con- a good marketer lmao

[@bigunhettiarachchi853]

I get your point bro. Most developers only consider about the next big tech stack. But they don’t know what customers want. You do the opposite and you make what customers want. And that’s why you make money. ❤

[@farquisimo]

key takeaway. i love his content. its not about the next big thing or the latest and greatest tech features - its just about what works for him and some basic frameworks you can get started with.

[@shaso567]

I mean, a lot of people are also worried about what will be employable 5-10 years down the road too. But if you're getting your own clients, who really cares? But do keep in mind: until he very recently kinda lucked out and hit it big with shipfast and made 200k in 3 months (2k*$200 sales in 3 months is INSANE btw so hats off), he was making basically 50k a year. And as much as people will talk shit about webdev, making pretty websites is an art (that I personally suck at).

[@farquisimo]

@@shaso567 I suck at pretty stuff too. But I'm getting better, and I've decided to stop being too proud to use templates and bootstrap to fastrack the design process. I have found its much better to just get the first iteration up, focus on the functions, then improve the design as you go.

[@6IGNITION9]

"I fear not the man who has done 10,000 tutorials, but the man who has done one tutorial 10,000 times." -Bruce Lee

[@Muhsin-v8c]

Bad idea

[@jonwalzmusic]

What the heck. You are the living embodiment of “default to action”. Kudos to creating so much.

[@josersleal]

best video in youtube for software engineers hands down and I have been doing SE for 10+ years. Bravo!

[@someoneyouknow2440]

I can't believe I have been following you on twitter for a while and I'm not subscribed to you on youtube. This video is very underrated, thanks for this.

[@WizardOfSaaS]

"Customers don't care about the tech stack". Picking a tech stack was a big daunting factor that bogged me down. I'll remember this advice, thank you!

[@i_am_pasindu]

Finally!! someone get the things done, without complaining and chasing shinny objects. Nice work!!

[@janardannn]

still cant phathom how informative and helpful the content is, the video is fully packed yet somehow its not overwhelming and pretty easy on my mind

[@51Grimz]

I love daisy ui combined with tailwind and next! great stack

[@thabanidev_]

Hey MArc, this is ery informative. I'e been tossed back and fourth, from framework to framework and always thought getting the latest and greatest is what builds the best product. This has lead me to never mastering one tech stac and building a repertoire on how to build fast and ship fast. I have a lot of projects in mind for this year i think this approach will help a lot. Thanks so much.

[@st.toussaint4632]

editing was Great and the video was straight to the point! Good Job.

[@moodiiie]

You inspired me to just pick a stack and just create projects on it. Bought the shipfast, now I’m just building small projects using it to get used to the stack so when I have an idea I won’t struggle as much.

[@daniel.w8112]

I love how humble my man is

[@Daker11Gamer]

"The faster you ship, the faster you get customers" love it ❤, I'm a backend developer trying to land the first job. im trying to improve my skills on backend, but I think if I want to bring others my services I need to learn a frontend library.

[@sethhendrikz6949]

Wishing you all the best in this!!

[@zaphrode4110]

Im the opposite lol

[@TheStickofWar]

I scoffed at the title, clicked it, and then walked away “Oh this guy is like me” regarding attitude to not chasing the shiny things and work. Earned a sub, nice vid, no bullshit.

[@user-zg2bx4oz2p]

That tech stack is pretty shiny tbh

[@KingCh1ll]

4:38 Hi, you can self-host Plausible on your own server. It doesn't take up much ram nor cpu power. It's very nice.

[@cyberburp6009]

Thanks Marc, it really inspires me how you narrow down your tech stack instead of jumping and trying out different stacks. Your work shows a lot. Love from India.

[@MarfTaylor]

I just got a job, but I like the same tech stack, what I will enjoy a lot is to see a full project development and see how does that work together ^^

[@SwahiliSpicE]

My new favourite channel I think! Not just a list of ideas and or advice but practically applicable with first hand experience and expertise. Super impressive!

[@tonybengue]

Abusé quand même, tu es un gros exemple pour moi. Force à toi, tu le mérites 🔥

[@matten_zero]

I think a lot of engineers get stuck on the tech debt from what they learned in industry. Thats why a lot of us smaller self taught solo devs can outcompete them. We use simple approaches and arent looking for million dollar moon shots. We' re just looking to build small sustainable ecosystem of tools that people in our niche find value in.

[@JeudryPeñaPeña]

Interesting point

[@ブルースリー-o4j]

I really love your video, it’s so valuable for a junior developer who wants to create a startup like me :)

[@davidInParis]

Me too i search a good idea 😅

[@marouaezzaki6603]

samee

[@marc-lou]

I got someone to help with the video editing, what do you think? 🤔

[@fonter14]

It’s really simple editing and if he added some transitions with adding elements like pop or fade, it would look more smooth 🙂 Love your content

[@ramilabbasov2853]

Please don't zoom in out, don't make movements right left too much in videos. It is distracting and i can't focus :/ But rest is cool appreciate

[@RahulSaini-nv9mh]

It is simple and nice editing. How much are you paying?

[@armandsalle8447]

Really good!

[@farquisimo]

love it. these videos are improving every single time. been following you for about 6 months, i'm becoming a big fan.

[@kevinwang264]

Dude, I got pretty much the same tech stack as you! The focus should be on the product, not the tech stack. So use the ones that you are most familiar with!

[@EcomCarl]

Impressive work sticking to a tech stack that consistently delivers results! It’s a great reminder that mastering familiar tools often trumps chasing new technologies, especially when it drives such tangible success 👏.

[@zaynmalice7106]

Very encouraging to see you using the techstack I used on my Bootcamp, as a beginner.

[@brianruizy]

Super insightful! Thanks Marc

[@imdomtrotta]

It would be great if you could create a series demonstrating how you use each of these apps in your projects, explaining why you use them. This would be incredibly helpful for beginners like me who are just starting to learn how to code.

[@finetopethiopia4095]

It has been almost a year since I started learning Software engineering and doing projects and I can confidently say I am pretty comfortable with the technologies you mentioned. I am not applying to jobs or doing freelance because I have this feeling that I need to learn more. I am at that point of my life where I am very struggling financially because I study more than 10 hours per day so I don't have time to work. thanks to this video I am going to start job hunting.

[@marchetti-tech]

great tech stack! I usually go with rails + bootstrap + railway + aws s3. now changing to tailwind+daisyui!

[@Martinit0]

Nooooooo, you are supposed to stick with yours.

[@bohdanvasylenko8002]

and suddenly, after over a month of procrastination and doom scrolling, i feel motivated again. Just like that! . Thanks man!

[@amardeep6088]

I promise myselft to work really hard and boost my skills on these techstack. You made me realise it's not worth it to know really deep to earn my first dollar.

[@stmasanti]

Your videos are so transparent. Simply great!!

[@AlexAnie-uz2nr]

Customers don't care what tech stack you use. It's the keyword. Most developers focus more on stack stack to the point of not getting good at any. Thanks for sharing your story

[@RGamerVideosYay]

How are you doing your authentication?

[@MostaphaRamadan]

thanks for sharing this amazing info, years of experience of struggling with this domain shared with us for free.. all my respect

[@dabi_]

Wait I just realised you made shipfast?! Seen that on Twitter a tonne. Subbed 🤣

[@andreyseas]

Nice! This is very insightful. Thanks for sharing, bro! 😀

[@marc-lou]

Thanks friend, good to see you here!

[@fiskegalendbpk]

As a 7 year deep in mostly backend, only recently building my own product with Laravel octane and Vue, I am very impressed with how simple you make all of this. What kind of market research and brainstorming do you do to come up with the actual product?

[@MrXlee1967]

Hi can you make a video about what to learn as a beginner. A road map to reach your level. Thank you

[@Martinit0]

Bro, just copy what he's doing (except the app ideas of course). It's copy & paste, bro. Get his template, build something. You'll know when you need to learn something else.

[@gmosworld]

Editing is spot on and this video is very inspiring! I can't even build one project 😥

[@AhmadMughal1]

Love how the tech stack you mentioned is exactly the same that I use lol. As far as traffic on websites goes no clue how you generated that cause that's the main issue for me right now. SEO can bring traffic but only to a certain extent.

[@thierrydebelder2947]

Awesome video. To the point and well explained. I really love your style Marc. Here is a suggestion for a video: How do you maintain all those apps? Like when NextJs changes versions or React has a big update or something

[@_zEuS0390_]

You're an inspiration! I'm currently working with a similar tech stack, although my backend primarily utilizes Python frameworks such as Flask and Django. Since I'm new to your channel, I'd like to know the specific niche you focus on for delivering services to your clients and how you acquire clients. If you have a video on finding and getting clients online, that would be awesome. By the way, thanks for sharing, Marc.

[@ItsJustFil]

loved this overview! really appreciate the transparency with costs and everything that goes into a project

[@victor_correra]

I watched a few of your videos before watching this. This is mindblowing. Thanks for sharing this. I had no idea all those apps you built use the same tools.

[@dummy_code]

this is one of the best advice out there for beginners

[@mayanksh219]

Can you make a video for begineer in Freelancing to show How to use this stack simply and make a product

[@itsolidude2353]

Great video first of all. You've mentioned the cost of the tech stack, but how much of it goes into advertising and what is your strategy?

[@Mavesound]

Cursor IDE is so much better than copilot, much better api support for more LLM's

[@GarethThompson-pr3vn]

Great video as always Marc! Just signed up to your newsletter, looking forward to reading it.

[@fazer79]

That was very practical advice and very helpful!

[@tacho888]

Awesome approach about telling how to get things done in the easiest/right way. 👍🏻 nice video dude.

[@ottogutierrez]

This is amazing! One question though, what do you use for auth, mongodb?

[@marc-lou]

NextAuth

[@caldayham]

do you edit your own videos? I love the simplistic style and wondering what your workflow for filming, ongoing video file storage, and editing looks like. Great stuff brother!

[@useryoutube8901]

The editing is great. 🎉

[@ranjancse26]

Great! Thanks a lot for sharing the tech stack internals. Not a lot of them would like to reveal, However you seem to be a good person :)

[@letcontactabhi]

00:01 Sticking to the same tech stack has led to successful product shipping and revenue generation. 00:54 Optimizing app development with NextJS, Tailwind CSS, and Daisy UI. 01:50 Efficient tech stack with Next.js serverless functions and MongoDB. 02:42 Using local version of MongoDB for coding convenience 03:34 Utilizes Versal for hosting, MongoDB Atlas for databases, and Plausible for app monitoring. 04:30 Utilizes simple event tracking and cost-effective monitoring tools. 05:22 Using AI models for specific product features 06:20 Consistency with tech stack is key for fast progress

[@rogercoding]

Thank you!

[@razikhan3799]

I am a newbie, I chose the website to move forward. anyway, it is a hard-working path.Marc, you are good.

[@WelmiApp]

Very good stuff! Tech Stack don't really matter. Once you got one, stick to it and master it in order to be comfortable with. Thanks for your advices.

[@peterschmidt7359]

Dude. This is epic. Just started my Dev journey. Thanks!

[@deprasid]

the editing is good marc... keep trust the editor works

[@AdrianMark]

Thank you for this. It's a real dose of clarity.

[@parkerrex]

The muscle analogy at the end nailed it 🎉

[@pabloquinoa-ol4qj]

Very complete tech stack 👏🏼 but u use Mongo for 100% of your projects? No relational db at all?

[@marc-lou]

yep mongo for all!

[@tmanley1985]

I just subbed, never seen your videos before so forgive me if you've covered this already somewhere but I'd be really interested to see your process for the day to day operations of dealing with a saas. I can build nearly anything, it's the business stuff that scares the bejeesus out of me. As for the video: Props to you for not falling for FOMO and actually focusing on building stuff.

[@marc-lou]

Noted! I make monthly recap of my projects, and there are live stream videos on channel where you can actually see all the process of building!

[@tmanley1985]

​@@marc-lou I'll definitely check them out! Just signed up for your newsletter too. :)

[@marouaezzaki6603]

you should also mention how to get started and get clients ??

[@jason.zubiate]

would like to see you strategy to get all of you products noticed and growing a user base

[@thabanidev_]

I also wanted to ask. What is your preferred user authentication tool for your products, and how do you you normally integrate it with your database. This usually takes most of my time during setup.

[@marc-lou]

@@thabanidev_ next auth! Super easy

[@narrativesiprol]

Guys let make some group and let build something big. I found that in Australia has some problem with construction. We can build to solve that.

[@ImmersionEsque]

Marc, can you please explain how you manage the database in Vercel? I hear that you have to set its access to allow all IPs which is dangerous.

[@alicefraser5799]

Yep! Stick with your guy (the editor you hired to save you time) because the editing is great: because I didn't notice it or even think about it until you asked the question at the end ;) That when you know something is well edited, when the edits are invisible and the viewer's attention is drawn to the content, which is what it's all about. I would know, I was an editor for 20 years :D ...Now I'd like to be a developer, and I'm learning pretty much your stack :P Great video, thanks :)

[@Taddy_Mason]

So much packed into one video, you sir will get a subscription.

[@StemLG]

to be fair, your tech stack is still very relevant and modern, you made a good choice 2 years ago.

[@frenchmike]

bro that is exactly my tech stack as well. nextjs, tailwind and daisy ui

[@pranavsonawane7647]

A Very Great video Marc, can you make an in depth tutorial on making an application with this stack?

[@thanapolraktham2291]

Got inspired. Starting my own project now!

[@JulianHarris]

Very generous to share the tech stack you use for your successful businesses! BUT you don’t make that money from the tech. You make it because you’ve designed successful businesses. So it’d be amazing to have a follow-up to explain your proposition design method and go-to-market strategy. THOSE are why you bring in the money 🙂

[@samlee513]

The UI of your projects all look so nice, do you hire a designer or do it yourself as well?

[@ahulpujari1]

Hey Marc, this was super helpful thanks a lot! Can you please make a video about how you handle legal stuff? Like do you have a parent company that produces these websites or something else perhaps.

[@marc-lou]

OK wil do!

[@MacHungo]

Please give me a roadmap on how I can learn all this from scratch, give emphasis on where I should put more effort and anything relevant, thanks

[@jarrettyew]

Now I realise there’s code driven and business driven software developer. Thanks for the insight 👍

[@tinotaylor]

This is amazing! I can't help but feel like even after 4 years of coding, working, I still take so much time to get projects done in my own time, even after optimising my workflow to the max. How long does an average project take for you?

[@uchennaofoma4624]

Wow youre a living example of the Pareto principle... Awesome 😎

[@marc-lou]

Marco principle, let's rename it 😜

[@Adrian_Galilea]

What do you use for auth?

[@ssikarim]

Merci bien Marc pour le partage. J'ai été étonné qu'on peut créer son saas meme avec une maîtrise de 10% de React. très étonné. ça m a donné bien d'espoir à moi qui veut tout maitriser avant de passer à l'action. si tu peux parler plus de moment opportun où on pourrait être prêt pour créer son saas (maitrise des technologies) , ça serait super. Merci encore une fois.

[@zillboy]

This is such an amazing & valuable video, thank you so much! You answered a lot of questions that I had in my mind, thank you

[@z1adahmed]

The good developer is the one who deliver

[@ELMlKO]

how do you get people to visit your websites and see your services and what's your marketing strategy?

[@marc-lou]

I spent 2 years growing an audience on Twitter It sends an initial traffic boost: twitter.com/marc_louvion Also, I launch on Reddit, Hacker News, Product Hunt. Usually, all my new products get 10K+ visitors now. I also do a bit of SEO. And finally, when something works, people (and media) reshare it. I wrote more about marketing in my blog (it's free): marclou.beehiiv.com/

[@ELMlKO]

Thank you so much good luck on your journey! Also how much time did it take you to master this tech stack​@@marc-lou

[@votemike]

This is great. How do you manage to make sure that the code isn't just stolen or shared?

[@lesassemble]

Thanks for the insightful video! The video editing was good, i liked it.

[@manuelcoffin8674]

Very inspiring, I would be curious to know how you handle the marketing part for each of your product. I feel the most difficult part is to manage to put your product in front of people.

[@Ali-ei3mg]

Wow! Man, you knock my all tech stack confusion.

[@cagrisarigoz]

Editing is great! 😊

[@thirtykey]

I love the format of your videos. So fast and to the point. How do you navigate the legal side of running these products? GDPR, terms of service, privacy policy, etc?