Today I’m joined by Michael Christofides, who is the founder of PgMustard, a product which helps people speed up Postgres queries. Michael started out working for a Devtools company as a product manager and went on to run customer success at London based unicorn, GoCardless. Now, Michael might not be as well known and successful as other popular indie hackers, but he works on his own terms and has been committed to his project for years.

In this episode I want to unpack why Michael stays committed to his product despite slow growth, his unique approach to the indie lifestyle and where he wants to go in future.

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro
02:18 - Michael's early career
03:09 - The PGMustard idea
04:28 - Building for a market rather than scratching your own itch
06:23 - Launching PGMustard
08:15 - Going full time on PGMustard
09:47 - Leaving well paid jobs at $0 MRR
11:28 - Intentional slow growth
15:43 - Recommendations

Recommendations

Book - Small Giants
Podcast - Panic Podcast
Indie Hacker - Michael Koper

My links

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The slow and steady path to growth - Michael Christofides