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I Built a Niche App to $9K MRR

Name: I Built a Niche App to $9K MRR
Uploaded: 2026-02-25
Duration: 15 min 30 s
Description: Jonathan Fishner built ChartDB, an open-source database-visualization tool, to $9K MRR by selling to a very narrow ICP of developers and getting a single Hacker News post to do the heavy lifting. The video breaks down his developer-tool playbook and how to find $1M ideas 'hiding in plain sight'.

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Synopsis

Jonathan Fishner built ChartDB, an open-source database-visualization tool, to $9K MRR by selling to a very narrow ICP of developers and getting a single Hacker News post to do the heavy lifting. The video breaks down his developer-tool playbook and how to find $1M ideas 'hiding in plain sight'.

Ideas in this episode

Open-source SaaS with paid hosted tiers
Jonathan Fishner built ChartDB, an open-source database-visualization tool, to $9K MRR by targeting a narrow ICP of developers and driving growth with a single Hacker News post, plus a developer-tool playbook for finding ideas.