99helpers presents
The Maker Series
Conversations with independent makers about how they make, host and market the things they build — and the lessons they learned along the way.
Every interview
How they make, host and market what they build.
Make
What they built, why, and the stack and tools behind it.
Host
Where it runs, what it costs, and how it's kept online.
Market
How it finds its first users — and what didn't work.
Latest interview
“I realized I could create something similar to Heroku without billing a lot of money.”
Albert Oliva, a Spanish developer in Finland with 14 years of experience, built Enkihost: git-push hosting for Ruby apps without the Heroku price. On finding his first early adopters on Mastodon, why cold outreach worked better than ads, and picking the stack you like over the trendy one.
Albert Oliva
Founder of Enkihost
Earlier interviews
“I bought the domain one evening, and paidpost was live the next day.”
Evgeny · paidpost
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“I run a company with over €1M in revenue in about 20 minutes a day.”
Ivan Messina · SupportHost
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“When I grow my own account with GrowTweet, the account itself becomes the demo.”
Shahin · GrowTweet
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“People have no idea how to select the right AI for their tasks.”
Elena · Plain AI
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“It doesn't just answer, it finishes the task.”
Vishnu Prasad S · AskVerb
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“Every round deserves a leaderboard.”
Simon · Caddie Live
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“I wanted to ask “what's this keyword's difficulty” and get an answer without opening a dashboard.”
David · ContextBolt
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“Building it was the easy half; getting noticed is the actual work.”
Igor Tverdokhleb · HansaChat
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