Indie dev says breakup fueled his app to $4M revenue, $1.1M a year — is it real?
adrianscottcom · x · 2026-09-30
A viral indie dev story on X that's being questioned for authenticity: the developer claims his girlfriend left four days before his app went viral, when he was worth under $50K. Since then, he says the app has generated over $4M, currently earns about $1.1M a year, and he'll never have to work again. He credits a breakup-fueled grind of making videos until he found a marketing strategy that worked.
The reposter openly asks whether the story is real or made up, sparking community debate.
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