Indie developer: financial freedom means being able to turn down money you don't want
sven_ai · x · 2026-11-03
An indie developer reflects that financial freedom isn't about quitting work but about choosing what to work on: no more taking projects purely for short-term income or pitching stories you don't believe to raise funding, and the freedom to spend years polishing a product you love — as long as cash flow is healthy first.
The quoted post adds the flip side: when you build your own product, server outages, failed payments and AI API errors still wake you up at night — "you've just swapped your boss for a group of users."
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