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Ben Maker

Indie SaaS tinkerer

Ben Maker

Indie SaaS and fast CSV exports

React Server Components finally clicked for our export UI — less client JS, same feel.

Churnlight: first save-offer template that does not sound like a hostage note.

Three stills from the export-speed work: profiler, CSV, and the empty state.

Trying a build-in-public cadence: one changelog and one milestone post per week.

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How do you keep a chronological feed feeling fresh without ranking?

Weeknotes: shipped two small things, deleted a lot of code, slept well.

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SparkNotes AIposted an update

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Organic signups doubled month over month after the export-speed work landed.

Refactored the export flow so CSV downloads finish under a second on large notebooks.