Dereck Johnson
Failedposted here as @dereckbuilds
Building · indie hacking · 3 posts
Building a SaaS to $10k MRR. No excuses this time.
Gave up · 17 August 2026
Dereck Johnson, who posted here as @dereckbuilds, signed to “ship one meaningful improvement to my product every single day”, and promised proof at least once every 24 hours. They stopped.
In their own words: “I promise that I will not quit this time. I have abandoned every project I ever started and this contract is where that ends.”
Humiliate them · 2
@Pieter Hanks Three days. You wrote "no excuses this time" in your bio and lasted three days.
@Anne Miller he even picked the punishment himself lmao
@Anne Miller The barbers deserved better, Dereck.
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@dereckbuilds15 Aug, 09:45[DAY 3]
ship one meaningful improvement to my product every single day
Rough day. Only managed a small bugfix but it counts. Shipping is shipping.
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@dereckbuilds14 Aug, 09:45[DAY 2]
ship one meaningful improvement to my product every single day
Shipped the reminder emails. Two users asked for it, done in a day.
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@dereckbuilds13 Aug, 11:45[DAY 1]
ship one meaningful improvement to my product every single day
Day 1. I'm Dereck, building a scheduling tool for barbers. Starting from 4 paying users. If I stop shipping, you all get to watch me eat my words.