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I built https://dependabot.com https://dependabot.com to be passive, but ended up going full time on it (the startup I was working on feel through). Generates $

I built https://dependabot.com https://dependabot.com to be passive, but ended up going full time on it (the startup I was working on feel through). Generates $9k/month passively, but I put my full-time energy into growing it (adding new languages / improving support for existing ones).

konschubert 8y ago
One of those things that make you jealous because they seem so obvious in hindsight.
leogiertz 8y ago
Love Dependabot! Worth every penny. Happy you can work on it full time.
jw1224 8y ago
Just wanted to say, that's a beautifully designed site. The colours, typography, and layout are fantastic. Really nice!
hbhakhra 8y ago
This looks awesome and obvious in hindsight, but as patio11 would say, you need to charge more. Especially on the higher end, let people that want to pay more, pay more.
mightymosquito 8y ago
How long did you work on it before it started making any money?
- greysteil 8y ago
  About 6 months and it was tough! 2 months of that (part time) was the initial build and the rest was hustling to get initial users. GitHub wouldn't put it in the GitHub Marketplace (which drives pretty much all signups now - I don't do any marketing or sales) until it had 250 users and it was a struggle getting the word out to that many people. In the end I did it by commenting on relevant open source PRs on GitHub asking if they'd be up for giving it a try (being really careful not to be spammy).
hultner 8y ago
Very cool service, might try this out!
moretai 8y ago
Your logo is beautiful
eloff 8y ago
Your pricing seems way too cheap for the value you're delivering.
- greysteil 8y ago
  Haha, thanks, I guess that's one place where Dependabot shows its side-project roots - I just want as many people to use it as possible, and am less fussed about capturing the biggest share of value.
  - ezekg 8y ago
    You can still get that benefit with the lower tier. I would definitely raise the prices for your higher tiers, because those are going to be for businesses, and they have money to spare. You might see your ARPU go up considerably. :)
dana321 8y ago
That is awesome, well done.
insomniacity 8y ago
I would love to use this. Sadly, on-prem 'enterprise' git platform.
tevlon 8y ago
I just found out about dependabot from Scott Hanselmann: https://youtu.be/LiTUML8tG_Y?t=695 https://youtu.be/LiTUML8tG_Y?t=695 I really like the idea! Keep up the good work :)
gghyslain 8y ago
Well done grey!
umen 8y ago
is it revenue or profit ?
rasikjain 8y ago
Awesome product Grey. I also watched the youtube video shared by other user (thanks for sharing). Very good demo there and they even discussed on how the changes and release notes are fetched from the git repos.
SergeAx 8y ago
Wow, there is a (year older) copycat: https://renovatebot.com/ https://renovatebot.com/
jcme 8y ago
Looks awesome - great job. Just a heads up that the "View pull requests" buttons in your Trusted By section all 404 at the moment

konschubert 8y ago

One of those things that make you jealous because they seem so obvious in hindsight.

leogiertz 8y ago

Love Dependabot! Worth every penny. Happy you can work on it full time.

jw1224 8y ago

Just wanted to say, that's a beautifully designed site. The colours, typography, and layout are fantastic. Really nice!

hbhakhra 8y ago

This looks awesome and obvious in hindsight, but as patio11 would say, you need to charge more. Especially on the higher end, let people that want to pay more, pay more.

mightymosquito 8y ago

How long did you work on it before it started making any money?

greysteil 8y ago
About 6 months and it was tough! 2 months of that (part time) was the initial build and the rest was hustling to get initial users. GitHub wouldn't put it in the GitHub Marketplace (which drives pretty much all signups now - I don't do any marketing or sales) until it had 250 users and it was a struggle getting the word out to that many people. In the end I did it by commenting on relevant open source PRs on GitHub asking if they'd be up for giving it a try (being really careful not to be spammy).

hultner 8y ago

Very cool service, might try this out!

moretai 8y ago

Your logo is beautiful

eloff 8y ago

Your pricing seems way too cheap for the value you're delivering.

greysteil 8y ago
Haha, thanks, I guess that's one place where Dependabot shows its side-project roots - I just want as many people to use it as possible, and am less fussed about capturing the biggest share of value.
- ezekg 8y ago
  You can still get that benefit with the lower tier. I would definitely raise the prices for your higher tiers, because those are going to be for businesses, and they have money to spare. You might see your ARPU go up considerably. :)

dana321 8y ago

That is awesome, well done.

insomniacity 8y ago

I would love to use this. Sadly, on-prem 'enterprise' git platform.

tevlon 8y ago

I just found out about dependabot from Scott Hanselmann: https://youtu.be/LiTUML8tG_Y?t=695 https://youtu.be/LiTUML8tG_Y?t=695 I really like the idea! Keep up the good work :)

gghyslain 8y ago

Well done grey!

umen 8y ago

is it revenue or profit ?

rasikjain 8y ago

Awesome product Grey. I also watched the youtube video shared by other user (thanks for sharing). Very good demo there and they even discussed on how the changes and release notes are fetched from the git repos.

SergeAx 8y ago

Wow, there is a (year older) copycat: https://renovatebot.com/ https://renovatebot.com/

jcme 8y ago

Looks awesome - great job. Just a heads up that the "View pull requests" buttons in your Trusted By section all 404 at the moment