https://dabo.dev An indie dev's blog on building small software businesses. Written from Croatia 🇭🇷 en damjan@dabotech.io (Damjan Dabo) damjan@dabotech.io (Damjan Dabo) Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://dabo.dev/saas-isnt-dead https://dabo.dev/saas-isnt-dead Agents doing everything is the expensive, slow version of automation. The SaaS that survives puts the boring work in code, spends tokens only on judgment, and becomes the tool other people's agents call. Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT damjan@dabotech.io (Damjan Dabo) AIAgentic AISaaSBuilding in Public https://dabo.dev/cheapest-way-to-run-fable https://dabo.dev/cheapest-way-to-run-fable Fable is the best AI model I've used and the most expensive, double Opus. When the free window ends, you pay by the token. Here is how I cut its cost per turn by nearly a third without giving up the model. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT damjan@dabotech.io (Damjan Dabo) AIClaudeClaude CodeAgentic AIBuilding in Public https://dabo.dev/fable-48-hours https://dabo.dev/fable-48-hours Anthropic put Fable, their priciest model, free on Claude Max. I let it loose on my own sites and asked Claude Code what it cost. About a thousand dollars. Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT damjan@dabotech.io (Damjan Dabo) AIClaudeClaude CodeAgentic AIBuilding in PublicSaaS https://dabo.dev/back-to-full-time-indie-fresh-start-co-founder https://dabo.dev/back-to-full-time-indie-fresh-start-co-founder A year of freelance, a move home from Munich, and a pivot from iOS apps to web SaaS. Back to full-time indie, this time with a co-founder. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT damjan@dabotech.io (Damjan Dabo) Indie DevBuilding in PublicSaaSiOS https://dabo.dev/indie-dev-diary-8-november-december-2024 https://dabo.dev/indie-dev-diary-8-november-december-2024 November and December were all about Black Friday. Discover why this shopping season is a goldmine for indie developers and how you can make the most of it. Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT damjan@dabotech.io (Damjan Dabo) iOSIndie DevMarketingBuilding in Public https://dabo.dev/indie-dev-diary-7-september-october-2024 https://dabo.dev/indie-dev-diary-7-september-october-2024 After a successful summer peak, revenue saw a significant dip in September. Fortunately, it rebounded in October, driven by expanded localization efforts. Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT damjan@dabotech.io (Damjan Dabo) iOSIndie DevRevenueBuilding in Public https://dabo.dev/indie-dev-diary-6-august-2024 https://dabo.dev/indie-dev-diary-6-august-2024 August was a great month for Itemlist. Localization is paying off (Germany leads the jump), and I’m prepping the app for iOS 18 with App Intents. Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT damjan@dabotech.io (Damjan Dabo) iOSIndie DevRevenueBuilding in Public https://dabo.dev/indie-dev-diary-5-july-2024 https://dabo.dev/indie-dev-diary-5-july-2024 Took July off for a vacation in Novalja. Despite the downtime, Itemlist revenue jumped 127%, from $429 to $974. Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT damjan@dabotech.io (Damjan Dabo) iOSIndie DevRevenueBuilding in Public https://dabo.dev/indie-dev-diary-4-june-2024 https://dabo.dev/indie-dev-diary-4-june-2024 A quiet groundwork month. Most of June went into prep for Itemlist’s localization update. The highlight: I hired a part-time freelancer to help ship faster. Tue, 30 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT damjan@dabotech.io (Damjan Dabo) iOSIndie DevRevenueBuilding in Public https://dabo.dev/indie-dev-diary-3-may-2024 https://dabo.dev/indie-dev-diary-3-may-2024 May was an exciting month for my app business, filled with several exciting developments. Thu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT damjan@dabotech.io (Damjan Dabo) iOSIndie DevRevenueBuilding in Public https://dabo.dev/indie-dev-diary-2-april-2024 https://dabo.dev/indie-dev-diary-2-april-2024 After March’s revenue surge, April brought a drop back to baseline. The bigger story: Itemlist got accepted into Setapp Mobile’s EU launch. Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT damjan@dabotech.io (Damjan Dabo) iOSIndie DevRevenueBuilding in Public https://dabo.dev/indie-dev-diary-1-march-2024 https://dabo.dev/indie-dev-diary-1-march-2024 March 2024 turned out to be a phenomenal month for my app business, likely driven by the annual spring cleaning trend that led to a spike in downloads for [home inventory apps like Itemlist](https://getitemlist.app). Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT damjan@dabotech.io (Damjan Dabo) iOSIndie DevRevenueBuilding in Public https://dabo.dev/how-to-market-your-ios-app-on-reddit https://dabo.dev/how-to-market-your-ios-app-on-reddit Reddit can be brutal. Anonymity brings out the worst, but the audience is huge. A tested playbook for marketing your iOS app there without getting torched. Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT damjan@dabotech.io (Damjan Dabo) iOSMarketingIndie Dev https://dabo.dev/revealing-my-revenue-metrics https://dabo.dev/revealing-my-revenue-metrics I'm starting the build-in-public thing for real Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT damjan@dabotech.io (Damjan Dabo) iOSRevenueBuilding in Public https://dabo.dev/native-ios-with-swift-vs-flutter https://dabo.dev/native-ios-with-swift-vs-flutter Which one should you go with? Wed, 26 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT damjan@dabotech.io (Damjan Dabo) iOSIndie Dev