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Lukas Hermann

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Lukas Hermann

@_lhermann

🔧 Building stagetimer.io & rundownstudio.app • Bootstrapping to $1M ARR • Hetzner fangirl • 🇩🇪 Stuttgart

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Joined March 2012

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Lukas Hermann
@_lhermann
Dec 1, 2025
I'm going to get rich and this is how I’m going to do it. Part 2. Now don’t take me wrong, I’m not rich yet. But I'm closer. 4 years ago I was laid off, and this is what happened...
Lukas Hermann
@_lhermann
Mar 23, 2022
I'm going to get rich and this is how I’m going to do it. Now don’t take me wrong, I’m not rich yet. I did my CS degree and worked as a software developer just like my parents expected. Every day I worked for my 80k/y startup job. Then last month I was laid off. ...
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Lukas Hermann
@_lhermann
Jul 11, 2025
I love JavaScript ❤️
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Lukas Hermann
@_lhermann
Mar 21, 2025
Rare picture of two founders vibe coding their product
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Lukas Hermann
@_lhermann
Aug 4, 2025
German bureaucracy 🙄
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Lukas Hermann
@_lhermann
Aug 12, 2025
Still my favorite set of redirects. So many "hackers" probe these basic wordpress routes. Always nice to give them a pleasant distraction 😄
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Lukas Hermann
@_lhermann
Mar 3, 2025
I made $29,059 in February and worked exactly 4 hours. Not 4h/week. 4 hours during the entire month! This is the power of a SaaS product. Once the flywheel is spinning, it just keeps going.
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Lukas Hermann
@_lhermann
Feb 27, 2024
Replying to @daniel_nguyenx
I once had an article go viral in China. They translated it, but hot linked all my images. Hit my free tier limit within hours! Specifically because on image was a 2MB gif. Renamed that and saved my wallet 😅
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Lukas Hermann
@_lhermann
Dec 23, 2022
When I discovered Midjourney, I wanted to use it productively. It took some time to figure out a consistent visual style. I decided for low-poly 3D render aesthetic. Here's the before and after images:
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Lukas Hermann
@_lhermann
Oct 23, 2025
I'm German and I cannot comprehend this
Adam Wathan
@adamwathan
Oct 21, 2025
Founded 10 years ago, $9B valuation, will only start worrying about sales tax next month. The European mind cannot comprehend.
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Lukas Hermann
@_lhermann
Nov 7, 2024
Today I said no to a $500,000+ offer for my bootstrapped SaaS. Here's why: Was talking to a buyer, and had a Letter of Interest on the table. In the spirit of build-in-public I want to share my reasoning after days of soul-searching:
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Lukas Hermann
@_lhermann
Aug 6, 2024
Most people don't understand why I like B2B SaaS, or even what it is. My product stagetimer.io is 3 years old, makes €200k+ revenue per year, and is B2B. It has some real advantages, but also drawbacks. Let me spitball a bit:
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Lukas Hermann
@_lhermann
Mar 23, 2022
I'm going to get rich and this is how I’m going to do it. Now don’t take me wrong, I’m not rich yet. I did my CS degree and worked as a software developer just like my parents expected. Every day I worked for my 80k/y startup job. Then last month I was laid off. ...
Lukas Hermann
@_lhermann
May 24, 2023
My new office is a boring cube with lot's of echo. How can I make this nice for Zoom meetings?
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Lukas Hermann
@_lhermann
May 17, 2022
Startup life: Fixing bugs and doing customer service in the train