How Andero Avastu Is Building A SaaS Business While Freelancing
Learn how an aspiring Indie Hacker is building his startup while holding a full-time job.
Andero Avastu has been passionate about technology all his life.
Now, after a few years working for a healthcare startup, he’s diving into the entrepreneurship deep end.
I caught up with him to get the details. 👇
A Lifelong Passion
I've always loved technology, software development, and business because my dad had his own company, and I saw how it gave him so much freedom.
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Really enjoyed this breakdown — the way you balance freelance stability with SaaS growth resonates a lot. The transition from client work to product work is something a lot of builders struggle with, and your practical steps show it can be systematic rather than chaotic.
Two things stood out for me:
Focusing first on the problem that pays — picking SaaS ideas born from your real pain points — reduces wasted effort.
Treating early revenue as validation, not vanity, keeps decisions grounded.
Out of curiosity — when you first started talking about your SaaS idea with clients, what was the most surprising feedback that changed your direction?
Incredible timing on reading this. I'm in a very similar boat—freelancing while trying to validate a silent tracking solution because I realized I was 'donating' thousands of dollars a year simply by forgetting to hit Start/Stop.
@Andero, your Hacker News win is inspiring! 14k visitors in 24h is the dream. I was actually just reading your HN thread and noticed a lot of tension around privacy and server dependency.
I'm currently debating keeping VigilBill 100% local/offline to bypass that trust gap entirely. Given the feedback you got, do you feel like users are willing to trade cloud features for total data ownership?
Also, the pricing discussion there was brutal but fair—curious if that changed your roadmap regarding the 'one-time payment' vs. subscription model.
Great write-up, Stephen!
@Stephen Flanders
Amazing journey, Andero, especially how you’re balancing freelancing with building Taim. One thing that stood out to me is how well your Hacker News launch performed. If HN responded that strongly, Reddit might be an even bigger growth channel for you.
There are a few subreddits where tools like Taim (productivity, freelancing, time-tracking, indie hacking) naturally gain traction when positioned correctly. I help SaaS founders get high-signal visibility on Reddit without getting flagged, by aligning their product story with ongoing community conversations.
If you’re interested, I can share the exact subreddits and post styles that tend to perform well for products like yours,and how to approach Reddit authentically so it drives real users, not just fleeting engagement.
Happy to help if you want to explore it.
I have had the honour of working with Andero at various businesses for many years, and what I can say about him? He's super solution oriented person with a superpower of applying tech stack to solutions. He's able to overcome complex tech issues with the fastest turnaround time I have ever seen.
One of his core skills is also taking in feedback without ego, processing it, and turning it into features. Amazing.
Inputs = Outputs, and he's gonna fly, I can tell you that!