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5 min readBro's "directory" website is doing $35k per month? | Starter Story
The episode opens with a striking number: a directory website built in a single weekend now generates $35,000 per month in revenue. The founder behind it, who prefers to remain focused on the build rather than his biography, walks through how a simple weekend project turned into a business with 49,000 registered users, 2.2 million unique visitors since launch, a gross margin of 99.8%, and operating costs under $500 per month. The maintenance commitment? Three hours per month. The entire codebase is open source on GitHub.
What a directory actually is and why it works
The founder defines a directory as a tool built for discoverability—helping people find something they are interested in. His specific directory, called Curse Directory, serves "cursed developers" who want to explore and find new ideas. The term "cursed" refers to programming projects that are deliberately weird, impractical, or humorous—things like running Doom on a calculator or making a JavaScript framework that compiles to brainfuck. The directory aggregates these projects so developers can browse, get inspired, or just laugh.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:27) **Building in Public: How a Weekend Directory Hit $35k/mo** - The host frames the conversation around the founder’s philosophy of building in public and testing ideas quickly, using the directory as the prime example.
- 2 (01:45) **Defining the "Directory" and Its Core Purpose** - The founder explains what a directory is and what their specific site, Curse Directory, does.
- 3 (02:21) **The Insanity of the Numbers and Operational Efficiency** - The host reacts to the financial and operational metrics, highlighting the absurdly high margin and low maintenance cost.
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Show Notes
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