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5 min readA three-hour build that now makes $34,000 a month
Pontus was on a three-hour flight to France when he noticed something odd: there was no centralized place to find "rules" for Cursor, the AI-powered code editor. Developers were digging through scattered GitHub repos and forum posts. By the time he landed, he called his co-founder Victor. They designed and coded for three hours straight, bought the domain cursor.directory, and launched. That weekend project now generates $34,000 per month with 99.8% profit margins and requires only about three hours of maintenance per month.
The idea came from being immersed in a community
Pontus didn't set out to build a directory business. He and Victor had been bootstrapping a main startup called Storetopia for two years, building in public on X and sharing their code openly. During the flight, Pontus downloaded videos about Cursor and kept seeing the same pattern: developers were creating "rules" files to customize the editor's behavior, but there was no single place to discover them. "You can Google and find some obscure Gists on GitHub or some forums, but no real clear answer," he says.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:20) **Origin Story: The Flight That Sparked a $35K/Month Directory** - Pontus, a bored developer on a flight to France, spots an unmet need for a centralized directory of "Cursor rules" and calls his co-founder Victor immediately upon landing.
- 2 (06:55) **Launch Strategy: How a 3-Hour Build Got Millions of Visitors** - Pontus describes the exact launch steps that turned a quick side project into a viral hit within the developer community.
- 3 (09:08) **Design as a Moat: The Secret to Beautiful, Fast Products** - Pontus reveals why design is a critical competitive advantage, especially in an AI-generated web landscape.
- 4 (11:33) **Are Directories Dead in 2025?** - Pontus argues that directories are still incredibly successful when built for the right audience at the right time.
- 5 (12:36) **Product Tour and Business Model of Cursor Directory** - Pontus pulls up the live site to show its core functionality and multiple revenue streams.
- 6 (14:19) **The $525/Month Tech Stack Powering 99.8% Margins** - Pontus reveals the exact tools they use to keep the business running with near-zero overhead.
- 7 (16:38) **Pontus's #1 Advice for Anyone Getting Started** - The final, simple advice that Pontus says is the foundation of all their success.
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Show Notes
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