For Indian devs/students who want to start something but think they need money to begin.
What You Actually Need ($0)
- A laptop (any laptop)
- Free GitHub Student Pack ($200k value)
- Free tier APIs: NVIDIA NIM, Groq, OpenRouter
- Free hosting: Railway, Render, Cloudflare Pages
My Setup as a Solo Dev
Started with zero capital. Now running 24/7 AI agents that:
- Generate content automatically
- Publish to platforms
- Sell digital products on Gumroad
- Run on a single $6/mo VPS
Realistic Path for Indian Devs (no fluff)
- Week 1: Set up free APIs, learn prompt engineering
- Week 2: Build first agent (content generator)
- Week 3: Package as PDF guide, list on Gumroad
- Week 4: Automate distribution to Twitter/Dev.to
- Month 2+: Scale, multiple products, multiple agents
Money Reality Check
- First month: $0-50 (learning, no expectations)
- Month 3-6: $200-1000 (consistent shipping)
- Year 1+: $2k-10k/mo (compound effect)
This isn't get-rich-quick. It's slow, but it works.
Full step-by-step playbook (89 guides): https://yanmiayn.gumroad.com
Indian devs — what's your biggest blocker right now? 👇