I was paying $200/month for analytics while making $0. Built Prysm as the tool I wished existed. Waitlist: prysmhq.com Features indie hackers actually need: • Real-time 3D globe (surprisingly motivating to watch) • $10/mo, not $50+ (I'm an indie hacker too) • 3.8kb script vs GA's 45kb • No cookie banners • AI chat instead of complex dashboards Tech: Next.js, Supabase, Mapbox. Tracking script is 200 lines of vanilla JS. |
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Context: I'm a solo dev who got frustrated with enterprise analytics tools. I was paying Mixpanel + GA4 subscriptions while my side project generated zero revenue. Classic indie hacker mistake.
The final straw was GA4's interface redesign. 2 hours to build a signup funnel. The 45kb script was killing my Lighthouse scores. And I was losing 15% of EU signups to cookie banners.
I wanted to build something that: 1. Looks beautiful (the 3D globe is surprisingly motivating to watch) 2. Answers questions in plain English instead of pivot tables 3. Doesn't cost more than my hosting ($9/month for both seemed fair) 4. Respects privacy without being preachy about it
Technical challenges: - Tracking script size: ended up using event batching + compression to hit 3.8kb - Globe performance: WebGL shader optimization to load in <3s - AI costs: smart routing between GPT-4o-mini and GPT-4 based on query complexity - Realtime scalability: connection pooling because 40 concurrent viewers = $$$ on Supabase
Happy to answer questions about the architecture, privacy approach, or why I chose Supabase over self-hosting!