diff ~/p/adam-wathan ~/p/irsyad-a-panjaitan

Adam Wathan vs Irsyad A. Panjaitan

Products, revenue & stack compared side by side.

Adam Wathan

Creator of Tailwind CSS who built a multi-million-dollar business on open source

@adamwathan Canada

Irsyad A. Panjaitan

Design engineer behind Intent UI (formerly justd), an open-source React component library

@irsyad Indonesia

Adam Wathan vs Irsyad A. Panjaitan at a glance

Adam Wathan and Irsyad A. Panjaitan are both indie makers listed on IndieMakerList. They overlap in Open Source Makers, Developer Tools, Educators & Course Creators and Design Tools. Adam is based in Canada, Irsyad in Medan, Indonesia. Adam started in 2016 and Irsyad in 2024. Adam Wathan has 7 products listed on IndieMakerList vs Irsyad A. Panjaitan's 4. Adam has sold 3 products. Adam self-reports Mid-seven figures/yr (2020); Irsyad hasn't shared a revenue figure publicly. They share 3 tools in their stacks: Tailwind CSS, Laravel and React.

Side-by-side comparison

Based in: Adam Wathan: Canada; Irsyad A. Panjaitan: Medan, Indonesia
Started: Adam Wathan: 2016 (10 yrs indie); Irsyad A. Panjaitan: 2024 (2 yrs indie)
Revenue (self-reported): Adam Wathan: Mid-seven figures/yr (2020)self-reported, as of 2020 · source for Adam Wathan's revenue; Irsyad A. Panjaitan: Not public
Products listed: Adam Wathan: 7; Irsyad A. Panjaitan: 4
Product status: Adam Wathan: 4 active · 3 acquired; Irsyad A. Panjaitan: 4 active
X followers: Adam Wathan: 302K; Irsyad A. Panjaitan: —
Categories: Adam Wathan: Open Source Makers Developer Tools Educators & Course Creators Design Tools; Irsyad A. Panjaitan: Open Source Makers Developer Tools Design Tools Educators & Course Creators
Style: Adam Wathan: bootstrappedbuilds in publicexited; Irsyad A. Panjaitan: solo
Courses & resources: Adam Wathan: 5; Irsyad A. Panjaitan: 1

Revenue figures are self-reported by each maker and not audited; dates and scope differ. Highlighted categories are shared by both.

Tech stack

3 shared tools, marked with ★: Tailwind CSS, Laravel, React. See the indie maker tech stack.

Adam Wathan

Tailwind CSS Laravel ReactVueNext.js

Irsyad A. Panjaitan

ReactReact Aria Components Tailwind CSSTypeScript Laravel

How they build

Adam Wathan

Build tools for your own projects first — Tailwind started as stylesheets reused between side projects.
Give away a great open-source product and sell premium resources around it.
Teach in public with books, courses, podcasts and live streams to build an audience.
Be candid about the business, including the hard parts.

Irsyad A. Panjaitan

Accessibility should be built into components from the start, not bolted on later.
Developers should own their UI code: copy it in, then customize it freely.
Keep the open-source core free and fund it with sponsorships and premium design assets.

Learn from Adam and Irsyad

Adam Wathan

Irsyad A. Panjaitan

[book] Membuat Aplikasi Kasir & POS

Adam Wathan vs Irsyad A. Panjaitan FAQ

Who makes more money, Adam Wathan or Irsyad A. Panjaitan?

Adam Wathan self-reports Mid-seven figures/yr (2020). Irsyad A. Panjaitan's revenue is not public, so a direct comparison isn't possible.

Who has built more products, Adam Wathan or Irsyad A. Panjaitan?

Adam Wathan has 7 products listed (including Tailwind Plus (formerly Tailwind UI), Refactoring UI and Tailwind CSS); Irsyad A. Panjaitan has 4 products listed (including Intent UI, Intent UI Design and Intent UI Icons).

What tech stack do Adam Wathan and Irsyad A. Panjaitan use?

Adam Wathan uses Tailwind CSS, Laravel, React, Vue and Next.js. Irsyad A. Panjaitan uses React, React Aria Components, Tailwind CSS, TypeScript and Laravel. Tools they have in common: Tailwind CSS, Laravel and React.