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Caleb Porzio vs Daniel Vassallo

Products, revenue & stack compared side by side.

Caleb Porzio

Creator of Livewire, Alpine.js and Flux UI, funded by sponsors and component sales

@calebporzio United States

Daniel Vassallo

Ex-Amazon engineer who popularized the small bets portfolio approach

@dvassallo United States

Caleb Porzio vs Daniel Vassallo at a glance

Both Caleb Porzio and Daniel Vassallo are bootstrapped solo founders. They overlap in Developer Tools and Educators & Course Creators. Caleb is based in Buffalo, United States, Daniel in United States. Both started building independently in 2019. Caleb Porzio has 5 products listed on IndieMakerList vs Daniel Vassallo's 4. Daniel has sold 1 product. On revenue, Caleb self-reports $112K/yr from GitHub Sponsors (as of 2020) and Daniel $210K profit in 9 months (info products) (as of 2020). On X, Caleb has about 53K followers and Daniel about 205K.

Side-by-side comparison

Based in: Caleb Porzio: Buffalo, United States; Daniel Vassallo: United States
Started: Caleb Porzio: 2019 (7 yrs indie); Daniel Vassallo: 2019 (7 yrs indie)
Revenue (self-reported): Caleb Porzio: $112K/yr from GitHub Sponsorsself-reported, as of 2020 · source for Caleb Porzio's revenue; Daniel Vassallo: $210K profit in 9 months (info products)self-reported, as of 2020 · source for Daniel Vassallo's revenue
Products listed: Caleb Porzio: 5; Daniel Vassallo: 4
Product status: Caleb Porzio: 5 active; Daniel Vassallo: 3 active · 1 acquired
X followers: Caleb Porzio: 53K; Daniel Vassallo: 205K
Categories: Caleb Porzio: Open Source Makers Developer Tools Educators & Course Creators; Daniel Vassallo: Educators & Course Creators Community Builders Creators & Writers Developer Tools
Style: Caleb Porzio: solobootstrapped; Daniel Vassallo: solobootstrappedbuilds in publicexited
Courses & resources: Caleb Porzio: 4; Daniel Vassallo: 3

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

Tech stack

No tools in common in their publicly listed stacks. See the indie maker tech stack.

Caleb Porzio

PHPLaravelJavaScriptAlpine.jsLivewire

Daniel Vassallo

No stack shared publicly.

How they build

Caleb Porzio

Make open source pay by bundling education (screencasts) with sponsorship
Sponsorware: release to sponsors first, open source once a goal is hit
Keep tools simple enough to fit in your head

Daniel Vassallo

Place many small bets instead of one big bet; outcomes are hard to predict.
Keep things simple and avoid leaving your fate to a single employer or product.
Build an audience by sharing what you know openly.
Optimize for independence and optionality over prestige.

Learn from Caleb and Daniel

Caleb Porzio

[template] Flux UI · $149 per project / $299 unlimited / $799 team
[course] Alpine UI Components · $49
[course] Livewire Screencasts · Free / sponsors
[podcast] No Plans To Merge · Free

Daniel Vassallo

[book] The Good Parts of AWS
[course] Everyone Can Build a Twitter Audience
[community] Small Bets

Caleb Porzio vs Daniel Vassallo FAQ

Who makes more money, Caleb Porzio or Daniel Vassallo?

Caleb Porzio self-reports $112K/yr from GitHub Sponsors (as of 2020) and Daniel Vassallo self-reports $210K profit in 9 months (info products) (as of 2020). By these self-reported figures, Daniel Vassallo's reported monthly revenue is higher. Figures are unaudited and may cover different periods or businesses, so treat them as rough indicators.

Who has built more products, Caleb Porzio or Daniel Vassallo?

Caleb Porzio has 5 products listed (including Livewire, Alpine.js and Flux); Daniel Vassallo has 4 products listed (including Small Bets, Userbase and Single Server).