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Gergely Orosz vs Lenny Rachitsky

Products, revenue & stack compared side by side.

Gergely Orosz

Ex-Uber engineering manager who writes The Pragmatic Engineer newsletter

@GergelyOrosz Netherlands

Lenny Rachitsky

Former Airbnb product lead behind Lenny's Newsletter and Lenny's Podcast

@lennysan United States

Gergely Orosz vs Lenny Rachitsky at a glance

Both Gergely Orosz and Lenny Rachitsky are bootstrapped. They overlap in Creators & Writers. Gergely is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Lenny in San Francisco Bay Area, United States. Gergely started in 2021 and Lenny in 2019. Gergely Orosz has 3 products listed on IndieMakerList vs Lenny Rachitsky's 4. Lenny self-reports $1M+/yr (newsletter and podcast, each over $500K) (as of 2024); Gergely hasn't shared a revenue figure publicly. On X, Gergely has about 360K followers and Lenny about 449K.

Side-by-side comparison

Based in: Gergely Orosz: Amsterdam, Netherlands; Lenny Rachitsky: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Started: Gergely Orosz: 2021 (5 yrs indie); Lenny Rachitsky: 2019 (7 yrs indie)
Revenue (self-reported): Gergely Orosz: Not public; Lenny Rachitsky: $1M+/yr (newsletter and podcast, each over $500K)self-reported, as of 2024 · source for Lenny Rachitsky's revenue
Products listed: Gergely Orosz: 3; Lenny Rachitsky: 4
Product status: Gergely Orosz: 3 active; Lenny Rachitsky: 4 active
X followers: Gergely Orosz: 360K; Lenny Rachitsky: 449K
Categories: Gergely Orosz: Creators & Writers Educators & Course Creators Developer Tools; Lenny Rachitsky: Creators & Writers Community Builders Acquirers & Indie Investors
Style: Gergely Orosz: bootstrapped; Lenny Rachitsky: bootstrappedexited
Courses & resources: Gergely Orosz: 5; Lenny Rachitsky: 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.

Gergely Orosz

No stack shared publicly.

Lenny Rachitsky

No stack shared publicly.

How they build

Gergely Orosz

Report from inside the industry with primary sources rather than opinion alone.
Keep editorial independence: no sponsored articles, guest posts or gifted reviews.
Clear, simple design beats elaborate architecture.
Writing well is an underrated engineering skill.

Lenny Rachitsky

Quality and consistency are the keys to building an audience.
A few deeply researched tentpole pieces can matter more than volume.
Write for a specific audience that lacks a home publication.
Keep free content genuinely useful because it markets the paid work.

Learn from Gergely and Lenny

Gergely Orosz

[newsletter] The Pragmatic Engineer
[book] The Software Engineer's Guidebook
[book] Building Mobile Apps at Scale
[book] The Tech Resume Inside Out
[podcast] The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast

Lenny Rachitsky

Gergely Orosz vs Lenny Rachitsky FAQ

Who makes more money, Gergely Orosz or Lenny Rachitsky?

Lenny Rachitsky self-reports $1M+/yr (newsletter and podcast, each over $500K) (as of 2024). Gergely Orosz's revenue is not public, so a direct comparison isn't possible.

Who has built more products, Gergely Orosz or Lenny Rachitsky?

Gergely Orosz has 3 products listed (The Pragmatic Engineer, The Software Engineer's Guidebook and The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast); Lenny Rachitsky has 4 products listed (including Lenny's Newsletter, Lenny's Podcast and Lenny's Jobs).