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Kent C. Dodds vs Sahil Lavingia

Products, revenue & stack compared side by side.

Kent C. Dodds

JavaScript educator behind Epic React, Epic Web and Testing JavaScript

@kentcdodds United States

Sahil Lavingia

Founder of Gumroad and author of The Minimalist Entrepreneur

@shl United States

Kent C. Dodds vs Sahil Lavingia at a glance

Kent C. Dodds and Sahil Lavingia are both indie makers listed on IndieMakerList. They overlap in Educators & Course Creators, Open Source Makers and Creators & Writers. Kent is based in United States, Sahil in Brooklyn, United States. Kent C. Dodds has 5 products listed on IndieMakerList vs Sahil Lavingia's 3. Sahil self-reports $17.8M/yr (Gumroad, 2025); Kent hasn't shared a revenue figure publicly. On X, Kent has about 330K followers and Sahil about 394K.

Side-by-side comparison

Based in: Kent C. Dodds: United States; Sahil Lavingia: Brooklyn, United States
Started: Kent C. Dodds: —; Sahil Lavingia: 2011 (15 yrs indie)
Revenue (self-reported): Kent C. Dodds: Not public; Sahil Lavingia: $17.8M/yr (Gumroad, 2025)self-reported, as of 2025 · source for Sahil Lavingia's revenue
Products listed: Kent C. Dodds: 5; Sahil Lavingia: 3
Product status: Kent C. Dodds: 5 active; Sahil Lavingia: 3 active
X followers: Kent C. Dodds: 330K; Sahil Lavingia: 394K
Categories: Kent C. Dodds: Educators & Course Creators Open Source Makers Creators & Writers; Sahil Lavingia: E-commerce Creators & Writers Educators & Course Creators Open Source Makers
Style: Kent C. Dodds: bootstrapped; Sahil Lavingia: builds in public
Courses & resources: Kent C. Dodds: 6; Sahil Lavingia: 1

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.

Kent C. Dodds

ReactRemixTypeScriptNode.js

Sahil Lavingia

No stack shared publicly.

How they build

Kent C. Dodds

The more your tests resemble the way your software is used, the more confidence they give you.
Learn by doing: exercises over passive watching.
Teach in public and give away lots of free material.

Sahil Lavingia

Start with a community you are already part of, then build for it.
Do things manually before you build software, and build as little as possible.
Profitability gives you the freedom to make your own decisions.
Run the company in public: open metrics, open board meetings, open source.
Creators should own their audience and get paid directly.

Learn from Kent and Sahil

Kent C. Dodds

[course] Epic React · Paid
[course] Epic Web · Paid
[course] Testing JavaScript · Paid
[course] Epic AI · Paid
[course] Epic Product Engineer · Paid
[youtube] Kent C. Dodds on YouTube · Free

Sahil Lavingia

[book] The Minimalist Entrepreneur

Kent C. Dodds vs Sahil Lavingia FAQ

Who makes more money, Kent C. Dodds or Sahil Lavingia?

Sahil Lavingia self-reports $17.8M/yr (Gumroad, 2025). Kent C. Dodds' revenue is not public, so a direct comparison isn't possible.

Who has built more products, Kent C. Dodds or Sahil Lavingia?

Kent C. Dodds has 5 products listed (including Epic React, Epic Web and Testing JavaScript); Sahil Lavingia has 3 products listed (Gumroad, Flexile and Helper).