Farnam Street
fs.blog
Website on decision-making, mental models and learning, with articles, book notes and a reader-funded membership.
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Shane Parrish vs Wes Bos
Products, revenue & stack compared side by side.
Shane Parrish vs Wes Bos at a glance
Both Shane Parrish and Wes Bos are bootstrapped. They overlap in Creators & Writers and Educators & Course Creators. Shane is based in Ottawa, Canada, Wes in Hamilton, Canada. Shane Parrish has 5 products listed on IndieMakerList vs Wes Bos' 3. Wes has sold 1 product. On X, Shane has about 569K followers and Wes about 444K.
Side-by-side comparison
- Based in
- Shane Parrish: Ottawa, Canada
- Wes Bos: Hamilton, Canada
- Started
- Shane Parrish: —
- Wes Bos: 2014 (12 yrs indie)
- Revenue (self-reported)
- Shane Parrish: Not public
- Wes Bos: Not public
- Products listed
- Shane Parrish: 5
- Wes Bos: 3
- Product status
- Shane Parrish: 5 active
- Wes Bos: 2 active · 1 acquired
- X followers
- Shane Parrish: 569K
- Wes Bos: 444K
- Categories
- Shane Parrish: Creators & WritersEducators & Course Creators
- Wes Bos: Educators & Course CreatorsCreators & Writers
- Style
- Shane Parrish: bootstrapped
- Wes Bos: bootstrappedexited
- Courses & resources
- Shane Parrish: 4
- Wes Bos: 13
Revenue figures are self-reported by each maker and not audited; dates and scope differ. Highlighted categories are shared by both.
Top products
Brain Food
fs.blog
Free weekly newsletter of ideas and insights, read by more than 900,000 people.
FS Membership
fs.blog
Paid membership with early podcast access, bonus episodes and member-only content.
The Knowledge Project
fs.blog
Interview podcast with investors, founders and thinkers on how they make decisions.
Wes Bos Courses
wesbos.com
Self-published catalogue of free and premium JavaScript, React, Node and CSS courses.
JavaScript30
javascript30.com
Free 30-day challenge: build 30 things with vanilla JavaScript and no frameworks.
Web development podcast co-hosted with Scott Tolinski, produced by Sentry since 2023.
Tech stack
No tools in common in their publicly listed stacks. See the indie maker tech stack.
No stack shared publicly.
JavaScriptReactNode.js
How they build
- Master the best of what other people have already figured out.
- Build a latticework of mental models from many disciplines.
- Good decisions come from controlling your defaults, not from intelligence alone.
- Earn trust by never selling editorial influence to sponsors.
- Give away excellent free courses and let them sell the paid ones.
- Own your distribution: sell courses from your own sites.
- Teach by building real things, not toy examples.
Learn from Shane and Wes
- [book] Clear Thinking
- [book] The Great Mental Models (Volumes 1–4)
- [newsletter] Brain Food
- [podcast] The Knowledge Project
- [course] JavaScript30 · Free
- [course] Beginner JavaScript · Paid
- [course] React For Beginners · Paid
- [course] Fullstack Advanced React and GraphQL · Paid
- [course] Learn Node · Paid
- [course] ES6 for Everyone · Paid
- +7 more on Wes's profile
Shane Parrish vs Wes Bos FAQ
Who makes more money, Shane Parrish or Wes Bos?
Neither Shane Parrish nor Wes Bos has publicly reported a revenue figure that IndieMakerList tracks, so it's not public.
Who has built more products, Shane Parrish or Wes Bos?
Shane Parrish has 5 products listed (including Farnam Street, Brain Food and FS Membership); Wes Bos has 3 products listed (Wes Bos Courses, JavaScript30 and Syntax).
What tech stack do Shane Parrish and Wes Bos use?
Shane Parrish hasn't shared a stack. Wes Bos uses JavaScript, React and Node.js. They don't list any tools in common.
Where are Shane Parrish and Wes Bos based?
Shane Parrish: Ottawa, Canada. Wes Bos: Hamilton, Canada.
Who has been an indie maker longer, Shane Parrish or Wes Bos?
Shane Parrish's start year isn't listed; Wes Bos started in 2014 (12 years indie).
Are Shane Parrish and Wes Bos bootstrapped?
Yes, both are listed as bootstrapped founders on IndieMakerList.
Full profiles
Read the full story, timeline and links on Shane Parrish's profile and Wes Bos's profile.
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