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Steve M

Laid-off corporate dev turned full-time indie, building Releasy Suite and Sub Rosa

About Steve M

Steve M is a developer in Palm Harbor, Florida, who went full-time indie after being laid off from a corporate development role. He shares lessons from going from zero users to first revenue.

He runs Releasy Corp, whose Releasy Suite bundles three products under one login and one bill: Hookfire, real-time phone alerts for payments, messages, errors and deploys; Upvoted, a feature voting and feedback board; and Indie Polls, shareable and embeddable polls. He is also building Sub Rosa, a text-based LitRPG mobile game with AI-generated dungeons.

Products by Steve M

Releasy Suite logo

Releasy Suite

releasy.xyz

Bundle of Hookfire, Upvoted and Indie Polls under one login and bill.

Hookfire logo

Hookfire

releasy.xyz

Real-time phone alerts for payments, messages, errors and deploys.

Upvoted logo

Upvoted

releasy.xyz

User feedback and feature voting platform.

Indie Polls logo

Indie Polls

releasy.xyz

Fast polls you can share or embed.

Sub Rosa logo

Sub Rosa

releasy.xyz

Text-based mobile LitRPG with AI-generated dungeons.

Steve M FAQ

What is Releasy Suite?

Releasy Suite bundles Hookfire alerts, Upvoted feature voting and Indie Polls into one service with a single login and bill.

Is Steve M a full-time indie maker?

Yes. His X bio says he went full-time indie after being laid off from a corporate dev role.

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