Marc Lou launches coding course CodeFast, makes $92k in two days

• Marc Lou launched CodeFast, a coding course, on November 28th.

• It's made him $92,000 in revenue in just two days.

• Further validating the power of having a strong reputation and large following.

One of the biggest names in indie hacking has a new product. 

Marc Lou, the indie hacker best known for creating the SaaS boilerplate ShipFast, is now also the creator of CodeFast. And, in typical Marc Lou fashion, he announced it with a bang.

CodeFast has the same general idea as ShipFast: to help entrepreneurs build and ship their SaaS quicker. But, whereas ShipFast does so by providing boilerplate code, CodeFast does so by teaching you how to code.

According to Marc, CodeFast includes 12 hours of video and a private discord community that will teach even a complete beginner how to build a SaaS in just two weeks. More specifically, you’ll learn:

• Frontend: React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and daisyUI. 

• Backend: Next.js API, Stripe or Lemon Squeezy for payments, Resend for emails, and MongoDB for database.

• Programming language: JavaScript.

By the end, you should know how to build a “small YouTube clone and a SaaS app with user authentification, subscription payments, database, etc.”

A huge success

It might seem silly to launch a $149/$299 coding course considering the amount of free resources out there. And it seems especially silly when paired with a guarantee like “learn to code in two weeks.” People told him as much on X. 

But, one thing that definitely isn’t silly is the results. In just two days, he’s sold $92,000 worth of CodeFast. That’s a huge windfall, and it’s coming at an opportune time for Marc, as his flagship product ShipFast has fallen from $126,500 in March to just $27,900 in November and has dealt with controversy surrounding its security practices. 

So, if there’s anything to learn from CodeFast (besides coding of course), it’s that a strong reputation and large following can very quickly make you a lot of money.