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Hello,
I'm Beverley.

I run Indiemaker – where indie founders buy, sell and build digital businesses – and write about ownership, autonomy, and independent thinking.

Beverley
What I'm building

All in on the indie economy.

Studio · 16 years

Machine Republic

A boutique software studio, sixteen years running.Origin story

Book

Payments Playbook

A book for engineers who ship payments. Written mostly by Sean, with a contribution from me.

Product

Craaft.io

Kanban the way it used to be – simple, fast, no noise.

Open source

Nitro

A Python static site generator. Also what this site is built on.

Business principles.

01

Independence first.

Self-funded, clear ownership, low coordination cost. This is the whole structural thesis – everything else follows from it.

non-negotiable
02

Useful lasts. Hype fades.

Solve a real problem for a real person and stop worrying about whether it sounds impressive.

03

Leverage beats effort.

Code, community, and distribution compound over time. Apply them before adding people.