Reflecting on 14 months of indie hacking - Building 7 projects and learning hard lessons

TL;DR: 14 months ago, I quit my job to build indie products. Built 7 projects, currently at ~$45 MRR total across all projects, 900+ active users. Most projects failed financially, but learned valuable lessons about building for broad audiences over niche tools. A little over 14 months ago, I made the drastic decision to quit my full-time job of 6+ years as Engineering Manager at Mercari to go my…