ChartDB

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ChartDB gained traction only after focusing exclusively on database visualization
“So I would tell myself like to pick one core value and defend it and like aggressively everything start working when we double down on once we focus entirely on making database visualization obvious and ignore everything else. Like that's what I would say, lik…”
Jonathan Fischner Feb 25, 2026 ▶ 12:15 I Built a Niche App to $9K MRR
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ChartDB spends $600 per month on AWS for cloud hosting
“AWS is where we have the cloud hosting, so costs 600 a month.”
Jonathan Fischner Feb 25, 2026 ▶ 11:27 I Built a Niche App to $9K MRR
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ChartDB is built using React, Vite, Node.js, and React Flow
“Yeah, so everything is React. We're using React Byte and Node.js, Tailwind, and React Flow for the canvas and all the entities.”
Jonathan Fischner Feb 25, 2026 ▶ 10:49 I Built a Niche App to $9K MRR
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ChartDB hit the Hacker News front page after three weeks of development
“The growth for ChartDB started with launch on Arker News. That got us, like, for the front page. So we started, like, developing RDB, and after three weeks of development, we decided to go for lunch, and we did some preparation, and then we decide, all right, …”
Jonathan Fischner Feb 25, 2026 ▶ 4:22 I Built a Niche App to $9K MRR
Immediate visual value and zero-friction onboarding drove ChartDB's developer adoption
“The two things that I think made it work is, one, the product It's much more visual and easy to people to see the value right away, and it's giving like a better wow effect. And the second thing is reduction of the friction. So let's say you don't need to prov…”
Jonathan Fischner Feb 25, 2026 ▶ 3:28 I Built a Niche App to $9K MRR
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ChartDB pivoted from an AI client due to developer trust issues
“In the beginning, Charlie B, we started, like with a different idea, and we thought about, like, trying, like, to build the database clients that incubate AI into them. So we started that direction, and we had, like, Big stop, because people don't really adopt…”
Jonathan Fischner Feb 25, 2026 ▶ 2:51 I Built a Niche App to $9K MRR
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ChartDB surpassed 250,000 users and nearly $9,400 in monthly revenue
“We had the passing during the year two 50,000 developers that use the product in the revenue side, and we passed nine, almost 9400.”
Jonathan Fischner Feb 25, 2026 ▶ 2:14 I Built a Niche App to $9K MRR
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ChartDB has surpassed 21,000 stars on GitHub
“So this is our GitHub chart to be chart to be, and we just passed 21,000 stars on GitHub.”
Jonathan Fischner Feb 25, 2026 ▶ 2:09 I Built a Niche App to $9K MRR

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