CJ (Sajilah Mazafar)
Founder, CodeGuide. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Sajilah Mazafar is the founder of CodeGuide, an AI-powered platform designed to generate technical specifications and minimize hallucinations in AI code editors. He is known in the indie hacker community for scaling the software tool to substantial monthly recurring revenue shortly after launch.
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Everything CJ (Sajilah Mazafar) said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
CJ: CodeGuide reached $42K MRR and 4,800 developers in three months
“So we launched on the 24th of December, and in just the last three months, we've grown CodeGuide to 42 K MRR with a community of more than 4800 AI developers”
CJ projects CodeGuide will reach around $90K MRR this month
“And we're projecting to cross around 90 K this month.”
CJ: Piggybacking on existing AI tool audiences accelerates startup growth
“That's why it is growing really fast because I'm not reinventing my own audience. I'm just utilizing the AI coding tools audience, and we're just making that AI coding workflow better.”
CJ: Screen recording demos on X are ideal for product launches
“So Twitter is actually a really great platform to launch products. All you need to do is just share your screen, create a simple screen recording demo, and you just post it. And this type of content usually goes wild.”
CJ: Positioning SaaS as part of a tutorial blueprint drives organic growth
“In the hook, you actually talk about the problem and then you show them the exact blueprint. What's the ideal solution. And then you position your SaaS in between just a part of the solution. That type of content actually performs really well because that's bo…”
CJ: CodeGuide spends $3,500 monthly on operations, including $2,800 for OpenAI
“The biggest bill is OpenAI API, which is 2800 dollars. Then we also use Cloud API, and that costs us 300 plus dollars. Gemini Flash API is free right now. Cleric Dev is for user authentication. That's a very good tool. And then we use ConvertKit to send emails…”
CJ: CodeGuide gained 1,800 waitlist signups in two weeks
“And then I created a landing page in like 30 minutes using bold. And within two weeks, we got 1800 waitlists. Signups.”
CJ built CodeGuide in two weeks, gaining 100 users on launch day
“It took us just two weeks to actually from, that's just a raw UI, to have a proper responsive web app launched for our users, and we got a hundred users the first day of launch, that was on the 24th of December, twenty-twenty-four.”
CJ: CodeGuide will raise its monthly price to $39-$49 within six months
“They can sign up either for a monthly membership, which is right now at 29 dollars. That will be 39 to 49 dollars in next six months.”
CJ: CodeGuide holds official partnerships with Cursor, Windsurf, Bolt, and Lovable
“We have official partnership with Cursor AI Windsurf, Bolt, Lovable, and all the top AI coding tools.”
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