--- title: "How a solo dev got rich by building Laravel..." url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-a-solo-dev-got-rich-by-building-laravel--w8p7gcqy4 source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-6Jov84LHk type: video:youtube source: "Awesome" published: 2025-06-25T11:26:39.095Z updated: 2025-06-25T11:29:41.417Z tags: ["webdev", "open-source", "php", "laravel", "entrepreneurship"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 39 comments: 1 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How a solo dev got rich by building Laravel... **[Awesome](https://daily.dev/sources/awesome-coding)** · 3 min read · 39 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Taylor Otwell's journey from a solo developer in Arkansas to Laravel's creator demonstrates how solving personal problems can lead to massive success. Starting as a private project to build PHP web apps faster, Laravel generated no revenue for three years until Forge, a deployment tool, provided the breakthrough that allowed Otwell to quit his day job in 2015. The story emphasizes two key principles: solve real problems you face personally, and tackle the hard parts first rather than perfecting superficial features. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@vagsig** · 0 upvotes > All hail! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#laravel](https://daily.dev/tags/laravel), [#entrepreneurship](https://daily.dev/tags/entrepreneurship) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-a-solo-dev-got-rich-by-building-laravel--w8p7gcqy4)