--- title: "The solo project making $10M a year - Sidekiq Case Study" url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-solo-project-making-10m-a-year---sidekiq-case-study-leq3lnylu source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vh0Rm3R1TE type: video:youtube source: "Tom Delalande" published: 2026-06-22T14:40:21.404Z updated: 2026-06-22T16:27:19.323Z reading_time: 5 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 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. # The solo project making $10M a year - Sidekiq Case Study **[Tom Delalande](https://daily.dev/sources/tom_delalande)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This is a case study on Mike Perham, a fascinating open source story where a single developer makes $10M a year by maintaining 2 projects. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## 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 - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-solo-project-making-10m-a-year---sidekiq-case-study-leq3lnylu)