I Built an AI-Powered Education Platform as a Solo Founder - Here's My Full Stack

I Built an AI-Powered Education Platform as a Solo Founder - Here's My Full Stack

After 6 months of nights and weekends, I shipped TopoForest - an AI-driven business education platform for indie builders going global. No co-founders, no VC funding, no team. Just me, a keyboard, and an unhealthy amount of coffee.

If you're a solo dev wondering whether you can actually pull off a SaaS by yourself, the answer is yes - but you'll need to be surgical about your tech choices. Here's the full stack I used, the trade-offs I made, and what I'd do differently.

The Big Picture

TopoForest is a learning platform that teaches OPC builders (solo entrepreneurs running a one-person business) how to leverage AI in their daily operations. It has video courses, user accounts, phone verification, and WeChat integration. All of it needs to work in China, which means dealing with the Chinese internet ecosystem - a whole different beast.