BUILDING SINCE 2018 · NOT REVIEWED BY MICHAEL
Michael
Lynch
“I'm Michael Lynch, software developer and blogger. I used to work as a software engineer at large companies, but now I create indie businesses and blog about the process.”in their words · mtlynch.io
$627 /mo
Refactoring English revenue
stated · Aug 2026$11.8K
Refactoring English, total so far
stated · Feb 2026$598K
from selling 1 product
sum of stated prices11
products
2018
full-time since
Career
Every main product, who ran it, and when it changed hands.
Refactoring English2026 →
NOW
TinyPilot2020 – 2024
$598,000
→ an individual buyer
Is It Keto2018 – 2024
sold
→ an individual buyer
Side projects8
201820192020202120222023202420252026
Michael runs ita new owner runs itsold, with the stated priceshut downside project
Refactoring EnglishRUNNINGsince Oct 2026
$6,551
Mar 2025
$11.8K
total
Feb 2026
$627
/mo
Aug 2026
Figures Michael stated, each measuring something different. We don’t draw a line between them.
The journey
Quit Google (2018), sold TinyPilot for $598k (2024), launched a book
Milestones
$997K
/yr · TinyPilot
2023 · old
$63K
/yr · All products
2020 · old
$11.8K
total · Refactoring English
Feb 2026 · stated
$8,741
/mo · TinyPilot
Jul 2020 · old
Latest
Oct 2026Launched Refactoring English
Aug 2026On TMPDIR podcast, episode 53
May 2025On TMPDIR podcast: Effective Writing for Developers
Mar 2025Refactoring English: Three-week Kickstarter pre-sale for the book
Apr 2024Sold TinyPilot to an individual buyer$598,000
How sure are we?
11 verified by someone other than Michael64 stated by Michael in public12 outdated, older than our limits
Read on 11 Oct 2026 · more data coming