mrrsucks_
daemon status: running

stripe says "new payment!"
you're at $47 MRR.

// that notification is dopamine, not progress. a background daemon reads your Stripe or Polar, measures the gap between your MRR and your goal, and pushes the truth to your lock screen every morning. for 365 days. it does not care about your feelings.

you don't need another "you got this!" thread. you need something that reads the distance between where you are and where you said you'd be — and makes it uncomfortable.

or list your startup for free
$9 / project365 daily roasts0 mercy.exe
diagnosis.log

the stripe notification trap

you built a SaaS. you connected Stripe. now you're trapped in a feedback loop designed to make you feel good — not do good.

symptom_01

the dopamine hit

“New payment: $49.00 🎉” — you screenshot it, tweet it, feel like you’re winning. you’re at $47 MRR with a $10K goal. the notification didn’t lie. your brain did.

reward: past event
symptom_02

the dashboard delusion

you check Stripe 11 times a day. none of those visits shipped a feature. the numbers don’t change by staring at them. you know this. you keep checking.

productivity: 0
symptom_03

the comfort zone

positive reinforcement rewards what already happened. it doesn’t push you toward what hasn’t. your MRR is flat because nothing in your stack tells you it should hurt.

growth: stalled
DIAGNOSIS you're addicted to progress theater. PRESCRIBING daily roast @ 07:00
notifications.enable()

the antidote hits your lock screen.

No email you'll ignore. No dashboard you'll never open. Every morning at 07:00 the gap between your MRR and your goal lands as a push notification — right next to your texts. Written by an AI that read yesterday's numbers and chose violence. On iPhone and Android.

7:005G  ▭ 9%
7:00
tuesday, june 9 · day 142 broke
mmrrsucksnow
$0 yesterday. a literal rock generates more value, and it doesn't even have a landing page.
mmrrsucksyesterday
1 new customer, 3 churned. your growth chart is doing a backflip into hell.
swipe up to weep
01add to home screenOpen mrrsucks in Safari or Chrome, tap Share → "Add to Home Screen." Installs as a PWA in ~5 seconds.
02allow notificationsOne tap to say yes. That's the contract — you're agreeing to be roasted. no refunds on feelings.
03get roasted at 07:00, dailyEvery morning, a fresh push notification built from yesterday's numbers. Not a chart. Not a pat on the back. The gap, in words. For 365 mornings straight.
iPhone + Androidinstalls as a PWAno App Storepush @ 07:00
how_it_works.sh

three commands to break the dopamine loop

pay 9

one project, $9

No subscription, no trial, no graceful exit. You’re buying a year of being told the truth. Your therapist charges $200/hour. This costs $0.02/day.

payment confirmed
connect stripe|polar

read-only, 2 clicks

The daemon reads MRR, churn, and new customers from Stripe or Polar. It never touches your money — it just measures how far you are from your goal.

scope: read · revocable
enable roasts

365 days of discomfort

Every morning a push notification hits your lock screen with the gap. Not a chart. Not a pat on the back. The truth, written by an AI with no feelings to manage.

cron set: daily @ 07:00
tail -f roasts.log

a sample of stdout

real roasts from real founders. names changed to protect the embarrassed. the worse the numbers, the better the output.

07:00:01ROAST$47 MRR. my nephew makes more than that selling lemonade. he’s 7. he has a coupon strategy. do you?
07:00:00ROASTchurn is up again. even your customers are leaving you. honestly? relatable as hell.
07:00:00ROASTMRR up $9! oh wait. that’s just you paying yourself to use mrrsucks. buddy. we need to talk.
07:00:00ROASTflat for 12 days straight. your revenue chart and your EKG have one thing in common: no signs of life.
06:59:59ROAST9 days no shipping, 40 tweets. the grindset is strong, the product is dead. make it make sense.
06:59:58ROASTback to $0. at this point Stripe is just storing your dreams for free. generous of them, honestly.
the public endpoint

your shame has a url

Every project gets a public page at mrrsucks.com/you/project — your MRR, your goal, the gap, your streak, and the daemon's daily verdict.

It's the most honest "building in public" page on the internet — and you didn't even write it. Post it on Twitter. Tag a friend who's also pre-revenue. Watch them buy it out of spite.

claim my endpoint
curl — 80x24
$ curl mrrsucks.com/marc/side-project
projectside-project
owner@marc
mrr.target$8,400
mrr.actual$47
streak_at_$0142 days
progress to target: 0.5%
// the daemon's verdict"pre-revenue is a generous word for whatever's happening here."
checkout --price 9

nine dollars. one year. zero mercy.

$9one-time
per project
  • 365 daily push notifications built from real revenue data
  • reads the gap between your MRR and your goal — every morning
  • your own public accountability page, indexed by Google
  • connects to Stripe or Polar — your pick
  • 3 roast modes: brutal · cold math · tough love coach
  • list your startup in priority on the leaderboard
  • add unlimited projects, $9 each
  • no subscription · no renewal · no therapist

stripe notifications cost you nothing and give you dopamine. this costs $9 and gives you the truth.

$9 is roughly your MRR anyway. Might as well spend it on accountability instead of another domain you'll never use.

// connects to stripe · read-only · cancel-proof
or get roasted & list your startup for free →
SELECT * FROM regrets
0
current users (you could be first)
$0
revenue generated by this page (ironic)
100%
chance this roasts harder than your standup
or list your startup for free
man mrrsucks

faq

isn’t this just a mean notification app+

stripe sends you a nice notification when someone pays. you feel great. you go back to twitter. nothing changes. mrrsucks sends you the gap between your MRR and your goal. you feel bad. you ship something. everything changes. so yes — it’s a mean notification app. that’s the point.

is it actually this mean+

meaner. the AI scales savagery to your numbers — the worse you’re doing, the harder it goes. you can dial it down to ‘gentle disappointment’ in settings, but let’s be honest, you won’t.

does it really read my stripe+

read-only access, two clicks, revoke anytime. we pull MRR, churn, and new customers — that’s it. we will never touch, move, or even compliment your money. you can also connect Polar if that’s your thing.

why $9 and not a subscription+

because a subscription would mean your MRR funds our MRR, and the irony would take us both out. one project, $9, one year. want more pain? add another project.

can i get a refund+

there’s nothing to cancel — it’s a one-time payment. but if you email us within 14 days and say please, we’ll refund you. no daemon judges you for quitting. (it will, privately.)

what happens after 12 months+

your public page stays live forever. roasts stop. renew for $9 if you want more pain. or don’t — your shame endpoint remains as a monument to the year you tried.

is the public page really public+

yes, but you hold the switch. flip it private if you’re a coward, or share the link and let the internet watch you suffer in real time. the brave ones go viral.

what if my mrr is actually good+

then the daemon switches to backhanded compliments and reminds you it could all collapse tomorrow. nobody escapes. the binary is named mrrsucks for a reason.

./install-the-daemon

you scrolled all the way here instead of shipping.
$9. 365 roasts. one public endpoint of pure shame.

or get roasted & list your startup for free →