Spotted mid-flight that Cursor developers had nowhere central to find “rules,” hacked together a directory site in 3 hours after landing, and rode X + Hacker News + organic YouTuber coverage to $34-35K/mo at 99.8% margin — on 3 hours of maintenance a month.
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[Video] cursor.directory is the directory site where Cursor developers go to find and share “rules.” Founders are Pontus and his close friend Victor (design co-founder); their day job is bootstrapping their startup midday, and they've also shipped open-source projects like Languin. This is a Starter Story (Pat Walls) interview. $34-35K/mo, 99.8% margin.
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Create free accountEmail code only. No password.Data credibility: Founder Pontus self-reported on the Starter Story podcast: 49,000 registered users, 2.2M unique visitors, 99.8% margin, ~$500/mo in operating costs, just 3 hours of maintenance per month. All revenue figures are founder-reported or estimated by the video creator — unaudited.