I survived 2.5 years without a job by building a Chrome extension solo

2.5 years ago, I quit my job with no backup plan. Today, I'm making a living from a Chrome extension I built in my bedroom. Numbers: 6000+ active users. Paying customers from 45+ countries. 4.7/5 stars on Chrome Web Store. $0 spent on marketing. 14-hour days, 7 days/week in the beginning. 200+ updates shipped. It started on a rooftop cafe in Delhi. I had just quit my job, was questioning all my life choices, and was brainstorming ideas with an old friend. That night, I had a simple thought: "What if I build something that helps developers fix UI issues faster?" No market research. No fancy business plan. Just opened VS Code and started coding. Reality Check Moments: Month 1-3: Lived off savings, coded 14 hours daily. Month 4: First launch on ProductHunt - got 200+ upvotes. Month 6: Extension went viral in Japan (97k views). Month 7: Finally launched paid version - 8 sales first week. Month 25: Featured on Chrome Web Store (feels unreal). Hard Truths Nobody Talks About: Spent countless nights debugging Chrome APIs. Lived with constant anxiety about running out of savings. Kept the extension free for 7 months while bleeding money. Still do everything solo. Turned down VC funding to keep full control.