A very relatable story! Are you going to write follow-up posts with more details covering the rest of the journey with more of the ups and downs of running a tiny bootstrapped startup? I'd be interested in reading!
A nice story-- I built my own SaaS (in the middle of year seven now). A similar story... I even read Rob Walling's book and even went to a local Microconf.<p>The numbers grew slowly and have pretty much plateaued. It's my dream job, and I can't imagine going back to work for anyone else.<p>I do have an existential dread though--- mainly, "what if my revenue goes to zero?" and I constantly think about how to improve the service or build another service on the side.<p>Though, it's still better than the dread that comes with being employed and potentially laid off.
Congrats! Mine just turned 17 and I just modernised it a bit. Happy clients for almost 2 decades. No unicorns but still a nice fuzzy feeling. Keep going for the next 10 years!