About the studio
A one-person studio shipping like a ten-person team.
Makershot is run by Koustav, senior full-stack engineer. Quick AI tools for makers, and a small number of client projects each quarter. No sales team. No handoffs.
Our story
Makershot started as a side project, small AI tools I kept wishing existed. The OG Image Generator solved a weekly problem: a good social card in under a minute.
It grew into a studio because founders kept asking: “Can you build the whole thing?” Now we do both, free tools under the Makershot roof, and fixed-price client sprints.
Same philosophy everywhere: speed with taste, craft over flash, and a bias toward helping other makers launch.
Founder
Koustav
Full-stack since 2016. Based in West Bengal, India. Shipping globally.
Principles
Three rules that shape everything.
01
Speed with taste
Default
We ship in days, not months. Polished stack and strong defaults, not skipped craft.
02
Craft over flash
Non-negotiable
Typography, spacing, motion, and the small details. Every surface should feel considered.
03
Maker-friendly
Bias
Transparent pricing, async-first, pragmatic trade-offs. We build for indie hackers because we are one.
Stack
The tools we build with
Opinionated defaults. Happy to work in yours, these are where we move fastest.
Next.js 16
App Router
TypeScript
Strict
Tailwind + shadcn
UI system
Motion
Micro-interactions
Supabase
Postgres
AI SDK
Streaming
Stripe
Billing
Vercel
Deploy
Want to work with us?
Small roster each quarter. We’ll say honestly if we’re the right fit.