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Clone The App: How Calm app makes $30M/month from Sleep & Relaxation

hasibhaque07

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I built a guard for AI agents that act on stale information

ibd

7upvotes 34comments

I shipped 129 pull requests to my SEO SaaS in the last 7 days — solo, with Claude Code doing most of the typing

RogierB

6upvotes 34comments

Launch Nest LN: 🔥 What’s the Best New Product You’ve Discovered Recently?

bux05665

67upvotes 15comments

LaunchOn.it: The awkward silence of Day 2: Launching an app into a crowded trend wave

launchonit

30upvotes 12comments

We're validating two product ideas at once — trying to figure out which problem is worth solving first

vorneaux

16upvotes 61comments

I launched a project for Indie Hackers, and I just wanted to say thank you

SolodeveloperJr

14upvotes 34comments

SaasOffers: Built an AI-visibility tool that also gets you cited, not just tracks it

SaasOffers

45upvotes 22comments

15 days after launching to zero audience: $0, 1 follower, 0 stars. The full numbers.

Taiko_TOEDA

33upvotes 115comments

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Crossing $25k MRR on a newsletter that he launched 72 hours after getting laid off

Matt Brown got laid off and built a paid newsletter. Then, he expanded his revenue streams. Now, it's bringing in $25k+ MRR. Here's how.

IndieJames

35upvotes 27comments

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From broke and idealess to building a $100k/mo AI services company

Aryan Mahajan went from broke to $100k/mo. Here's how.

IndieJames

52upvotes 49comments

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Making $9k/mo with a mobile app until platform risk took its toll

Emanuele Di Pietro grew a Codex app to $9k/mo before OpenAI released theirs. Now, he's working to regain ground. Here's the story.

IndieJames

69upvotes 75comments

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Hitting $1M ARR in two years and working four hours per day

Aurélien Amacker works four hours per day running a company that's bringing in over $1M ARR. Here's how.

IndieJames

92upvotes 73comments

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Hitting $40k+ MRR with bottom-of-funnel content until AI search forced her to change tactics

Cecilia Razak built a tool for her business. Then, she launched publicly and grew it to $40k+ MRR in four years. Here's how.

IndieJames

82upvotes 80comments

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Building a $2M ARR product after his $8M ARR product failed overnight

After shutting down his $8M ARR business overnight, Ruslan Leteyski bootstrapped his next company to $2M ARR. Here's how.

IndieJames

135upvotes 77comments

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Launch Nest LN The Launch Platform Built to Help New Products Get Noticed 1

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PaperTrack Know exactly who's reading your documents — page by page 2

I built PaperTrack because I was tired of sending documents into a black hole

SaturnSQL The team SQL editor that schedules queries to Google Sheets 3

PopSQL and SeekWell were shutting down, so I built the replacement myself

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JamesTobin

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Vexora: Building a tool to translate games in real-time — does this problem resonate with anyone?

noxielabs

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Alrebro: I asked ChatGPT to recommend my own business. It said it had never heard of us.

alrebro

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$0 → $2M ARR in 5 years, bootstrapped, in an ecosystem everyone says is dying

Aurelio

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Why I optimize when I should be scaling: the rejection loop

Raquel50

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A hospital wants to pilot my healthcare SaaS — how do I protect ownership and negotiate the deal?

ForeverYOU

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Best IPTV Guide to Al Ittihad vs Al Hazem Predicted Lineup and how to Watch 2026: Guide Update 49169

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The Build Board 🪧

A daily leaderboard of build-in-public posts.

Launch Nest LN The Launch Platform Built to Help New Products Get Noticed 1

A New Place to Discover What Builders Are Launching

PaperTrack Know exactly who's reading your documents — page by page 2

I built PaperTrack because I was tired of sending documents into a black hole

SaturnSQL The team SQL editor that schedules queries to Google Sheets 3

PopSQL and SeekWell were shutting down, so I built the replacement myself

I launched a project for Indie Hackers, and I just wanted to say thank you

SolodeveloperJr

14upvotes 34comments

SaasOffers: Built an AI-visibility tool that also gets you cited, not just tracks it

SaasOffers

45upvotes 22comments

15 days after launching to zero audience: $0, 1 follower, 0 stars. The full numbers.

Taiko_TOEDA

33upvotes 115comments

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Crossing $25k MRR on a newsletter that he launched 72 hours after getting laid off

Matt Brown got laid off and built a paid newsletter. Then, he expanded his revenue streams. Now, it's bringing in $25k+ MRR. Here's how.

IndieJames

35upvotes 27comments

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From broke and idealess to building a $100k/mo AI services company

Aryan Mahajan went from broke to $100k/mo. Here's how.

IndieJames

52upvotes 49comments

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Making $9k/mo with a mobile app until platform risk took its toll

Emanuele Di Pietro grew a Codex app to $9k/mo before OpenAI released theirs. Now, he's working to regain ground. Here's the story.

IndieJames

69upvotes 75comments

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Hitting $1M ARR in two years and working four hours per day

Aurélien Amacker works four hours per day running a company that's bringing in over $1M ARR. Here's how.

IndieJames

92upvotes 73comments

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Hitting $40k+ MRR with bottom-of-funnel content until AI search forced her to change tactics

Cecilia Razak built a tool for her business. Then, she launched publicly and grew it to $40k+ MRR in four years. Here's how.

IndieJames

82upvotes 80comments

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Building a $2M ARR product after his $8M ARR product failed overnight

After shutting down his $8M ARR business overnight, Ruslan Leteyski bootstrapped his next company to $2M ARR. Here's how.

IndieJames

135upvotes 77comments

Clone The App: How Calm app makes $30M/month from Sleep & Relaxation

I built a guard for AI agents that act on stale information

I shipped 129 pull requests to my SEO SaaS in the last 7 days — solo, with Claude Code doing most of the typing

Launch Nest LN: 🔥 What’s the Best New Product You’ve Discovered Recently?

LaunchOn.it: The awkward silence of Day 2: Launching an app into a crowded trend wave

We're validating two product ideas at once — trying to figure out which problem is worth solving first

I launched a project for Indie Hackers, and I just wanted to say thank you

SaasOffers: Built an AI-visibility tool that also gets you cited, not just tracks it

15 days after launching to zero audience: $0, 1 follower, 0 stars. The full numbers.

Crossing $25k MRR on a newsletter that he launched 72 hours after getting laid off

From broke and idealess to building a $100k/mo AI services company

Making $9k/mo with a mobile app until platform risk took its toll

Hitting $1M ARR in two years and working four hours per day

Hitting $40k+ MRR with bottom-of-funnel content until AI search forced her to change tactics

Building a $2M ARR product after his $8M ARR product failed overnightIH+ Subscribers Only

A New Place to Discover What Builders Are Launching

I built PaperTrack because I was tired of sending documents into a black hole

PopSQL and SeekWell were shutting down, so I built the replacement myself

just.witter: Voices not posts.

Vexora: Building a tool to translate games in real-time — does this problem resonate with anyone?

Alrebro: I asked ChatGPT to recommend my own business. It said it had never heard of us.

$0 → $2M ARR in 5 years, bootstrapped, in an ecosystem everyone says is dying

Why I optimize when I should be scaling: the rejection loop

A hospital wants to pilot my healthcare SaaS — how do I protect ownership and negotiate the deal?

Endorsa: Show off your recommendations!

We launched LeadProof after realizing 200 OK does not prove a workflow finished

Rovaspace: Your remote team might be working hard… but you wouldn’t know it.

Best IPTV Guide to Al Ittihad vs Al Hazem Predicted Lineup and how to Watch 2026: Guide Update 49169

Launching countless apps until one gained momentum and hit $3.3.k MRRIH+ Subscribers Only

Pivoting an internal tool into a 7-figure businessIH+ Subscribers Only

Clone The App: How Calm app makes $30M/month from Sleep & Relaxation

I built a guard for AI agents that act on stale information

I shipped 129 pull requests to my SEO SaaS in the last 7 days — solo, with Claude Code doing most of the typing

Launch Nest LN: 🔥 What’s the Best New Product You’ve Discovered Recently?

LaunchOn.it: The awkward silence of Day 2: Launching an app into a crowded trend wave

We're validating two product ideas at once — trying to figure out which problem is worth solving first

A New Place to Discover What Builders Are Launching

I built PaperTrack because I was tired of sending documents into a black hole

PopSQL and SeekWell were shutting down, so I built the replacement myself

I launched a project for Indie Hackers, and I just wanted to say thank you

SaasOffers: Built an AI-visibility tool that also gets you cited, not just tracks it

15 days after launching to zero audience: $0, 1 follower, 0 stars. The full numbers.

Crossing $25k MRR on a newsletter that he launched 72 hours after getting laid off

From broke and idealess to building a $100k/mo AI services company

Making $9k/mo with a mobile app until platform risk took its toll

Hitting $1M ARR in two years and working four hours per day

Hitting $40k+ MRR with bottom-of-funnel content until AI search forced her to change tactics

Building a $2M ARR product after his $8M ARR product failed overnightIH+ Subscribers Only

Building a $2M ARR product after his $8M ARR product failed overnight

Launching countless apps until one gained momentum and hit $3.3.k MRR

Pivoting an internal tool into a 7-figure business

Building a $2M ARR product after his $8M ARR product failed overnight