James Cummings's activity on Indie Hackers

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I got tired of constantly checking Square sales on my iPhone, so I tried putting it on Apple Watch

I lost $2,400 to a silent Stripe failure — so I built Nexus Guard

Did anyone actually pay you before you built the full product?

Where should the approval gate sit in an AI course workflow?

I'm building a meeting assistant with no bot in the call. Audio was the hard part

We built Excelmatic. Then Microsoft’s legal representatives emailed us.

We built Excelmatic. Then Microsoft’s legal representatives emailed us.

Did anyone actually pay you before you built the full product?

Shipped a manual net-worth app (no bank sync) — what UX friction would you expect?

A few weeks ago, I shared Tweak on Indie Hackers when we launched the first version.

Would you answer two questions before sending a cold request?

Which pricing model actually got you your first paying users?

The Internet Has Thousands of Tools. Finding the Right One Is the Problem

Did anyone actually pay you before you built the full product?

Which pricing model actually got you your first paying users?

I built a CLI to catch Stripe webhook regressions using real event fixtures — looking for 2–3 developers to try it

You Launched. So Why Is Nobody Finding Your Product?

A reply about email lists got me thinking about what I could actually offer!

Stuck at $300/mo until revenue skyrocketed to $17k/mo in a month

A reply about email lists got me thinking about what I could actually offer!