Top Posts for the month of 2026-08 - Indie Hackers · Page 2

August 2026

I built a startup-idea scanner. It just told me none of my 3,400 ideas are easy wins.

·

·

I spent two years building things nobody used. This time I'm stopping at v0.2.0.

·

·

Shipped my AI tool 3 weeks ago. 0 paying users. Here's what I'm doing wrong.

·

·

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

·

·

I built a launch coach after my own product launch got 11 upvotes and 3 signups

IndieHacker4040

·

·

Most platforms treat founders as data. We're trying something uncomfortably human.

·

·

I built a two-sided marketplace and never once asked anyone to use it

·

·

Banned on Substack, Reddit, and Etsy in my first month – for offering people free promotion

·

·

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

·

·

I built a Chrome extension where right-click menu items run real JavaScript

·

·

I built a tool to find people already talking about problems your product solves

·

·

I launched a site to see if people would pay for your project — and you helped me shape it

SolodeveloperJr

·

·

477 signups later, here’s what surprised me about user acquisition

·

·

I could not tell if Google's AI Overview was citing my sites, so I built a way to check

JohnCalculatedLeap

·

·

I’m building a Product Hunt alternative for indie makers — what would make you actually use it?

·

·

Solo → Pre-Seed: The Tool Stack Decision That Will Either Save or Sink Your First 18 Months

·

·

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

SolodeveloperJr

·

·

2,000 upvotes on Reddit, 0 signups. I stopped launching and started commenting. 11 customers later.

·

·

A tool I reviewed audited my own site and found a bug I'd missed

·

·

I built an AI that answers support questions. Founders still hated it. Here's what I learned.

·

·