Top Posts for the week of 2026-08-24 - Indie Hackers · Page 3

Aug 24thto30th, 2026

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

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I built a simple directory of job boards 4 years ago. It just passed $100K 💵

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What mapping 1,145 African startups taught us about distribution

Muriithi_kabogo

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Who Should Be Allowed to Change the Knowledge AI Uses?

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I kept applying to remote jobs that were already gone, so I built an index of them. 4 months in, the data turned out to be the product.

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I launched Ceztrix — a simple invoicing tool for freelancers and small businesses

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Show IH: I turned my own red-team findings into a free tool — paste your AI checker's prompt, get back 8 attack patterns to try against it

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Three of my checks reported success while measuring nothing. The green light is the dangerous verdict

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How I plan to get my first 6 subscribers with a <$300/mo budget and no ads

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I Compete With Billion-Dollar Entertainment Media Sites As a Solo Founder. Here's How

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Day 1 to 61 of the free traffic exchange I built. Here's the data

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I'm moving from “is this a problem?” to “would teams actually adopt a solution?”

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Looking for a Growth & Sales Partner for My SaaS Products

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I tested 150 buyer prompts across ChatGPT, Gemini & Claude for 57 triathlon brands. The AI bias is wild

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I built an AI prediction tool that refuses to guess, 63% win rate, publicly including the losses

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We moved the paywall off the draft and onto the send

whateverneveranywher

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Everyone says August is dead. I checked our market's daily data — it's down 8%, not 40%

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I’m building an AppSumo competitor without lifetime deals. Looking for 10 founders to try it for $0

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Building a local-first AI ops platform on a prize GPU (ROCm 10, 30B coder, multi-agent)

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We stopped treating agents as features once they could take actions

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