Latest Articles
Feb 26, 2026
I Thought I Needed to Stretch. I Needed to Quit.
My “tight hips” were just chronic stress with a UI.
Feb 26, 2026
I Thought I Needed to Stretch. I Needed to Quit.
My “tight hips” were just chronic stress with a UI.
Jan 8, 2026
The Five-Foot Zone
On side projects, half-commitment, and the exhaustion of not going all in
Oct 10, 2025
The Subtle Way Goals Turn into Expectations (and How I’m Trying to Stop It)
What happens when the KPIs you set for growth start defining your self-worth
Oct 10, 2025
The Subtle Way Goals Turn into Expectations (and How I’m Trying to Stop It)
What happens when the KPIs you set for growth start defining your self-worth
Oct 1, 2025
The hidden training habits of 21 world-class performers
A collection of bizarre, brilliant, and borderline obsessive ways that masters of their craft never actually stop working.
Oct 1, 2025
Increasing your practice surface area
The difference between being good and being great isn’t talent or formal training, but the invisible practice that happens when you're just living life.
Aug 23, 2025
The leverage paradox
New technologies decrease the effort required to perform tasks while increasing the effort required to remain competitive. This is especially true for AI.
May 6, 2025
New study: AI chatbots have had almost zero impact on salaries and work hours
Workers are saving time by using AI, but they are not reallocating those savings into work that increases their earnings or reduces their hours.
Apr 30, 2025
How bad were the power outages in Portugal and Spain?
A massive power outage hit the peninsula on April 28th, affecting millions across Portugal and Spain. Here's how it impacted indie hackers.
Apr 30, 2025
Top indie hackers are going public with their sleep routines
Pieter Levels and Marc Lou, among others, have started sharing the tools and techniques they use to get good sleep.
Apr 22, 2025
Founder boreout is a bigger problem than founder burnout
Burnout is well understood, but boreout — caused by long-term understimulation — deserves more attention. Here's how to fix it.
Apr 1, 2025
Here's my cheat sheet for playing to an LLM's strengths when prompting
LLMs aren't good at everything. This cheat sheet about their strengths and weaknesses will help you to become a master prompter.
Mar 18, 2025
Yellow bricks vs lego bricks: How to learn more things from more people
How adopting a flexible mindset can help you learn from the strangest, most unconventional people.
Mar 8, 2025
AI isn't even close to replacing my personal assistant. Here's why.
Why a startup founder still pays $1,600/month for a human assistant despite aggressively using AI in every corner of his life.
Feb 19, 2025
Does over-scheduling or going with the flow work best for indie hackers? Here's how Leila Hormozi, John Rush, and others do it.
She schedules every hour of every day. He just wings it day after day, no fancy system in sight. Both are happier than ever.
Feb 14, 2025
Indie hackers are ditching Adderall for deadlifts. Here's how a $100 bet can reduce your anxiety for 48 hours.
A simple guide to swapping stimulants for squats, backed by science and fellow indie hackers.
Feb 12, 2025
Is this the end of “Build in Public”? Here's why top indie hackers are suddenly disappearing.
"Build in public" made millionaires. Now it's making founders targets. Here's why indie hackers are going ghost mode.
Feb 4, 2025
“I have 5 months of runway left.” Successful founders weigh in on how to bootstrap startups without burning through savings.
Is pouring your personal funds into your project a savvy move or a setup for burnout? Here's a roundup of what successful founders say.
Feb 2, 2025
How Alex Tew went from a viral pixel creator to a $2B mindfulness app mogul
From viral gimmicks to mindfulness mogul: Alex Tew’s wild ride.