Hey fellow IH fellas,
I started as an indie hacker around 5.5 years ago & used to hang around this site quite a lot (drew oodles of motivation from around here!).
While the product that I built as an IHer never took off, it put me in touch with multiple teams that thought they could benefit from my tech expertise. Thus started my pivot into a niche area service offering (site speed, scalability, architecture & related stuff).
I have now sustained as a solopreneur for 5+ years doing this (yay!).
But, as a niche area tech "expert" - I struggled a lot wrt. asking questions (worried that doing so may "expose" me). I finally wrote about how I overcame my inner daemons and thought it may be of some use for a few of the fellow IHers to read:
http://punits.dev/story/how-i-developed-courage-to-ask-questions/
Happy to exchange learnings & experiences.