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I shipped 3 features this weekend based entirely on community feedback. Here's what I built and why.

batmanxx20

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I've been reading 50 indie builder posts a day for the past month. Here's the pattern nobody talks about.

IndieAIs

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Early-stage founders — what’s been harder so far: building or getting users?

EholicGrowth

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IbexAI: Want to 5x your reply rate on cold outreach?

Hotzenplotz

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I realized showing problems isn’t enough — so I built this

storeauditpro

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Competing on price to carve out an $18k MRR foothold

When Abhishek Chakravarty saw demand for another product, he sold his side project, and built it. Now, Youform is making $18k MRR. Here's how.

IndieJames

25 upvotes 21 comments

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Building a $15k+ MRR services company to fund SaaS development

Günter Richter quit his job at 50 and built a consultancy to $15k+/mo in a matter of months. Now, he's using it to fund his first SaaS. Here's how.

IndieJames

44 upvotes 63 comments

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Pivoting to reach a wider audience and hitting a 5-figure MRR

Harry Brodsky and Khanan Grauer built a tool that had some success in one niche, then pivoted. Now, it's bringing in $500k ARR. Here's how.

IndieJames

72 upvotes 84 comments

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Building a fully-agentic engineer and growing it to $500k ARR

Arjun Jain built a tool for his dev agency, then rolled it out as a standalone product. Now, it's bringing in $500k ARR. Here's how.

IndieJames

94 upvotes 95 comments

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From simple newsletter to $4.5M/yr media company

Isaac Saul built the independent, nonpartisan political media company that he wanted to read. Now, it's bringing in $4.5M/yr. Here's how.

IndieJames

110 upvotes 76 comments

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Acquiring micro-SaaS products and growing them to $120k MRR

Pascal Levy-Garboua is acquired six micro-SaaS companies, shut one down, sold two, and the remaining three are bringing in $120k/mo. Here's how.

IndieJames

113 upvotes 131 comments

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AI Trust Identity: Stopping the Experimental Label: Why Identity is the First Pillar of AI Trust.

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First week on Indie Hackers – 6 waitlist signups and a question

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LeadSynth: You don’t need more traffic. You need better timing.

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From 0 to $80 in 9 Days: What I Learned Building Korean Data APIs on Apify

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AllInOneTools: I analyzed my own website meta tags… here’s what I learned (and what most people miss)

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The Build Board 🪧

A daily leaderboard of build-in-public posts.

Betterlytics Simple, privacy-first, cookieless web analytics 1

You shouldn't need 4 tools to understand your website

MeetDone Meeting transcripts → follow-up emails in 30 seconds 2

Day 17: The fastest follow-up format I know has 3 parts.

Lawxy Legal AI Assistant AI Workspace for Legal Workflows 3

My obsession with legal clarity became Lawxy

I shipped 3 features this weekend based entirely on community feedback. Here's what I built and why.

batmanxx20

10 upvotes 18 comments

Maintaining open-source projects that millions use

ArianAdeli

24 upvotes 23 comments

I wasted months building things nobody wanted

ChristopherZyq

11 upvotes 42 comments

Finally reached 100 users in just 12 days

atishh_amte

11 upvotes 31 comments

How do you combine sign up and payment in one checkout flow?

GeefDev

3 upvotes 14 comments

I've been reading 50 indie builder posts a day for the past month. Here's the pattern nobody talks about.

IndieAIs

32 upvotes 102 comments

Early-stage founders — what’s been harder so far: building or getting users?

EholicGrowth

20 upvotes 155 comments

IbexAI: Want to 5x your reply rate on cold outreach?

Hotzenplotz

14 upvotes 3 comments

I realized showing problems isn’t enough — so I built this

storeauditpro

6 upvotes 32 comments

Featured

Competing on price to carve out an $18k MRR foothold

When Abhishek Chakravarty saw demand for another product, he sold his side project, and built it. Now, Youform is making $18k MRR. Here's how.

IndieJames

25 upvotes 21 comments

Featured

Building a $15k+ MRR services company to fund SaaS development

Günter Richter quit his job at 50 and built a consultancy to $15k+/mo in a matter of months. Now, he's using it to fund his first SaaS. Here's how.

IndieJames

44 upvotes 63 comments

Featured

Pivoting to reach a wider audience and hitting a 5-figure MRR

Harry Brodsky and Khanan Grauer built a tool that had some success in one niche, then pivoted. Now, it's bringing in $500k ARR. Here's how.

IndieJames

72 upvotes 84 comments

Featured

Building a fully-agentic engineer and growing it to $500k ARR

Arjun Jain built a tool for his dev agency, then rolled it out as a standalone product. Now, it's bringing in $500k ARR. Here's how.

IndieJames

94 upvotes 95 comments

Featured

From simple newsletter to $4.5M/yr media company

Isaac Saul built the independent, nonpartisan political media company that he wanted to read. Now, it's bringing in $4.5M/yr. Here's how.

IndieJames

110 upvotes 76 comments

Featured

Acquiring micro-SaaS products and growing them to $120k MRR

Pascal Levy-Garboua is acquired six micro-SaaS companies, shut one down, sold two, and the remaining three are bringing in $120k/mo. Here's how.

IndieJames

113 upvotes 131 comments

I shipped 3 features this weekend based entirely on community feedback. Here's what I built and why.

Maintaining open-source projects that millions use

I wasted months building things nobody wanted

Finally reached 100 users in just 12 days

How do you combine sign up and payment in one checkout flow?

I've been reading 50 indie builder posts a day for the past month. Here's the pattern nobody talks about.

Early-stage founders — what’s been harder so far: building or getting users?

IbexAI: Want to 5x your reply rate on cold outreach?

I realized showing problems isn’t enough — so I built this

Competing on price to carve out an $18k MRR foothold

Building a $15k+ MRR services company to fund SaaS development

Pivoting to reach a wider audience and hitting a 5-figure MRR

Building a fully-agentic engineer and growing it to $500k ARR IH+ Subscribers Only

From simple newsletter to $4.5M/yr media company IH+ Subscribers Only

Acquiring micro-SaaS products and growing them to $120k MRR IH+ Subscribers Only

You shouldn't need 4 tools to understand your website

Day 17: The fastest follow-up format I know has 3 parts.

My obsession with legal clarity became Lawxy

Domanage: I was too scared to post my app in Facebook groups. It got me 12 signups in 24 hours!

AI Trust Identity: Stopping the Experimental Label: Why Identity is the First Pillar of AI Trust.

Celevo: Planned my 40th birthday and my wedding with six different tools. It was chaos. Nothing good existed for the German market. So I built the t

First week on Indie Hackers – 6 waitlist signups and a question

LeadSynth: You don’t need more traffic. You need better timing.

From 0 to $80 in 9 Days: What I Learned Building Korean Data APIs on Apify

I built 9 free AI tools in one day using Lovable — here's what I learned

AllInOneTools: I analyzed my own website meta tags… here’s what I learned (and what most people miss)

​In less than 1 month, ChatGPT has started suggesting Convertino to users!

IndieAIs.com will be down for maintenance and updates for the next 24 hours. Sorry....

Hitting $25k+ MRR by making his goals less ambitious IH+ Subscribers Only

Pivoting to reach a wider audience and hitting a 5-figure MRR

You shouldn't need 4 tools to understand your website

Day 17: The fastest follow-up format I know has 3 parts.

My obsession with legal clarity became Lawxy

I shipped 3 features this weekend based entirely on community feedback. Here's what I built and why.

Maintaining open-source projects that millions use

I wasted months building things nobody wanted

Finally reached 100 users in just 12 days

How do you combine sign up and payment in one checkout flow?

I've been reading 50 indie builder posts a day for the past month. Here's the pattern nobody talks about.

Early-stage founders — what’s been harder so far: building or getting users?

IbexAI: Want to 5x your reply rate on cold outreach?

I realized showing problems isn’t enough — so I built this

Competing on price to carve out an $18k MRR foothold

Building a $15k+ MRR services company to fund SaaS development

Pivoting to reach a wider audience and hitting a 5-figure MRR

Building a fully-agentic engineer and growing it to $500k ARR IH+ Subscribers Only

From simple newsletter to $4.5M/yr media company IH+ Subscribers Only

Acquiring micro-SaaS products and growing them to $120k MRR IH+ Subscribers Only

Building a fully-agentic engineer and growing it to $500k ARR

From simple newsletter to $4.5M/yr media company

Acquiring micro-SaaS products and growing them to $120k MRR

In less than 1 month, ChatGPT has started suggesting Convertino to users!

Hitting $25k+ MRR by making his goals less ambitious

Building a fully-agentic engineer and growing it to $500k ARR

From simple newsletter to $4.5M/yr media company

Acquiring micro-SaaS products and growing them to $120k MRR