I got tired of explaining myself with 5 different links, so I built this
Every time someone asked what I've built, I'd start with GitHub. They'd see a wall of repos with no context. Half abandoned. None of them making sense to someone who doesn't read code for fun. So I'd send a Product Hunt link. Then a Twitter thread. Then a Notion page I half-finished 6 months ago. By the time I was done explaining, the person had already lost interest. I was doing my own work a disservice.
The problem wasn't the projects. It was that there was no single place that told the full story of what I built, whether it's alive, and why it matters. Linktree and Bento are great but they're built for influencers. They have no concept of projects, live status, or proof that you actually ship things.
So I built IndieDeck, a link-in-bio for everything you ship. Also, I put together a demo page so you can see exactly what it looks like in practice
https://www.indiedeck.page/mehsssi
I'm still early and would genuinely love feedback from people here, you're exactly who I built this for.
This is actually a really nice idea. I've had the exact same problem — someone asks what I'm working on and I end up sending them like 4 different links and a paragraph of context. By the time they click through to the second one they've already moved on. Having one page that just shows "here's what I've shipped, here's what's live" would save a lot of that friction. Going to check out the demo.
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Exactly that friction is what IndieDeck is built to remove. One link, everything in context, no explaining needed.
Would love to hear what you think after checking the demo 🙏
IndieDeck looks awesome. As an indie maker, I’ve struggled to present all my projects in one clear place, and traditional link‑in‑bio tools always felt too generic. The idea of a project‑first page that actually proves I ship things really resonates with me, and I can see myself using this as my main link everywhere.
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Really appreciate this, "focused" is exactly what I was going for. It's easy to keep adding features but the whole point was to do one thing really well.
Glad it's landing that way 🙏
This is exactly the kind of feedback that made me build IndieDeck. you just described the pain point perfectly. The "proves I ship things" angle is something I personally needed too. Would love to have you as one of the early users, your feedback would mean a lot coming from someone who gets it! 🤠
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The insight isn't the aggregation it's that you recognized the problem wasn't your work, it was the work of explaining it. Most founders build more. You built less: one page, one story, no context switching. That's not a tool problem. That's a respect-for-attention problem.
This is the clearest articulation of what I was trying to build that I've heard from anyone.
"Respect for attention" that's exactly it. Nobody owes you the time to piece together your story from 5 different links.
Saving this one, gonna use this line. Thank you genuinely. 🙏
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This is nice! Best of luck for this. This do have quite a lot of potential moving forward.
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Thank you, really appreciate it! 🤠
Means a lot coming from someone in this community. Excited to see where it goes.
This is a really interesting idea.
As a frontend developer building small tools, I often run into the same problem — explaining projects across GitHub, demos, and different links gets messy quickly.
Having a single place that shows what you've built and whether it's actually live makes a lot of sense.
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Exactly! and frontend devs are probably the most underserved here. You build things constantly but GitHub repos never tell the full story of what something actually does or whether it's still alive.
Would love for you to try it and tell me what's missing. You're exactly who I built this for. 🙏
“Something I’ve noticed: two startups with similar traction can get completely different reactions from investors depending on how the founder is perceived publicly.
Does anyone intentionally work on their authority/credibility as a founder?”
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Yes, and it's something most builders underestimate until it's too late.
The credibility gap usually comes down to one thing: how quickly someone can understand who you are and what you've built. If that takes more than 10 seconds, you've already lost them.
That's actually one of the reason why I built IndieDeck. one page that shows everything you've shipped, your active projects, and lets people subscribe to follow your journey. It doesn't replace deep credibility but it removes the friction of explaining yourself every single time.
Public presence is a slow game but the compounding is real !
This is actually a problem I’ve run into too. Once you build a few projects it becomes surprisingly hard to show the “story” behind them in one place.
Most link pages show links, but not context — whether something is active, abandoned, or what problem it solves.
Curious how you’re thinking about that. Are you planning to include things like project status, usage, or metrics so people can quickly see what’s actually alive?
Exactly, showing the "story" is the whole point !
That's already built into IndieDeck actually. Every project has a live status badge shipped, in progress, or archived . So anyone landing on your page immediately knows what's alive and what got shelved. You can see it in action on the demo page linked in the post.
Usage metrics and project-level stats are on the roadmap too. But the status piece you mentioned is already there from day one, felt like the most important thing to get right first.
Appreciate the feedback, glad this resonates. 🤠
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Very cool ! Nowadays people are looking for speed and efficiency when listening or looking at your profile ! And that one project solves the problems.
keep working, you’re on the right track !
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The problem is real. Every indie hacker has a Twitter, a Product Hunt, a landing page, a GitHub. Nobody visits all five. One link that tells the story is the right move. How's conversion on the page so far?
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Exactly, nobody visits all five. One link that actually tells the story is the whole point.
On conversion, sitting at around 2.8% right now. All organic, no paid. Traffic coming from IndieHackers, a couple of launch platforms and some Twitter. We are early, pretty happy with it for this stage.
Ha, this hits close to home. I'm building like 6 apps right now across iOS and Android and whenever someone asks what I work on, I basically give them a mini lecture. "Well there's the padel tracking one, and the calorie tracker, and the habit one, and..." and by then they've glazed over.
The status badges are the best part honestly. Half my projects page would be "Building" and that's fine because it tells a more honest story than pretending everything is polished and done. Most maker portfolios feel like highlight reels when the reality is way messier.
Going to check out the demo. One thing I'd want to see is some way to group related projects or show the timeline of when you shipped things. That progression from "first project" to "sixth project" tells its own story about growth as a builder.
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hey miadevelops, excited to share that we just shipped 3 new features on IndieDeck (one of them was your suggestion 👀)
Here's what shipped:
Build Log: a public timeline of your builder journey. Launches, milestones, updates, archived projects. Visitors can upvote and comment directly on each entry. The goal was to turn a static page into a living story. It's live and working.
GitHub Stars: paste your repo URL and your star count auto syncs and shows on your project card with a verified badge. One API call, zero manual work.
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"A mini lecture" 😄 that's exactly it. By the time you've explained the third app they've already mentally checked out.
Really glad the status badges resonated. You're right that half being "Building" is actually more honest and more interesting than a polished highlight reel. People connect with the messy reality way more.
The timeline idea is already on the roadmap actually. A builder log that shows your progression over time, not just a static snapshot. Your 6 apps story would be perfect for exactly that.
Would love to see them on an IndieDeck page in the meantime 😄🙏
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Thank you so much, that means a lot! Really appreciate the kind words 🙏
This resonates a lot. I have the same problem — GitHub profile shows repos but zero context for non-technical people. The idea of a "proof you ship" page is clever because it solves a trust problem, not just a link problem. One thing I'd love to see: a way to embed live metrics (npm downloads, GitHub stars) so the page stays fresh without manual updates. That would make it a real-time portfolio instead of a static one.
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hey Docat, excited to share that we just shipped 3 new features on IndieDeck (one of them was your suggestion 👀)
Here's what shipped:
Build Log: a public timeline of your builder journey. Launches, milestones, updates, archived projects. Visitors can upvote and comment directly on each entry. The goal was to turn a static page into a living story. It's live and working.
GitHub Stars: paste your repo URL and your star count auto syncs and shows on your project card with a verified badge. One API call, zero manual work.
Verified MRR: connect Stripe and your real MRR shows on your page. No fake numbers. Cryptographically verified.
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"Solves a trust problem not just a link problem" is spot on, that's exactly the right way to think about it.
The live metrics idea is really interesting. Pulling npm downloads, GitHub stars, and showing them directly on the project card would keep the page fresh without any manual effort. That's the kind of signal that actually proves a project is alive and being used.
Going on the roadmap. Thanks for this 🙏
This resonates a lot. The “wall of GitHub repos” problem is real most builders accumulate dozens of experiments, prototypes, half-shipped ideas, and there’s no good narrative layer on top of that. To someone outside the code, a GitHub profile often looks like noise instead of proof of building.
What you’re really solving isn’t just link aggregation, it’s project storytelling. People don’t just want links, they want context: what the project does, whether it’s active, why it exists, and what happened to it. That’s something tools like Linktree or Bento never tried to solve because they’re optimized for creators, not builders.
One thing that could make this even more powerful is adding a “build history” layer. Instead of just showing projects statically, imagine a timeline that shows launches, updates, pivots, and outcomes. That would turn a portfolio into something closer to a public build log, which is actually how indie hackers and technical founders evaluate each other.
Another interesting direction could be automatically pulling signals from sources like GitHub, Product Hunt, commits, or deployments to show that something is alive. “Last commit,” “last release,” or “recent activity” would add credibility and reduce the manual maintenance problem most portfolio sites suffer from.
The core insight feels right though: builders don’t need another link-in-bio. They need a place that proves they actually ship things.
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Hey Benjamin, excited to share that we just shipped 3 new features on IndieDeck (one of them was your suggestion 👀)
Here's what shipped:
Build Log: a public timeline of your builder journey. Launches, milestones, updates, archived projects. Visitors can upvote and comment directly on each entry. The goal was to turn a static page into a living story. It's live and working.
GitHub Stars: paste your repo URL and your star count auto syncs and shows on your project card with a verified badge. One API call, zero manual work.
Verified MRR: connect Stripe and your real MRR shows on your page. No fake numbers. Cryptographically verified.
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"Project storytelling" is exactly the right framing and honestly better than how I've been describing it myself. Saving that.
The build history layer idea is really compelling. A timeline that shows not just what you built but what happened to it, pivots, updates, outcomes. That turns a static page into something that actually tells your journey as a maker.
GitHub and Product Hunt signal pulling is on the roadmap too. The manual maintenance problem is real and auto signals would solve it without taking away the human context layer.
Genuinely one of the most useful comments so far, a lot of this is going straight to the roadmap. Thank you 🙏
That’s a very relatable problem.
Explaining projects across GitHub, Product Hunt and random links really does get messy.
Curious how you’re thinking about showing which projects are still active vs abandoned.
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Already solved for this actually haha, every project on IndieDeck has a live status badge: Live, Building, or Archived.
So anyone landing on your page instantly sees what's alive, what you're actively building, and what got shelved. No guessing, no outdated links sitting there pretending to be relevant.
Check the demo page in the post to see it in action 🙏
This is interesting. I recently launched a small Excel tool that helps generate the best fantasy football lineup automatically. Learning a lot about building and launching products.
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That's a really specific niche, fantasy football lineup generator is exactly the kind of tool that has a passionate audience if you find them.
How are you sharing it right now? Because that's exactly the problem IndieDeck solves , one link that shows what you've built without the mess. 😄🙏
The "wall of repos with no context" problem is something every builder faces when sharing their work with non-technical people. GitHub tells you what someone built but not why it matters or whether it's actually alive and being used.
The live status angle is the most interesting differentiator — knowing a project is actively maintained vs abandoned changes how someone evaluates your work completely. Linktree and Bento never thought about that because they weren't built for builders.
Just checked the demo — clean execution. The project cards with status indicators are exactly what's been missing from builder profiles.
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This is exactly it! GitHub tells you what someone built but gives you zero signal on whether it's alive, abandoned, or actively growing. That context gap is what IndieDeck is trying to close.
And you're right that Linktree and Bento never thought about this, because they were solving a different problem for a different person.
Really glad the status indicators came through clearly on the demo. That feature was the first thing I knew had to exist. Jayesh! Thanks for taking the time to check it out 🙏
The "solving a different problem for a different person" framing is exactly right — that's the clearest way to explain why a new product deserves to exist despite similar looking alternatives. Good luck with IndieDeck — will be following the journey!
This means a lot Jayesh, thank you. Will make sure the journey is worth following 😄
Interesting idea, man! I ran into a similar problem while building a small project analysis tool. Interpreting file activity in a meaningful way is harder than it seems.
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Ha, exactly. The problem looks simple from the outside until you're actually building it. Did you end up shipping your tool? Curious what approach you took, always good to learn from someone who's been in the same trench. 🙏
This is amazing...It's honestly fire
Thanks man !
This solves a real problem. Every time someone
asks what I'm building I end up sending 3-4
links with a paragraph of context — and by then
they've lost interest.
A single page that shows live status and proof
of shipping is exactly what indie makers need.
Checking out the demo now.
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sure, would love to see you on IndieDeck
"Proof that you actually ship things" is doing a lot of work in that sentence. That's the gap — GitHub shows what you started, not what you finished. Most builders I know have 4 repos that are 80% done and one thing they actually shipped, and there's no way to tell from the outside which is which.
Checked the demo. The "status" indicator per project is the right call. Did you consider adding a "shipped date" field? There's something about seeing "launched March 2025" vs. "in progress since 2023" that signals a lot without needing a description.
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hey dejan, excited to share that we just shipped 3 new features on IndieDeck (one of them was your suggestion 👀)
Here's what shipped:
Build Log: a public timeline of your builder journey. Launches, milestones, updates, archived projects. Visitors can upvote and comment directly on each entry. The goal was to turn a static page into a living story. It's live and working.
GitHub Stars: paste your repo URL and your star count auto syncs and shows on your project card with a verified badge. One API call, zero manual work.
Verified MRR: connect Stripe and your real MRR shows on your page. No fake numbers. Cryptographically verified.
pricing is at its lowest right now, doubling in 24 hours.
→ claim your indiedeck.page today !
The "4 repos 80% done and one thing actually shipped", that's the most accurate description of the GitHub problem I've heard. You can't tell from the outside which is which. That's exactly the gap.
On the shipped date, yes, fully agree it signals a lot without needing words. "Launched March 2025" vs "in progress since 2023" tells the whole story instantly. Adding a launched date field to project cards is going on the list right now.
And actually the deeper version of what you're describing is already live, Build Log on IndieDeck lets you document exactly that. Not just when you shipped but the whole journey, the pivots, the updates, the milestones. So someone visiting your page can see "started building this in Jan, hit first users in Feb, launched March" as a timeline. Much richer than a single date field.
Check it out on demo page indiedeck.page/mehsssi, would love to hear what you think after seeing Build Log in action
The problem diagnosis is sharp — GitHub is for people who read code for fun, and five links in sequence is a story that loses its audience before it begins.
The question I'd push on: what's the unit of meaning on IndieDeck?
Right now it sounds like the unit is the project — with status, links, proof of shipping. That's better than a repo wall. But I'd argue the real gap isn't that builders lack a place to list their projects. It's that they lack a place to show why those projects exist together.
A portfolio of projects is a resume. A portfolio with a through-line is a worldview.
The most powerful version of IndieDeck isn't "here are my six projects and their status." It's "here's the kind of problems I can't stop thinking about — and here's the evidence." That's what makes someone want to reach out, collaborate, or hire you.
Is the product designed around projects, or around the builder behind them?
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"A portfolio with a through-line is a worldview" that's genuinely one of the best framings I've read about what this could become.
Right now IndieDeck is designed around projects as the unit. But you're pointing at something bigger. The most interesting maker pages won't just show what someone built, they'll reveal the kind of problems that person can't stop thinking about.
That's a product direction worth exploring seriously. The bio, the project choices, the pattern across all of them together tells a story no single project can tell alone.
Really appreciate this comment, it's going to sit with me for a while.
Cool concept. The demo page looks clean. One thing I noticed - it might be useful to have some kind of metrics or traction indicator per project. Even something simple like 'X users' or 'launched 3 months ago' would add credibility when you're sharing it with potential collaborators or investors. How long did it take you to build the MVP? And are you planning to add any kind of analytics so creators can see which projects get the most clicks?
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Really glad the demo felt clean, that was the goal.
On metrics per project, that's a great call. Things like user count or launch date would add a lot of credibility when sharing with investors or collabs. Going on the roadmap.
Analytics is actually already live though! You can see which projects get the most clicks, where your traffic comes from, all built in with no setup needed.
And the MVP took less than two weeks to build. Shipped it, put it in front of real people and have been iterating based on feedback since. 🙏
We built something similar for ourselves — not a link-in-bio, but the frustration of explaining what you do with 5 scattered links hits home.
The "live status" angle is smart. That's the gap with Linktree/Bento — they show links, not proof you actually ship. For builders, the difference matters.
One thing we'd be curious about: how do you handle projects that died? Do you show them or hide them? For us, the honest portfolio includes the failures — it's what builds trust with other builders.
The demo page is clean. The layout makes sense immediately.
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"Proof you actually ship" is exactly the gap. Links are easy, shipping is hard. The status badge makes that distinction visible.
On dead projects, IndieDeck handles this with the "Archived" status badge, they displayed on page. You don't hide them, you own them. An archived project on your page actually builds more trust than pretending it never existed. Honest portfolios are way more interesting than highlight reels.
Really glad the layout made sense immediately, that was something I worked hard on. Clean and fast to understand was the goal 🙏
Smart approach. Linktree works fine for influencers but it really doesn't capture the "here's what I've built and why" angle. Having project context alongside links makes a much stronger first impression than a flat list of URLs.
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Exactly, a flat list of URLs tells people where to go but not why they should care. Context is what turns a visitor into a follower. Glad it clicked.
Good idea
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Interesting idea. GitHub definitely doesn’t tell the story of what someone actually built. Does IndieDeck show whether projects are active or abandoned?
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Yes, that's actually one of the core features. Every project has a status badges Live, Building, or Archived. So anyone landing on your page instantly knows what's alive, what you're actively building, and what got shelved.
Check the demo page to see it in action indiedeck.page/mehsssi
Wow, great idea!
Thanks man !
very useful and common issue as well, but unfortunately the site is down so was not able to test it out. Can you fix that
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Sorry about that, the site had a domain issue yesterday but it's fully back up now!
Give it a try now indiedeck.page 🙏
Hey Vipul, looks like the site is down. Couldn't access the links.
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Hey Pramod, sorry about that! The site had a domain configuration issue yesterday but it's fully back up now.
Give it another try indiedeck.page 😄🙏
Interesting take. The problem isn’t really the links, it’s the lack of context around them. Showing whether something is live or archived is a nice touch. Did you test this idea with other builders before launching?
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Exactly, the links were never the problem. Context is everything.
Honestly I didn't do formal testing before launching. I built it because I had the problem myself and figured if I had it, other builders did too. Launched it, put it in front of real people and let the feedback shape it from there. Turns out that was the right call. The response has been really validating.
The wall of repos problem is real, that's exactly why people lose interest. When you ship updates to IndieDeck, are you writing the announcements manually each time?
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Yes, it's manual right now. When I ship an update I write the announcement myself. Honestly it keeps me intentional about what I ship. If it's not worth announcing, maybe it's not worth shipping yet.
But automated changelogs and update notifications are on the radar as the product grows.
Would it change anything if the tool generated a draft based on your commits and you just edited and approved before publishing?
Honestly that would be really useful. The hardest part of writing updates isn't the writing, it's sitting down to do it. If a draft was already there waiting for me to just tweak and hit publish, I'd ship announcements way more consistently.
That's a genuinely interesting direction for IndieDeck.
The "5 different links" problem is painfully real. I'm building a product right now (Drafted — an AI email tool for Mac) and when someone asks "what are you working on?" I end up pointing them to a website, a Product Hunt post, a DEV article, and a demo. By the time they click link #3, they've moved on.
The live status badges (Shipped, Live, Building, Archived) are a smart touch. One of the hardest things as an indie maker is communicating what's active vs what was a side project from 2 years ago. Having that signal built into the page saves a lot of awkward "oh that one's kind of dead" conversations.
Question: are you thinking about adding any kind of analytics — like which projects get the most clicks or which links drive the most traffic? For indie makers trying to figure out what resonates, knowing which project on your deck gets the most attention would be really useful signal.
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"By the time they click link 3 they've moved on" is exactly it. You just described the problem better than I could.
And yes to your question, analytics is already live on IndieDeck. You can see which projects get the most clicks, where your traffic is coming from, and which country are visiting from. It's built in, no setup required.
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Love this idea. Having one clean place that shows what you’ve actually shipped (and whether it’s alive) solves a real problem. The demo page makes the concept click immediately too. Curious to see how people start using it to showcase their projects.
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hey curtis , excited to share that we just shipped 3 new features on IndieDeck (one of them was your suggestion 👀)
Here's what shipped:
Build Log: a public timeline of your builder journey. Launches, milestones, updates, archived projects. Visitors can upvote and comment directly on each entry. The goal was to turn a static page into a living story. It's live and working.
GitHub Stars: paste your repo URL and your star count auto syncs and shows on your project card with a verified badge. One API call, zero manual work.
Verified MRR: connect Stripe and your real MRR shows on your page. No fake numbers. Cryptographically verified.
pricing is at its lowest right now, doubling in 24 hours.
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Hey Vipul, this is great — you’re moving fast. The Build Log feature especially makes a lot of sense because most of us are building in public but don’t have one clean place that shows the whole journey. Turning projects into a timeline instead of just a portfolio is a really smart direction. The verified stars and MRR features are also a nice touch for credibility. I’m going to set up my page and start logging some of the BackendRescue and internal tool work I’ve been doing. Excited to see IndieDeck grow.
thanks curtis, would to see you on IndieDeck
Really glad the demo made it click, that was the whole point of having it there. And honestly curious too. I think the most interesting use cases will come from people I didn't design it for. That's usually how it goes with tools like this.
Would love to have you be one of the first to try it, your feedback so far has been sharp. 🙏
Appreciate that — I’d definitely be open to trying it out.
Tools like this usually get really interesting once people start using them in ways the creator didn’t expect. Sometimes the most valuable patterns only show up after a few builders start experimenting with it.
I’m curious to see whether people end up using it more as a personal “builder hub” or more like a portfolio of shipped products. Both seem useful, but they create slightly different vibes around the page.
Either way, happy to give it a spin and share some feedback once I play around with it a bit.
That's exactly what I'm curious to find out too. Right now I have a feeling it'll naturally split into both use cases depending on the maker but the interesting patterns will only show up once more people start using it their own way.
Would love to hear what you think after trying it. Feedback from someone who's been thinking about it this deeply will be really valuable 🙏
That makes sense. A lot of the most interesting tools end up evolving based on how builders actually use them rather than the original intent.
My guess is it might start leaning toward the portfolio of shipped work side, since that’s usually what people want to show first. But once projects start accumulating, the builder hub angle could become more valuable as a way to organize experiments, ideas, and things in progress.
I’ll definitely share some thoughts once I’ve spent some time using it.
That progression makes a lot of sense actually. Most people will come in wanting to show their best shipped work first. But once the page is live and they keep building, it naturally becomes something richer.
The builder hub angle is where I think the long term value lives. Not just what you shipped but the whole messy honest journey of someone who constantly makes things.
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts once you've tried it
That progression feels really natural. People optimize for presentation first, then over time it shifts toward reflection.
What’s interesting is that the “portfolio → builder hub” transition almost mirrors how builders think about themselves. Early on it’s “here’s what I’ve done,” but later it becomes “here’s how I think and how I build.”
If the product leans into that, it could create a pretty strong differentiation. A lot of portfolios look polished but static — a builder hub that captures experiments, half-finished ideas, and iterations feels much more real (and honestly more useful for other builders too).
I’m curious whether there’s a moment where that shift happens automatically — like after a certain number of projects or updates — or if it needs to be nudged with the way the product is designed.
"Here's what I've done" vs "here's how I think and how I build", that's the most precise articulation of the shift I've read. Genuinely going to use that framing internally.
On your question about whether the shift happens automatically or needs nudging, I think it's both honestly. The product can create the conditions for it but can't force it. What I'm thinking about is how to make the first Build Log entry feel effortless enough that makers don't overthink it. Once someone posts their first raw update and gets a comment or an upvote on it, that's the moment the behavior clicks. The feedback loop does the rest.
The half-finished ideas and experiments angle is something I'm especially excited about. Right now most maker portfolios are highlight reels, only the wins, only the shipped stuff. But the experiments that didn't work out, the pivots, the "I tried this and it failed", that's actually what other builders find most useful. That's the content that builds real trust and real community.
Build Log is live on IndieDeck now if you want to be one of the first to try that shift yourself indiedeck.page
I think the feedback loop point you mentioned is really interesting. That moment where someone posts something imperfect and still gets engagement probably changes how they see the platform — it stops being a portfolio and starts feeling more like a workshop.
It also makes me think the platform isn’t really about portfolios or logs, it’s about lowering the barrier to sharing unfinished thinking. Most people don’t share because they think something has to be “done” first. If the product makes it normal to share progress instead of results, that could change how people build in public entirely.
It’ll be interesting to see whether the most valuable content ends up being project write-ups, small build logs, or even problem posts where people are just stuck and documenting how they’re thinking through something.
This is exactly the thinking behind the build log I just shipped. The idea was never "here's a prettier portfolio", it's more about making it normal to post progress, not just polished results. Unfinished thinking deserves a home too and the most interesting stuff usually happens before it's done.
The features are live now btw, GitHub stars, interactive build log, and a verified MRR badge. Posting a proper update about it soon, hoping it lands as well as this thread did.
Would love to know if the build log feels like what you're describing once you poke around.
Cool tool! How's the AI edge handling?
Thanks! Could you clarify what you mean by AI edge handling? IndieDeck doesn't use AI currently, want to make sure I'm answering the right question 😄
I relate to this a lot. I had the same problem — when people asked what I built, I ended up sending 4–5 different links and it just became confusing.
Having one place that clearly shows your projects and what is actually live makes a big difference. It helps people understand your work quickly.
One small thing that might help: showing which projects are active vs old ones. That makes it easier for visitors to focus on what really matters.
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hey bhavin, excited to share that we just shipped 3 new features on IndieDeck (one of them was your suggestion 👀)
Here's what shipped:
Build Log: a public timeline of your builder journey. Launches, milestones, updates, archived projects. Visitors can upvote and comment directly on each entry. The goal was to turn a static page into a living story. It's live and working.
GitHub Stars: paste your repo URL and your star count auto syncs and shows on your project card with a verified badge. One API call, zero manual work.
Verified MRR: connect Stripe and your real MRR shows on your page. No fake numbers. Cryptographically verified.
pricing is at its lowest right now, doubling in 24 hours.
→ claim your indiedeck.page today !
Glad this resonates, the 4-5 links problem is something so many builders just accept as normal when it really doesn't have to be.
And good news on your suggestion, IndieDeck already shows live status badges (Live, Building, Archived.) on each project so visitors can instantly see what's active. You can also reorder projects to put your best work front and center. Give it a try and let me know what you think. 🙏
Appreciate the feedback !
This is such a relatable problem, mehsssi. The "wall of GitHub repos with no context" is exactly what I've been fighting with. Someone sees 20 repos and has no idea which ones are alive, which ones matter, which ones are just experiments.
I've been using a mix of my Medium posts and a custom page on my site, but it's always felt like duct tape. IndieDeck looks like exactly the kind of thing I've been wanting -project context, live status, actual story.
I'm building in the same space but different angle. FontPreview.online is a set of font tools for designers and developers. Same problem of "how do I show what I've built without overwhelming people?"
Quick question: how do you handle updates to projects? Does IndieDeck pull from GitHub automatically, or is it manual?
The "duct tape" feeling is exactly what I was trying to fix, Medium posts + a custom page + GitHub is three jobs when it should be one.
To answer your question, everything on IndieDeck is fully manual right now. You update your projects through the dashboard editor whenever something changes. No GitHub sync yet. Honestly the manual part is intentional for now. GitHub activity doesn't always reflect what's actually happening with a project, a repo can be dormant but the product is live, or very active but still private. Status meaning something requires a human decision.
GitHub integration is on the radar though. Would love to know if that's a dealbreaker for you or just a nice to have?
Also FontPreview looks interesting, classic case of "great tool, hard to explain quickly." Let me know if you want to try IndieDeck for it.
This is a nice idea! Definitely worth looking into and best of luck .
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Haha thanks man !
Tried it for myself, product looks slick! If you make it discoverable, you could make it a selling point of getting a dofollow backlink - more indiehackers would be motivated to submit
Really grateful for all the love on this post 🤝
To give back a bit for all the support, IndieDeck Pro is $19/year for the next 24 hours:
https://www.indiedeck.page
Built for people shipping products, projects, startups, and side hustles.
hey brano, excited to share that we just shipped 3 new features on IndieDeck (one of them was your suggestion 👀)
Here's what shipped:
Build Log: a public timeline of your builder journey. Launches, milestones, updates, archived projects. Visitors can upvote and comment directly on each entry. The goal was to turn a static page into a living story. It's live and working.
GitHub Stars: paste your repo URL and your star count auto syncs and shows on your project card with a verified badge. One API call, zero manual work.
Verified MRR: connect Stripe and your real MRR shows on your page. No fake numbers. Cryptographically verified.
pricing is at its lowest right now, doubling in 24 hours.
→ claim your indiedeck.page today !
Hey, really appreciate this suggestion! Just wanted to let you know, all project links on IndieDeck are already dofollow backlinks from day one. So every maker who lists their projects is already getting free SEO value from indiedeck.page. Working on the discoverable directory next.
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Congratulations
heyy thanks man !
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