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Is anybody looking to partner up on their Indie journey? (Spoiler alert: I do in my 4 X 12)

Hi fellow indiehackers,
do you also feel lonely from time to time and think that having one buddy along this journey would help?

I know that "indie" stays for independence, but pirates can't sail solo. Personally, I'm at a point in my life where I can acknowledge that I perform best when paired up with someone else.

I'm not talking about communities/discord channels/masterminds/virtual coworking spaces/beeminders/WIP... Those tools can be very helpful but in this case, I'm talking about more bounded partnerships.

4 eyeballs work way better than 2. And it's not only accountability.

it's sharing, it's fun, overcoming obstacles, enjoying success, it's complementing skill sets, testing each other's ideas, pushing each other, boosting morale...

I'm 36, with 2 kids, a software engineering/startup background, and 3 years into FIRE, more or less.

So, aside from turning this post into a boilerplate platform to pair up indie hackers ( joking (?) ), here is my MVP/proposal:

This year I want to build in public one product per quarter for fun and money. Wanna join?

Of course not! You don't even know who I am! Surely not crazy enough to commit to anything serious. You can find something about me spread online, but it's not enough; I know. If you are open to getting to know more, read on:

Domains in which I'd like to build: AI tools, web3 (staking in particular), running stats and gamification (I'm running the UTMB this year), smart home, and parenting.

Most things are "scratch my own itches", which I know can help keep me motivated during hard times. I hope there's an overlap, but if there we can work something out ;)

I did not select any specific project/idea yet, but I confess I do have a short list of favorites. I'm very open-minded and would like to make this whole process a learning and money-making experience (in that order).

Reply here or leave me a message at paternoster.nicolo [at] gmail [period] com

on January 11, 2023
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    hi, I got AI project now ready to go, the code is done, just need the polish to get user easy to use really need someone to give some good ideas to get this take off, need co founder to help me to get it done, thank you so much!
    I will give you my email if it is a good fit for you thank you!

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    I'm interested, everything you had written resonates with me, let's get in touch if interested - a fellow techie - fullstack, more inclined towards front end - pranaykothapalli (at) gmail (dot) com

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    I'm interested. My stack of choice is laravel+filamentphp+tall stack. Though, I'm open to learning the T3 stack (nextjs, tRPC, etc), or some tRPC+nextjs+hasura for backend, or even just using laravel for backend because laravel has the best auth systems of any framework, IMHO, and we could still mingle some prisma code w/ trpc to get better type system.

    As for what to build: I think unified apis, and ai are two areas ripe for disruption. Just saw this on hackernews: https://apyhub.com/search?query=&sortBy=Relevance

    Imagine something like that but it had integrations for all major crms, and messaging apps (slack, whatsapp,etc), and social media networks, and other similar spaces...

    Merge.dev is another good example in this space. Going wide on unifying api's and adding some ability for the next airtable for example to roll their own 'integrations/marketplace' for really affordable (w/ higher end enterprise options) would be a possible unicorn potential, or I'm dreaming but still it could break the 10k/mrr easily enough.

    Edit: if interested hit me up : patrickwcurl - gmail. Put IndieHackers Teamup in the subject so I don't miss it.