What's New: Stability AI releases Stable Diffusion 3.5

(from the latest issue of the Indie Hackers newsletter)

Here's what you'll find in this issue:

• Stable Diffusion 3.5 is here, and it's attempting to correct the disappointments of its predecessor.
• Digital nomads are tired of traveling to overcrowded, well-known spots. Here's where to go instead.
• $200K in 5 months with a hardware product. Ryan Kulp killed it on Kickstarter, while pursuing micro-acquisitions.

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Stability AI releases Stable Diffusion 3.5 🤖

It’s been a tough few years for Stability AI. The company has dealt with a range of executive departures (including its founder and CEO), a fairly serious cash crunch, and the disappointing release of Stable Diffusion 3.

Enter Stable Diffusion 3.5, the latest upgrade to the company's flagship product.

Here's what it gets right and what people are saying about it.

Indie Hackers Top Products 🏅

Here are the top products that launched on Indie Hackers yesterday:

1. 🥇 ZenMic: AI podcast generator.

2. 🥈 BlackheathPoint: Cybersecurity-as-a-Service for startups and scaleups.

3. 🥉 Askone.ai: Your AI-powered assistant for seamless web browsing.

Are these the next big digital nomad hotspots? 🏝️

The digital nomad lifestyle has never been more popular. But if you've already spent hours stuck in Bali traffic or in line at a Bangkok mall, you might be looking for a new town to call home.

If so, you're not alone. Expedia and Booking.com have seen booming interest in smaller, quieter destinations this year, while some airlines have introduced new routes to more secluded places.

But some of these new destinations aren't quite ready to host digital nomads.

SaaS Watch 👀

SaaS Watch is a roundup of all the latest micro-SaaS acquisition opportunities. Here are the top three for this week!

1. GitHub portfolio builder: $0 MRR, 10-100 users, $5K asking price.

2. Tool for turning domains into content websites in 60 seconds: ~$50 MRR, 10-100 users, $12K asking price.

3. AI-powered web scraper: $2K MRR, 59 users, $48K asking price.

After eight years in B2B SaaS, Ryan Kulp made $200K in five months 🛠️

Ryan Kulp has earned money on everything from bootcamps to K-pop to building (and eventually selling) a $100K MRR B2B SaaS product.

Now he's dabbling in hardware. His first product, TRMNL, has already brought in $200K since it launched back in June.

Here's how he jumpstarted growth while juggling multiple ideas.

Channing's tweet pick 🐦

Here's what's changed in the age of AI: users care more (not less) about the quality of your product.

And here's what's stayed the same: they couldn't care less how you built it. —@channingallen

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Special thanks to Jay Avery for editing this issue, to Gabriella Federico for the illustrations, and to Stephen Flanders, Katie Hignett, and James Fleischmann for contributing posts. —Channing