I joined Indie hackers for inspiration and guidance. I've been working on side projects for years now, but without a thought of I could earn anything from them. I hope to address this deficiency with the help of IH. I love writing applications in Haskell (such as quanthas, but I love web development - hence I've built websites like CSSBorders.
Sal Paradise, by the way, is the main character in "On The Road".