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Mar 21, 2025
Hitting $35k/mo and 1M+ followers by focusing on content first
Kushank Aggarwal built a following, left his job, and built a portfolio of products. Here's how.
Mar 20, 2025
Hitting $12k MRR just 11 months after turning a free side project into an AI business
Pranay Agarwal built Mockey to $12k/yr less than a year after turning on subscription payments. Here's how.
Mar 19, 2025
Vibe coding has a security problem
Non-technical founders are “shipping fast” and becoming easy targets for malicious hackers.
Mar 15, 2025
From zero to $1M ARR in 36 days by publicly messing with Big Tech
Roy Lee built a product in 4 days and hit $1M ARR within 36 days. Now, he's blacklisted and maybe expelled. Worth it?
Mar 13, 2025
Vibe coding for dummies: 11 tips for building with AI
We collected the best tips on X for vibe coding, so you can build cool shit without getting stuck in a loop.
Mar 12, 2025
Hitting 250M+ downloads with a mix of virality and cutting-edge tech
Dima Shvets grew his app to 250M+ downloads by building virality right into it.
Mar 11, 2025
How 5 vibe-coded AI games went viral, despite their creators having tiny audiences
Critics have dismissed the success of an AI game by Pieter Levels due to his massive following. But vibe coders with smaller audiences are succeeding too.
Mar 11, 2025
The definitive glossary of AI terms for indie hackers
Like it or not, being an indie hacker in 2025 means you need to keep up with AI jargon, like “vibe coding,” “MCP,” and “CoT.” Here's your cheat sheet.
Mar 8, 2025
AI isn't even close to replacing my personal assistant. Here's why.
Why a startup founder still pays $1,000/month for a human assistant despite aggressively using AI in every corner of his life.
Mar 8, 2025
Pivoting a too-technical product into a $50k/mo business
Alex Florescu built a product no one could use, then pivoted to something the market needed. Now, it's bringing $50k/mo. Here's how.
Mar 6, 2025
Making $30k/mo from an AI product with a perpetual license
Daniel Nguyen is making $33.5k/mo as a solopreneur. He has multiple products, but most of it comes from AI product with a perpetual license. Here's how.
Mar 5, 2025
The gold rush for AI game development is here. No coding skills required.
Pieter Levels’ $67K/mo flight simulator sparked a new craze. Now dozens of indie hackers are shipping viral games in a matter of hours.
Mar 1, 2025
After 10 years of building side hustles, this founder built a $25M+ ARR success.
Nenad Milanović wanted to build a product on his own terms, so he freelanced for 10 years while building side hustles. Then, he got traction in a big way.
Mar 1, 2025
Meta’s rumored AI app provokes response from Sam Altman: “ok fine maybe we'll do a social app”
Meta is reportedly going head-to-head with OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Feb 28, 2025
Behind the $185k design battle pitting AI against no-code
35,000 people watched live as an experienced designer challenged a marketing dropout with AI tools to a 45-minute app-building contest.
Feb 28, 2025
OpenAI just dropped GPT-4.5, which seems to excel in writing
The latest AI model from OpenAI features notably enhanced writing abilities — along with a tendency to “over-refuse” requests.
Feb 27, 2025
Pieter Levels used AI to build a viral flight simulator in 3 hours with no background in game development
Pieter Levels used AI to build a 3D flight simulator in a browser, added multiplayer mode, and watched it crash… in a good way.
Feb 26, 2025
From $0 to $3.5M ARR by pivoting from data analysis to API-based data delivery
Denis Alaev grew his company to $3.5M ARR by pivoting from B2C to a B2B/B2C combo. Here's how.
Feb 25, 2025
Anthropic just launched Claude 3.7 Sonnet. Here's what indie hackers are saying about it.
The new AI model achieves state-of-the-art coding performance, while the command-line tool enables direct delegation of engineering tasks.
Feb 25, 2025
Replit just launched version 2 of its AI-powered text-to-app tool
The early-access tool could slash dev time, but its true magic lies in helping indie founders prototype apps quickly and cheaply.