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AI YouTube Helper: I got tired of opening 15 AI websites every time I made a YouTube video, so I built one desktop app instead.

Lyon916

96 upvotes 57 comments

Hivemind: "It's not a model problem, it's an instruction problem." Icarus buried its best sentence below the fold

Hire_Hivemind

22 upvotes 12 comments

Your Product Doesn't Need More Features. It Needs More Questions.

jan_s

9 upvotes 17 comments

“I’ll just post on Upwork” is not a client strategy. Here’s what I built instead.

DRICOMM

45 upvotes 51 comments

The Capture Trap

KasraBaqeri

16 upvotes 17 comments

I went from knowing zero Linux commands to building my SaaS in public

Sengoraku

5 upvotes 13 comments

SignalsHunt: “I’ll just post on Upwork” is not a client strategy. Here’s what I built instead.

DRICOMM

49 upvotes 15 comments

Why every productivity tool eventually becomes the work instead of doing the work?

Leo_Dj

10 upvotes 25 comments

NG QRCode: Most QR codes work. The problem is nobody notices them.

Naitik09

20 upvotes 24 comments

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This full-time data scientist built a $7k/mo portfolio of side projects

Ramsri Goutham Golla handles a portfolio of products with 250M users while working a full-time job as a data scientist. Here's the story.

IndieJames

36 upvotes 17 comments

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Exiting his agency and hitting $10k MRR within 60 days of launching his SaaS

Ivan Nedelkovski created a validation framework and used it to find the right idea. He hit $10k MRR in two months, and now he's at $20k MRR. Here's how.

IndieJames

63 upvotes 36 comments

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Side-hustling for three years before going all-in and hitting $6.4k MRR

Jonathan Geiger found traction on his fifth and sixth products, so he quit his job. Now, he's bringing in $6.4k/mo. Here's the story.

IndieJames

85 upvotes 80 comments

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Leveraging a marketplace and existing user bases to hit a 5-figure MRR in two years

Adi Leviim found a problem and quit his job. Two weeks later, he launched the solution. And two years later, it has a 5-figure MRR. Here's the story.

IndieJames

69 upvotes 90 comments

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Hitting $15k/mo by purchasing defunct domains and building for pre-existing demand

Erik Aronesty found defunct domains with existing traffic and built what visitors needed. Thirty projects leader, he's bringing $15k/mo as a side hustle.

IndieJames

99 upvotes 78 comments

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Failing 6 times before hitting a 7-figure ARR in 10 months with no code

Jacob Seeger didn't think he'd ever find success in SaaS, but he tried anyway. He failed six times, then built a 7-figure-ARR product. Here's the story.

IndieJames

91 upvotes 78 comments

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IbexAI Finds high-intent leads on LinkedIn 1

My own agency became our first customer

Smooth Bundle Publish assets once. Use them everywhere. 2

Publish assets once. Use them everywhere.

PickTests Quick, free tests for reaction, speed, focus, and memory. 3

I’m building PickTests, one small browser test at a time

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Your open tabs are unfinished decisions, not bookmarks. I built an app for that.

codek

1 upvote 1 comment

13m

I spent a year building an AI operating system for creators. Here's what I learned.

MORPHOICES

1 upvote 1 comment

I built an AI regex tool for overseas users – here’s the stack and what’s working so far

coderlau

5 upvotes 6 comments

18h

Kyurations: Curation in the era of Content Slop

KrishnaKumarSoni

2 upvotes 8 comments

Remote Jobs

Jobs for industrious indie hackers.

Beta Tester (Australian Grocery Optimiser)

Squirroo • $0/hour • Part Time

Beta Tester (Brand Narratives AI)

Brand Narratives AI • $0/hour • Part Time

Marketing Specialist (Remote) – RovaSpace

Rovaspace • $10 - $20/hour • Part Time

SocialMediaManager

Open-Mic • $300 - $500 • Part Time

Reddit Community & Growth Partner

DiscountHub • Starting at $10/year • Part Time

Founding Product Engineer

Provn • $125k - $175k/year • Full Time

Beta Tester

autorec • $0/hour • Part Time

Commercial Co-Founder

IKWAGO • Up to $200/hour • Part Time

Agent-Native Software Engineer

Babou.ai • Up to $100,000/hour • Full Time

Sales Engineer

MoonSofts • $0/hour • Part Time

Commission-Only Business Developer

ASCANX Technologies • $0/hour • Part Time

Full-Stack Developer for a Fast-growing SaaS

MyArchitectAI • $20 - $50/hour • Flexible Hours

Technical Co-Founder

NOVAInetwork • $0/hour • Part Time

Full-stack Engineer

Tuco AI • $200 - $800/month • Part Time

Co-Founder — Growth & GTM

Aerostack • $0/month • Flexible Hours

Integration Experts

IntegrateStack • $19 - $49/hour • Part Time

Growth Marketing Partner

Bookscope • $0/month • Part Time

Video Creator & Editor for AI Product Content

MorphMind • $25 - $50/hour • Part Time

SaaS Operator / Builder (Equity + Rev Share)

BADCAFE • Up to $20/hour • Part Time

Founding Full Stack Engineer (Equity)

Tvrtle • $0/year • Flexible Hours

Partner Up

Meet your co-founders, start something new, or lend a helping hand.

Looking for sales person 2d Looking for a co-founder / partner to scale AI SEO Copilot 3d We need to collaborate with excellent reverse engineers. 5d Building local startup ecosystems (seeking U.S. co-founders) 6d Solo-built a mood-tracking app, looking for a marketing co-founder 7d Looking for 3 Growth Partners toBuild a LinkedIn Ghostwriting Agency 13d Looking for someone job hunting who wants interview help 13d Seeking Growth Partner for NONOX — Android App Locker Built on a Phone 15d Looking for WordPress & Web Development Affiliates 21d Seeking: builders who've solved "task done" ≠ "decision closed" 23d Seeking an AI startup founder who wants their business to grow 25d Looking for founders who need a long-term technical team 1m Seeking founders before their best day breaks their product 1m I am looking for a non-technical co-founder 1m You Don't Need More Ideas. You Need Better Signals. 2m I am looking for a partner from US/Canada/EU - part-time work. 2m Looking for a GTM / sales cofounder 2m Looking for Non-Technical Founders 2m $2.8K MRR│Looking for a technical partner 2m Looking for Founders Who Don't Know Where Their Customers Come From 2m Looking for growth partner 2m Looking for a technical co-founder? Ask this first 2m Seeking Partners for Hyper-Realistic Synthetic-Engine 2m SEEKING a vibe coding, workflow redesigning human. 2m Looking for Android beta testers, mutual swap for the 12/14 Play gate 2m Looking to Review Dev & Fintech Projects 2m Looking for a Reliable Partner for Software Works 2m Looking for startups interested in community-led growth 3m I built a productivity that adapts to you. Marketing partner needed. 3m Frontend developer looking for SaaS projects 3m Looking for a co-founder for dokly 3m Looking for OpenClaw users to test a people-finding agent 3m Looking for Clients & Partnerships in Software Development 3m

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Lean Culture: Fireside Chat with Founder Alisha Overton Remote

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AI YouTube Helper: I got tired of opening 15 AI websites every time I made a YouTube video, so I built one desktop app instead.

Lyon916

96 upvotes 57 comments

Hivemind: "It's not a model problem, it's an instruction problem." Icarus buried its best sentence below the fold

Hire_Hivemind

22 upvotes 12 comments

Your Product Doesn't Need More Features. It Needs More Questions.

jan_s

9 upvotes 17 comments

The Build Board 🪧

A daily leaderboard of build-in-public posts.

IbexAI Finds high-intent leads on LinkedIn 1

My own agency became our first customer

Smooth Bundle Publish assets once. Use them everywhere. 2

Publish assets once. Use them everywhere.

PickTests Quick, free tests for reaction, speed, focus, and memory. 3

I’m building PickTests, one small browser test at a time

“I’ll just post on Upwork” is not a client strategy. Here’s what I built instead.

DRICOMM

45 upvotes 51 comments

The Capture Trap

KasraBaqeri

16 upvotes 17 comments

I went from knowing zero Linux commands to building my SaaS in public

Sengoraku

5 upvotes 13 comments

SignalsHunt: “I’ll just post on Upwork” is not a client strategy. Here’s what I built instead.

DRICOMM

49 upvotes 15 comments

Why every productivity tool eventually becomes the work instead of doing the work?

Leo_Dj

10 upvotes 25 comments

NG QRCode: Most QR codes work. The problem is nobody notices them.

Naitik09

20 upvotes 24 comments

Featured

This full-time data scientist built a $7k/mo portfolio of side projects

Ramsri Goutham Golla handles a portfolio of products with 250M users while working a full-time job as a data scientist. Here's the story.

IndieJames

36 upvotes 17 comments

Featured

Exiting his agency and hitting $10k MRR within 60 days of launching his SaaS

Ivan Nedelkovski created a validation framework and used it to find the right idea. He hit $10k MRR in two months, and now he's at $20k MRR. Here's how.

IndieJames

63 upvotes 36 comments

Featured

Side-hustling for three years before going all-in and hitting $6.4k MRR

Jonathan Geiger found traction on his fifth and sixth products, so he quit his job. Now, he's bringing in $6.4k/mo. Here's the story.

IndieJames

85 upvotes 80 comments

Featured

Leveraging a marketplace and existing user bases to hit a 5-figure MRR in two years

Adi Leviim found a problem and quit his job. Two weeks later, he launched the solution. And two years later, it has a 5-figure MRR. Here's the story.

IndieJames

69 upvotes 90 comments

Featured

Hitting $15k/mo by purchasing defunct domains and building for pre-existing demand

Erik Aronesty found defunct domains with existing traffic and built what visitors needed. Thirty projects leader, he's bringing $15k/mo as a side hustle.

IndieJames

99 upvotes 78 comments

Featured

Failing 6 times before hitting a 7-figure ARR in 10 months with no code

Jacob Seeger didn't think he'd ever find success in SaaS, but he tried anyway. He failed six times, then built a 7-figure-ARR product. Here's the story.

IndieJames

91 upvotes 78 comments

AI YouTube Helper: I got tired of opening 15 AI websites every time I made a YouTube video, so I built one desktop app instead.

Hivemind: "It's not a model problem, it's an instruction problem." Icarus buried its best sentence below the fold

Your Product Doesn't Need More Features. It Needs More Questions.

“I’ll just post on Upwork” is not a client strategy. Here’s what I built instead.

The Capture Trap

I went from knowing zero Linux commands to building my SaaS in public

SignalsHunt: “I’ll just post on Upwork” is not a client strategy. Here’s what I built instead.

Why every productivity tool eventually becomes the work instead of doing the work?

NG QRCode: Most QR codes work. The problem is nobody notices them.

This full-time data scientist built a $7k/mo portfolio of side projects

Exiting his agency and hitting $10k MRR within 60 days of launching his SaaS

Side-hustling for three years before going all-in and hitting $6.4k MRR

Leveraging a marketplace and existing user bases to hit a 5-figure MRR in two years IH+ Subscribers Only

Hitting $15k/mo by purchasing defunct domains and building for pre-existing demand IH+ Subscribers Only

Failing 6 times before hitting a 7-figure ARR in 10 months with no code IH+ Subscribers Only

My own agency became our first customer

Publish assets once. Use them everywhere.

I’m building PickTests, one small browser test at a time

Your open tabs are unfinished decisions, not bookmarks. I built an app for that.

I spent a year building an AI operating system for creators. Here's what I learned.

Your users want to interact. Your roadmap doesn't have weeks to spare.

AI for speed. Local files for what has to last.

How I built a source-backed UK and Netherlands financial calculator platform

I built GripeRadar to stop guessing which SaaS ideas are worth researching

Nice Guy Algorithm: I’m 75. Not a Programmer. Then I Met Flicker.

The design I offered in public did not survive contact

I built an AI regex tool for overseas users – here’s the stack and what’s working so far

Kyurations: Curation in the era of Content Slop

After five failed products, this founder quit his job and hit $7.5k/mo in 12 months IH+ Subscribers Only

Failing 6 times before hitting a 7-figure ARR in 10 months with no code IH+ Subscribers Only

This full-time data scientist built a $7k/mo portfolio of side projects

AI YouTube Helper: I got tired of opening 15 AI websites every time I made a YouTube video, so I built one desktop app instead.

Hivemind: "It's not a model problem, it's an instruction problem." Icarus buried its best sentence below the fold

Your Product Doesn't Need More Features. It Needs More Questions.

My own agency became our first customer

Publish assets once. Use them everywhere.

I’m building PickTests, one small browser test at a time

“I’ll just post on Upwork” is not a client strategy. Here’s what I built instead.

The Capture Trap

I went from knowing zero Linux commands to building my SaaS in public

SignalsHunt: “I’ll just post on Upwork” is not a client strategy. Here’s what I built instead.

Why every productivity tool eventually becomes the work instead of doing the work?

NG QRCode: Most QR codes work. The problem is nobody notices them.

This full-time data scientist built a $7k/mo portfolio of side projects

Exiting his agency and hitting $10k MRR within 60 days of launching his SaaS

Side-hustling for three years before going all-in and hitting $6.4k MRR

Leveraging a marketplace and existing user bases to hit a 5-figure MRR in two years IH+ Subscribers Only

Hitting $15k/mo by purchasing defunct domains and building for pre-existing demand IH+ Subscribers Only

Failing 6 times before hitting a 7-figure ARR in 10 months with no code IH+ Subscribers Only

Leveraging a marketplace and existing user bases to hit a 5-figure MRR in two years

Hitting $15k/mo by purchasing defunct domains and building for pre-existing demand

Failing 6 times before hitting a 7-figure ARR in 10 months with no code

After five failed products, this founder quit his job and hit $7.5k/mo in 12 months

Failing 6 times before hitting a 7-figure ARR in 10 months with no code

Leveraging a marketplace and existing user bases to hit a 5-figure MRR in two years

Hitting $15k/mo by purchasing defunct domains and building for pre-existing demand

Failing 6 times before hitting a 7-figure ARR in 10 months with no code