Cycling has come a long way. And with cargo bikes offering more transport capability plus the option of extra power from electric batteries, the fun and benefits are great Matthew O'Connor Lomas tells all...

Yes, autocorrect I do want to say "5 Monroes". I always mean Monroe's instead of minutes, why thank you

Everyone is welcome to join us as we light up the night and call for safer streets and better cycling infrastructure, especially for women riding after dark. Meet Norwich City Hall 6.30pm Wednesday 22nd. A part of Cycling UK's campaign My ride. Our right. www.cyclinguk.org/my-ride-our-...

Eating ugly frogs with Codex is insanely fast 🚀. 6 months ago, I had a designer redesign the pricewell.com app shell. I've had a go at implementing the design within my existing framework but never found enough time or motivation to have a proper go at it. Here's my workflow👇🏻

Just codex cli and I implementing a redesign while waiting for the @bubble event in London today

Being a developer on a large codebase is a constant battle of explaining why a "little change" is actually a lot more complex than expected. Some musings on tech debt that have been swimming in my mind...

Q: Are your customers struggling to change their address? A: Give them more "Continue" buttons! Fantastic UX here from B&Q. </sarcasm>

I just check directions to a mate's house. Apparently the A47 is a cycle path?!? @norwichcycling.bsky.social

I was eating a bento box 🍱 At my favourite Japanese restaurant 🇯🇵 Then I got these notifications. 🔔 Thank you SaaS.

Startup idea 💡 Collab with DHL and other lockers to offer their unused space as storage. Trying to store a bag in a European city is a nightmare even with a startups that offer space in a corner shop (often closed on a Sunday for example).

App idea 💡 Route planner that tells you the weather for each day on your trip. Morecase is sooo close but it presumes I'll continually move from point to point.

Developers as Sales Agents B2B sales relies on strong networks. Developers often have these networks from past roles and meetups. Salespeople have ZERO network as they don't come from tech industry. How can we leverage developers' networks for sales?

Has Google's AI suggestions impacted SEO? I feel like I click fewer links after searching a question as often the AI answers my question. I think this can have a good impact on search results as there is no longer a place for larger articles that take ages to answer a simple Q

We were in Málaga for the nationwide blackout yesterday. The response was exemplary. No traffic chaos, police worked through the night at busy crossings. The metro was shut down but buses carried on as normal. The market was going, cash only.

Today's #carryshitolympics featuring an entire Ikea patio sofa on our e-bullitt #cargobike

I just binged all 3 eps of this new pod. If you wondered what a European version of MFM would sound like, check out @charlierward.bsky.social and Sabba. Bang on the money. mrrshow.transistor.fm

Travelling 🚂 Berlin -> Cologne -> Brussels -> London today. It takes roughly the same amount of time as a work day (including change overs) so I'm working from the trains. Wifi varies between the trains 🚉 Train 1: IC Berlin -> Köln 🏁 Speed: 1.4 Mbps 🤞 Reliability: Good

I'm lacking motivation to work on my business ... oh wait, there it is

My workflow as an indie hacker using AI 1. Have idea 2. Prototype idea using Cursor 3. Test working prototype 4. Never ship it 5. See step 1.

Even a senior developer can 100x dev time by harnessing AI. From idea to working prototype in 30 minutes 🔥 Using: - v0 - Cursor Agents - 15 years of dev knowledge (a lot of people forget this one)

$9 customer: What is your privacy policy. How do I know my data is stored securely. I see you are solo, what happens if you get hit by a bus? Can I get a discount, you pricing is too steep. $499 customer: No problem, payment sent.

Downloaded all my tweets so I can keep my data away from Elon. Pleased to find out I've always been hilarious.

I really like the agile manifesto. So I wrote one for Indie Hacking. Feedback welcome. matt-reid.co.uk/2025/02/07/...

The best kind of PR. Tell me I'm wrong...

No one cycles when it's cold Cycling in London is predominantly men in Lycra Cyclists don't stop at red lights Oh wait

I've written this thread up as a blog post with some more details: Why some DVLA digital services don't work at night dafyddvaughan.uk/blog/2025/wh...

Startup idea💡: Automatically updating screenshots for customer facing documentation. Ever found ancient screenshots in your company docs? Why not a tool that tracks all your customer facing screenshots including instructions on how to generate them (login, click "new" etc)

Inspirited by @simon.bennett.im , here's my Christmas dinner kanban board

Any other indie hackers selling to solopreneurs find this is a buys time of year for signups? I think people get time off and finally start the business they wanted to do.

Introvert in Germany🇩🇪 (me): buys 2 things at the bakery because unsure if the correct gender of the baked good.

Is there an equivalent of Michelin Stars for tech products? I'm not talking crowd sourced reviews like G2. Basically independent SaaS Reviews reviews.

I'd love to see an Indie Hackers Conference in 2025 I'd love to hear the journey/lessons from people like - @philippkeller.com - @dmonn.com - @matthiasneumayer.com Could be short presentations during the day and an evening get together.

I'm still blown away 🤯 by what v0 can build. I'm using it to scaffold MVP ideas. Not only does it come up with a half decent UI, it structures everything nicely in component folders. Here's a basic landing page builder built with React and Tailwind

Sometimes we forget we're deeep in a tech bubble

My podcast listening is a juxtaposition

Even giants like Stripe make mistakes in emails

Some SaaS products seem to take off instantly (looking at you AI wrappers) and others need some help. I wrote a bit about this and the redesign we're going through. Subscribe to get it hot off the press. https://open.pricewell.io/

v0 is mad. Instead of spending hours converting Figma designs to tailwind/html (or hiring someone to do it), I just fed it a screenshot and said "make this". The first version is not too far off and just leaves some tweaks to me. 10x designer

An interesting take on co-founders. I searched for a co-founder but never really found the perfect person.

This is an interesting take by Jason. Growth does matter and my efforts should be focussed 100% on kickstarting it. I see some indie devs get almost instant traction for their product and mine has been such a slow burn. https://bsky.app/profile/asmartbear.com/post/3lbhyuvc6ar2m

MRR is growing. Verrry slowly but it's growing. It could be 10 years before I can quit my day job though 😂

Write something people are actually searching for. Use HTML correctly. Tell Google that your pages exist. That's basically it.

First screens back from the designer. Can you tell which is the original (by my own hand) and which is the redesign 😂

Finally found out which starter packs I'm in thanks to clearsky.app

How do I find out if what starter packs I'm in? Someone must have added me to one because I keep picking up followers.

Free tool marketing works. My free Stripe invoice generator has the highest conversion rate of any page on the PriceWell site.

The great thing about blue sky is the big influencer accounts won't move here because they've spent too long building up their audience on Twitter. It's a bit of a clean slate.

Think I've found a designer to redesign the pricing table wizard for PriceWell. My homegrown attempt is...chaotic at best.

This feels very much like the old Twitter days. Just people posting what they're working on, no engagement farming etc.