I don't even wanna get rich.. not more than sustaining myself and my family anyway.. but more important than that, I just wanna prove to myself that I can do it.. that I can build and sell things that's the main motivation #buildinpublic #indiehackers

here's some gem for researchers and AI companies currently top of HN https://annas-archive.li/blog/backing-up-spotify.html #data #scraping #music

2025 indie hacker results: - Revenue: $0 - Customers: 0 - Cold outreach messages: 200+ - Conversions: 0 - Times I wanted to quit: lost count - Actually quitting: no 4 lessons I'm taking to 2026: link in the first comment #buildinpublic #indiehackers

Awesome Directories is live on Peer Push https://peerpush.net/p/awesome-directories your support would be immensely appreciated. 🥰 #buildinpublic #indiehackers

I've been featured as the project of the week in Applied Go's latest newsletter edition. 🤩 Go read it out. Link in the first comment. There's a lot of cool projects mentioned this week. #buildinpublic

just when you think your idea failed... I got an email from a competitor about backlink exchange.. I checked, I ranked 2nd on google for the topic it's crazy business is still a world of wonder to me... never ceases to surprise me 🫠 #buildinpublic #indiehackers

alias pre-commit="prek" adios my good 'ol friend 👋 #sysadmin #programming #indiehacker

atuin + ble.sh killing my terminal 10-30s startup wait with 191k+ history entries jumping ship to try ddworken/hishtory and cantino/mcfly moving from slow & rusty to nimble & fast. #sysadmin #programming

I'm hot of the day... somewhere on the internet 🔥 #buildinpublic

Launched on ProductHunt last week. 11 upvotes. Not featured. Invisible. But: 800 visitors, 7 email signups, and actual data to improve against. Lesson: 15k LinkedIn followers = 200 impressions. The "audience" isn't the audience. link in the first comment. #buildinpublic #indiehackers

here's some thought on my daily grind: 💭 the faster I get to finish the chores I MUST do but I don't enjoy... 🫡 the sooner I get to get to things that I really DO enjoy doing and it enriches my sould 😇 time to get to work... 🏃‍♂️ #buildinpublic #indiehackers

unpopular opinion: `ll` is better than `ls` and if you have no idea what I'm talking about.. then we can't be friends #sysadmin #buildinpublic #programming

It ain't much.. but it's honest work.. avg 15min/day commenting on other people's post... engaging in communities where I feel I can bring something to the table.. that's it.. nothing fancy.. no 6-7 figure ARR.. just daily grind and hustle #buildinpublic #indiehackers

pay attention folks... another reason to use ISO-8601 time format instead of the idiotic "12-30-2025" 𝗜𝗦𝗢 𝟴𝟲𝟬𝟭 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. meaning you can compare the string literals and it works! #programming

damn, now I gotta pay double the price #buildinpublic

you know how people post something like "I woke up to this new hockey ski MRR"? well I woke up seeing that my post blew up in HN 🫠 nothing as sexy as those 5-6 figure MRR, at all... but still... I did not expect this 🫡 #buildinpublic

just think about what your son/daughter will say when asked "so, what does your father/mother do?" > he/she builds AI agents I don't know.. do you like the sound of that? 🤷🏼‍♂️ pick your battle wisely #buildinpublic

look what I got... 😎 here's to a few minutes per day commenting on other people's posts 🥂 #buildinpublic #indiehackers

pushing last minutes changes to production before the launch on PH (in :30 hr) what could possibly go wrong? 🤷‍♂️ #buildinpublic

WE'RE LIVE ON PRODUCT HUNT Awesome Directories: 300+ curated launch directories for indie hackers → Free forever → Open source (Apache-2.0) → Built in 3 weeks → $0 revenue (it's free, but who cares) 🔗 Link below https://www.producthunt.com/products/awesome-directories #buildinpublic

Less than a day until we launch on Product Hunt I'm not worried about rankings I'm worried about whether this actually helps someone That's the only metric that matters Awesome Directories → 300+ curated launch directories → Open source Friday 12:01am PST See you there 🚀 #buildinpublic

pushing last minutes changes to production before the launch on PH (in :30 hr) what could possibly go wrong? 🤷‍♂️ #buildinpublic

not bad... not bad at all for spending an hour a day on social media marketing.. without drowning myself too much into this, I still get to get online, interact with people, learn from their journeys and their insights.. I'm happy with the result #buildinpublic #indiehackers

approving my own submission like a boss P.S. live in product hunt in less than 2hrs .. not that I'm counting or anything 😅 #buildinpublic

approving my own submission like a boss P.S. live in product hunt in less than 2hrs .. not that I'm counting or anything 😅 #buildinpublic

approving my own submission like a boss P.S. live in product hunt in less than 2hrs .. not that I'm counting or anything 😅 #buildinpublic

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WE'RE LIVE ON PRODUCT HUNT awesome directories, curated directory of directories appreciate all your supports www.producthunt.com/products/awe... #buildinpublic

approving my own submission like a boss P.S. live in product hunt in less than 1.5 hrs .. not that I'm counting or anything 😅 #buildinpublic

is @supabase free version capable of handling a producthunt launch? #buildinpublic

200+ cold LinkedIn messages. 2-3 weeks of outreach. 0 calls booked. Customer discovery is humbling. After my first SaaS flopped (2 months, 0 customers, $0), I made a rule: no code until someone's ready to pay. #buildinpublic #indiehacker #customerdiscovery

48 hours until Awesome Directories launches on Product Hunt Quick thread on what I learned building in public for 3 weeks 🧵 (Spoiler: Follower count is a lie) I started with: - 15k LinkedIn followers - 200 avg impressions (lol) - 150 X followers - Zero engagement #buildinpublic

I had to do it there was no other way it was eating me alive #buildinpublic #indiehacker

unpopular opinion: work-life balance is a myth if you're in your early years you don't get to rest easy, work 2-hour a day, enjoy your passive income and live a dream life boasting about your 20k/MRR ... 1/2

I sent 200+ cold LinkedIn messages over the past 2-3 weeks. Calls booked: 0 Here's the full breakdown 🧵 After my first SaaS failed (2-3 months building, 0 customers, $0 revenue), I made a rule: No code until someone's ready to pay. #buildinpublic

momma look, I'm going "viral" on reddit 🫠 24h... just sharing my journey #buildinbpulic

there are times that I'm not building in public those times I go out and play in public #buildinpublic #piano

Shoutout to parents who are builders... working a 9-5 yet sacrificing a few extra hours at nights and weekends to build for their own dream shoutout to those who didn't wait for the universe to happen.. those who get up, get the work done, and make things happen... one step a time #buildinpublic

Awesome Directories launches on Product Hunt THIS FRIDAY Here's everything you need to know in one thread 🧵 (And how you can help, if you want) https://www.producthunt.com/products/awesome-directories #buildinpublic #indiehacker #opensource 1/8

we're live on @sololaunches 🚀 if you've seen me over the past 2 weeks rambling about Awesome Directories... if you've visited the site and know what we're about... take a moment and give us a like https://sololaunches.com/startups/awesome-directories #buildinpublic

Week 2 of building Awesome Directories in public: Numbers don't lie. Here's what happened: 📊 Engagement update: - Week 1 avg impressions: 180 - Week 2 avg impressions: 420 - Daily unique visitors: 100+ #buildinpublic #producthunt #indiehacker 1/5

to fellow founers ProductHunt's backlink is NOT DoFollow it is "ugc" - user generated content it's not as bad as NoFollow, but nowhere near DoFollow yet as long as you're building something useful people would love paying for, all of these are just theatrics 🤷‍♂️ #buildinpublic

Shipped 3 features today for Awesome Directories Small wins. Quick updates. Building in public. Here's what's new #buildinpublic #indiehacker #opensource 1/6

this is a STEAL 🤯 the telegram short domain (t .me) has a domain rating of 96 and the backlinks are DoFollow 😍 you can create a public telegram channel... promote your own content... and let SEO do its thing 🤑

launching on a few other platforms before ProductHunt to gain some momentum (and confidence) if you like Awesome Directories, consider starring the GitHub repo... that'll give us some community support, and builds trust with ProductHunt launch. thanks.

Honest question for indie hackers & founders: When you launched your last product, how many directories did you submit to? (This will shape the v2 roadmap for Awesome Directories) a) 0-5 (I barely launched) b) 6-20 (The essentials) c) 21-50 (I was thorough) d) 51+ (I submitted EVERYWHERE)

features of Awesome Directories you didn't ask for (but might want) Built over the last 7 days. All free. All open source. #buildinpublic #opensource #indiehacker 1/9

Week 1 of building in public: Done. Quick reflection on what worked: ✅ What worked: - Being transparent about low engagement (200 impressions) - Asking questions instead of just announcing - Sharing tech stack (devs love stack discussions) - Posting screenshots (visual > text walls) 1/5

How I built a directory aggregator in a weekend with $0 budget Tech stack breakdown for indie hackers No bullshit. 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸. 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 - Vue 3 + Vite (simple, it works) - Tailwind CSS (utility-first saved hours) - Deployed to GitHub Pages (free) Total cost: $0 1/6