I found Factory.ai Droid is the best alternative to GLM-4.6 with Claude Code. Droid supports native web search with my custom API key! Love it!

"EdgeAI represents the future of AI deployment: local-first, privacy-preserving, and efficient. Master these skills to build the next generation of intelligent applications." github.com/microsoft/ed...

I am back to Expo. It's easy for me. I don't like the Dart style.

"There are two ways an entrepreneur can fail: a) launch a product that nobody desires; b) launch a product that people desire but with no significant advantage over established competitors (hence give no strong reason for a customer to switch away)."

LLM context windows today feel just like RAM in the old-school computers—tiny at first, but give it time, and they'll balloon into something massive. 🤔 One day, we'll be stuffing entire video games into a single prompt. Who's ready to play Zelda inside ChatGPT... #AI #LLM

Here’s why Flutter > RN for multi-platform apps: - Rich built-in widgets → less fragile third-party deps. - Clearer error messages → easier debugging. - Easier setup with fewer dependency conflicts. - Faster and smoother performance (compiled to native). #indiedev #buildinpublic #videcoding

I use Claude Code with GLM 4.6 to make this PR. I found the issue, write the prompts to CC. And the CC fix it with my two times prompt. First prompt: describe the problem. Second prompt: tell it to use as. Result: working PR. #videcoding github.com/ifindev/full...

Tried all day with the latest Expo + RN → constant errors. Rolled back to "expo": "~53.0.22" & "react-native": "0.79.5" → now it works. Sometimes progress means a downgrade. #buildinpublic #indiedev

Tried all day to set up react-native-gesture-handler with the latest Expo. Docs: “works great!” Reality: “API not supported anymore.” RN dev life in one screenshot. 😅 #buildinpublic #indiedev

Code is cheap. AI can ship a demo in hours. What matters is execution—go build that billion-dollar startup. #indiedev #buildinpublic

Huge thanks to @betalist for posting @flashprompt_app — really appreciate it! Already got three payments and loving it! 💸 #indiedev #buildinpublic

“If you lose sight of competitive reality and focus on trivial differentiating factors—maybe you think your naan is superior because of your great-grandmother’s recipe—your business is unlikely to survive.” #indiedev #buildinpublic

API success isn’t about elegant design. It’s about how badly people need your product. Facebook & Jira have terrible APIs, but we still integrate. Do you think API quality really matters? #indiedev #buildinpublic

May 2025: laid off. June–Aug 2025: indie dev first time, made $27 ARR. Sept 2025: back to a 9-5. Still building side projects on the way. #indiedev #buildinpublic

Your vision should be brief too. A sentence should be enough to get the idea across. Here’s the vision for each of our products: Basecamp: Project management is communication

Keep going! Keep marketing! Keep sharing! #buildinpublic #indiedev

Ideas can come from Reddit or trending topics, but real pain points come from your own problems. If you love dating but hate the current apps, build the kind of dating app you would actually use. #buildinpublic #indiedev

Enthusiasm manifests itself readily of course, but indifference is equally indelible. If your commitment doesn’t encompass a genuine passion for the work at hand, it becomes a void that is almost impossible to conceal, no matter how elaborately or attractively designed it is. #buildinpublic

Nowadays #buildinpublic #indiedev

Does SEO still matter these days? Feels like most of my traffic now comes from AI search anyway. #buildinpublic #indiedev

Going from 0 to 1 is easy. But going from 1 to 100… 100 to 10k? That’s the hard part. You need to distribute — make videos, post on Reddit, reply to potential customers’ posts. There's just so much to do — and you have to do it right. That’s what makes it hard. #buildinpublic #indiedev

Still figuring out your product idea? No problem — start building anyway. Set up your authentication, design a simple landing page, add subscription logic, navigation, and a footer. The idea will evolve. But only if you begin. #buildinpublic

I think this book is more suited for enterprise software devs and PMs -- not really for indie hackers. Indie hackers usually fly solo. But I still got a few solid takeaways: 1. Talk to your real users. Reach out and ask them what they think about your product.

When choosing a web framework, I always care about how easy it is to write tests. Is it test-friendly? Can I write tests without friction? A good framework should help deliver reusable, testable, and reliable code. @rubyonrails.org.web.brid.gy and @laravel.com do this well.

@diabrowser.com is awesome! Chat native in the browser. And the response in chat is soooooo fast. Love it. Here is my invite link: diabrowser.com/invite/KFB32J