Hurt my lower back yesterday by carrying a new holdall instead of a backpack Welcome to your 40s, Pete

Working on a re-design of the High Signal front page 😀

I moved my High Signal newsletter content from Kit to Ghost My domain rating on Ahrefs has gone up from 22 to 28 with just this change alone It definitely makes sense to have all your content on one website. I can now do things like internal links from articles and it just feels a lot neater

I've been more attention to style recently For ages I was definitely one of those "it's what's on the inside that counts" people but wow, the difference from dressing well is amazing.

My sister did an all day traitors themed party for her eldest. I’ve told her she should sell the blueprint to other parents ☺️

I had a good cafe cowork today I committed to trying Claude Code and my friend committed to trying Framer to build a website (I steered him off Wix/Squarespace)

I'm re-writing the lead magnet for my High Signal newsletter 🧲 I wrote a list of startups and how much they sold for but I could do with adding new companies to it. Anyone know any bootstrapped company acquisitions I should definitely cover? e.g. We Work Remotely sold recently

"Eventually the no-code tools would not let me take my ideas as far as I wanted. I realized I really wanted to be building apps." Great to chat to Ben about learning to code www.nocsdegree.com/from-no-code...

Really good gym session today I’ve started doing rows for my back so not just doing lat pull downs Heaviest bench for a while (70kg) And another session of goblet squats to get my legs stronger so I live longer

Sending the best newsletter for bootstrappers tonight If you're not already reading High Signal, I'd love you to check it out! I break down the week's indiehacker news evey Wed and Fri so you don't have to scroll endlessly 😀 www.highsignal.io/newsletter/

I finally plucked up the courage to speak Spanish to my Spanish dentist today! She was pleasantly surprised and we had a nice chat. I commented that I was now getting free language practise as part of my check up ☺️

Would love to see more of you reading the best newsletter for bootstrappers www.highsignal.io/newsletter/

The FTSE 100 outperformed the S&P 500 last year?! How did that happen?

I'm going to this cafe coworking session in Edinburgh this Friday if anyone is around? www.meetup.com/edinburgh-co...

I'm down to 84.9kg now Cutting carbs in the evening has been helpful as well as cutting portions in general and doing a bit more gym work

Just did hex deadlifts for first time Legs absolute jelly 🤣 tell me it gets better

OK, I've updated my DNS for High Signal Just sent the newsletter Can you let me know if it landed in your inbox ok?

Went through the hell of DNS setup today - i don't want to look at this again for a very long time

Just sent out the first High Signal newsletter of 2026! I''ve moved from Kit to Ghost so it might look a tiny bit different but it's all the usual great mix of • MRR updates • marketing news • actionable entrepreneurship tips You can get it here: www.highsignal.io/forget-youre...

"Completely self-taught. No bootcamp, no CS degree. Just a lot of trial and error." That's what Gaurav Chande said when I asked him how he learned to code. A passion for programming took him from India to Canada after getting hired by Shopify. Read his full interview below

Any indiehacker news I missed recently? I had two weeks off and I have to write the High Signal newsletter today

I've moved High Signal from Kit to Ghost I was paying for both which didn't make a lot of sense so I'll save $700+ a year Unfortunately, Kit doesn't let you simply move your posts. So I used ChatGPT to make some python code which downloaded all my posts with the Kit API

Back to work today! I took two whole weeks off and I'm feeling nice and refreshed now. I spent the time with my family and with the WIFI going down, I had some nice enforced time off. Most people aren't working over Christmas any way so it makes sense to take longer off then.

Just had a great client call and sent the High Signal newsletter for the last time this year.

What's been your work win of the year?

Scottish football fans should go to Argentina to watch the World Cup! • Watch games in the same timezone as US • All the Argentines will be supporting us vs Brazil • Way cheaper than US

This is my monthly revenue in 2025 My aim for 2026 is to have less insane highs and lows I think I'll achieve this by doing regular sales days and doing more outreach

Wendover is my new favourite YouTube channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=a512...

On Monday I'm organising a little cafe coworking session in Edinburgh if anyone is around? www.eventbrite.com/e/cafe-cowor...

I've made $8300 so far this month from my business Beats the hell out of anything I earned in the UK doing a 9-5 job I don't think Americans realise how bad salaries are in Europe That's why there are so many indiehackers here

Any devs or founders in Edinburgh up for a regular weekly cafe cowork? I'd like to ideally meet in a cafe and work for a couple of hours (I've found doing this with other people fun/productive) Just heads down and ship, no calls etc Anyone interested?

There's an alternative universe where Courtland from IndieHackers started a YouTube channel, grew to millions of subscribers and got his own Netflix show

I now do marketing for companies in California making millions of dollars and honestly, this is pretty cool. Was not on my bingo card as a kid.

Any UK folk have recommendations for a SIPP platform to use?

It's funny how devs get bent out of shape over $100 courses Meanwhile, my friend has paid $5k for a year of coaching for her photography business.

Last chance to get some cheap publicity and reach 1800 founders I'm doing a sale on High Signal newsletter ads 4 ads for $300 or 1 advert for $99 Next slots are in January Sale ends today 4 ads: buy.stripe.com/6oUfZi2iXe6w... 1 ad: buy.stripe.com/8wM2bl36Dcpg...

I made $4588 in November from ghostwriting, SEO mentoring and newsletter ads I'm waiting on a couple of big deals that would have made a huge difference to those numbers so it looks like December will be a much bigger month

My bundle of two courses, Grow and Monetize your Newsletter, is on sale for Black Friday Get 30% off and both courses for only $49 These are on sale until the 2nd of December.  petecodes.gumroad.com/l/newsletter...

Ok, voice mode in ChatGPT is amazing! So much quicker than typing

Ok, voice mode in ChatGPT is amazing! So much quicker than typing

Feeling vindicated that I chose an accountant in the same city as me over a cheaper remote option This means I can go to their office, they can guide me through stuff and the money stays in my city 😀

EMERGENCY I set up Polar today and started to set up Stripe Managed Payments and now I'm getting kicked off Stripe!! Literally nothing else has changed. Can anyone from Stripe or Polar help me out please? 🙏 🙏 🙏 Sharing is appreciated

I've got another SEO mentoring gig off the back of my presentation at Skyscanner I guess displaying expertise = more trust = more money

If you want more publicity for your SaaS, agency or product, I'm doing a Black Friday sale on High Signal newsletter ads $300 for 4 ads or $99 for 1 advert • 1,800 founders get my newsletter • You get an advert right at the top • You also get a free backlink (woop!) DM me or just reply

A few years ago I tried doing a "Reverse Black Friday" where I put prices UP instead of down. No-one cared. Maybe got 1 or 2 likes but made no money. Black Friday is baked into the internet now - 99% of people are cool with it Fighting it is a waste of time

Another backlink tip 🔗 Do side quests and tell the press Sabba Keynejad from Veed got a 92 backlink from a UK newspaper when he bought and sold Christmas trees

Hola SEO nerds 👋 I've just shared my "how to get free backlinks" blog post on my website I gave a presentation at Skyscanner recently so this is a blog version of my talk (I'm available for SEO freelance work or mentoring) www.petecodes.io/how-to-get-b...

Sending the 301st edition of the High Signal newsletter later today • the reality of revenue for most people • a backlink tip • AI updates • a SaaS hits $2k And more! www.highsignal.io/newsletter/

I never do this but doing a Black Friday sale for High Signal newsletter ads 📨 Get in front of 1,800 CEOs, founders and developers 39% open rate, 3% CTR Get 1 advert for $99 (usually $150) OR 4 ads for $300 See img for usual prices 😀 Stripe links below...

I'm moving the back catalogue of High Signal newsletter issues over to the website now Hopefully this gets me more subscribers and it just makes sense to have all my best content on my own domain Some of you are about to get a lot of new backlinks 😀