Pre AI, for indiehackers it was best to focus on niche ideas. I just saw Squad and it's a "big idea", the type that would usually be tackled by a VC funded company. It's all changed. With AI, indies can tackle big ideas. Not clear what advantage funding gets you in 2026.

Numbers, because devs read numbers: 📉 • Trial — $1.99 / 7d (was $50) • Mini — $19.99 / mo (was $200) • Solo — $47.99 / mo (was $500) ← the daily driver • Multiplier: 1x (we don't tax your tokens) • Daily quota: unlimited Built for code: autocomplete · refactor · explain · PR review · agents. OpenAI cut prices. We cut the fat. #buildinpublic# #indiehackers# #devtools# #AIcoding# #shipit#

Indie hackers (me included) are seeing new technologies and thinking: “What could I build with this?”. That’s the mistake. What Steve Jobs said will forever be true: You need to start from the customer experience and work backwards to the technology.

I don't think AI will eliminate indie hackers. It's true that my 10 years of SWE experience has become more and more irrelevant because AI can now do most of it, but looking back, my SWE skills were only a small part of being an indie hacker. The most important part is still solving valuable problems and looking for customers. If anything, AI created a whole new class of problems that are now open for people to explore and solve. Indie hackers are problem solvers/entrepreneurs, removing the coding part means removing a lot of friction, and it will enable indie hackers to do 10x more at 10x speed.

15-min growth loop for indie hackers: 1) Ship one visible improvement before noon 2) Post screenshot + 3 bullets (problem → change → result) 3) Leave 10 tactical replies 4) DM 1 engager: “what’s your blocker?” 5) Track impressions, profile visits, follows Do this for 14 days.

$66,000+ revenue in 23 days only. This project is built by 2 indie hackers. The website's goal is quite simple. You must build a product in 30 days. Or, you will be kicked out...