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The Internet Is Growing Countless Little Paid Doors
Cloudflare shipped something recently, and most people scrolled right past it. It lets websites charge AI crawlers. The headlines mostly framed it a…
How I Built a No-App Photo Sharing Platform Using Just QR Codes and Browser Cameras
Last summer, I was at my cousin's wedding. 200 guests, one professional photographer, and exactly zero way for anyone else to share the photos they…
Transitioning from Python to Rust or Go: For Which Workload?
Python's rapid development capabilities and rich ecosystem make it the starting point for many projects; however, when performance limits are reache…
Stop Hiding Behind Your Product. Go Talk to Customers.
Wanted to share this because I suspect some of you are doing the same thing I was. Before I start I'm a indie hacker. Years of engineering work trai…
Sol, Terra, Luna — Three New Models, and Why MonkeyCode Is Asking the Right Questions
OpenAI finally shipped GPT-5.6. Sol at the top, Terra in the middle, Luna for budget-conscious teams. High, mid, low — clean segmentation, smart pri…
The New Pattern of 2026 Tech Layoffs: 'Cut and Pivot'
Last month, while working on a client's project, I learned that a former teammate I knew from the industry had been laid off. This situation was dif…
Scraping Prices Without an API: Chrome Content Script Patterns for Japanese E-Commerce
Japanese e-commerce is fragmented. The same product — a vintage camera, a game console, a brand bag — can vary by ¥5,000–¥30,000 between Amazon.co.j…
My Most Expensive Engineering Decision
My most expensive career mistake wasn't a line of code or a misconfigured server; it was a "yes." Throughout my twenty years of experience in system…
Passkeys: Enterprise Adaptation and Individual Use Cases
Lately, I've started seeing the "Sign in with Passkey" option on many platforms. Initially, like with any new technology, I approached it with some…
Building a Product vs. Marketing It: Which is Harder? A 20-Year
For years, I believed that simply writing code, getting servers up and running, and keeping systems operational was the hardest job. While designing…
BurnCPU's First 100 Users: The Most Expensive Mistake of My Career
The most expensive mistake of my career wasn't a line of code; it was a 'yes'. That 'yes' not only cost me money but also severely damaged my reputa…
How I Rebuilt My Entire User Feedback Workflow with FeedLog (And Why I Ditched Canny)
Six months into running my SaaS, my "feedback system" was three browser tabs, a starred Gmail folder, and a sticky note on my monitor that said "che…
I Built a Side Project Selling Pine Script Strategies for Prop Traders
Started propfirmpinescripts.com a while back selling pine script strategies for futures prop firm traders. Figured I would share some of what worked…
BGP Knowledge for Indie Hackers: Is It Really Necessary?
The world of indie hackers typically demands deep knowledge in areas like software development, product management, and marketing. When you're tryin…
The Folly of Relying on Traditional Payment Platforms for the African Creator Economy
The Problem We Were Actually Solving When our platform began to gain traction with African creators, we encountered an unexpected problem. Many user…
Selling Without Stripe in a Country That Stripe Can't Reach: When Compliance Becomes a Technical Problem
The Problem We Were Actually Solving We launched our product in Venezuela, where we quickly realized that accepting traditional payments would be pr…
Why I Ditched Traditional Payment Platforms for My Freelance Work in Nigeria
The Problem We Were Actually Solving I still remember the frustration I felt when I first started my freelance work in Nigeria. I had landed my firs…
We built a finance app that refuses to ask for your bank login
The problem with most expense trackers Most personal finance apps assume you'll hand over your bank credentials. The whole UX is designed around tha…
Living on My Own Server: An Indie Hacker's Work-Life Balance
Living on My Own Server: An Indie Hacker's Work-Life Balance Running my own servers has been the foundation of both my work and personal projects fo…
Best Local AI Coding Tools for Indie Hackers in 2026: Ollama vs LM Studio vs Ollama Cloud
Originally published at devtoolpicks.com Claude Max costs $100 a month. Cursor Pro costs $20. For a solo developer building a SaaS, that adds up to…
I Built a Smarter 20-20-20 App Because Every Other One Annoyed Me
The 20-20-20 rule is a simple habit recommended by optometrists to reduce eye strain: Every 20 minutes, look at something 20 feet away for 20 second…
Why Distribution Belongs Inside Your MVP, Not After It
I spent a year building fourteen products. Most of them are good. Some of them solve real problems. Almost none of them have users. The reason is em…
Setting Up a Gumroad Affiliate Program in 5 Minutes (and what nobody tells you)
TL;DR : Gumroad has built-in affiliate management, free, no monthly fee. 5 minutes to set up a program with 30% commission. The non-obvious gotchas:…