68 Blog Posts To Learn About Indie Hackers

1 Jun 2026

Indie hackers are entrepreneurs who build profitable online businesses without external funding, focusing on self-sufficiency and sustainable growth. This movement fosters innovation, encourages independent product development, and provides valuable insights into bootstrapping successful ventures.

1. Micro SaaS: What It Is and How to Build One

A micro SaaS differs from the traditional one in scope and scale. It's an ideal business model for indie creators. You'll find out ideas and steps to start one.

2. 5 Tech Companies That Work Differently

Basecamp, Linear, Wise, Buffer, and Ghost prioritize sustainable growth and a healthy working environment over short-term return.

3. Here's The Exact Indie-Hacking Vibe-Coding Setup I Use as a Middle-Aged Product Manager

Middle-aged PM shares his AI-powered vibe-coding setup after restarting dev journey to beat burnout.

4. How to Figure Out What Users Want, Fast

Discover what customers like, dislike, and need by analyzing software reviews with a RAG-powered chatbot, delivering fast and actionable insights.

5. Digital Defenders: Meet Syed Shahzaib Shah, Pakistan’s Ethical Hacker Changing the Game

Discover the inspiring journey of Syed Shahzaib Shah, a self-taught ethical hacker from Pakistan who rose to global fame by identifying critical vulnerabilities

6. Build Data-Driven Web App Without Backend

During the last couple of decades websites' functionally has increased dramatically - from simple landing pages serving simple static ads to complex progressive web apps whose functionality close to native applications including user authorization, location tracking, bluetooth handling, and offline mode.

7. Taking on “12 Startups in 12 Months” Challenge in 2022

I am doing the 12 Startups in 12 Months challenge starting from January 2022. That means I need to build and launch one startup every single month of 2022!

8. 15+ Awesome Stuff to Build and Sell With JavaScript (and Friends)

Learn fifteen+ types of projects you can turn in your next side hustle or full-time arrangement to leverage your JavaScript skills in a scalable way.

9. From Reddit's "Hot" ranking algorithm to my satisfying blend of "Top Ranked" and "New"

I created a site where people can vote and submit projects they want me to build. This was fine when there was only a dozen projects, but not when the list grew

10. Here's Why I Quit a 6-Figure GitHub Salary To Become a Solopreneur

Last week I left GitHub.

11. Medellín — A taste of the classics and the best cacao

Medellín has a great quality of life for nomads including it's variety of healthy, affordable food, and some of the best cacao in the world.

12. I Stopped Developing iOS Apps and Switched to Web App Development After 12 Years on The App Store

After twelve years on the App Store, I've decided it's time to go all-in on the web and would like to share what that means and outline the tradeoffs involved.

13. Launched a Project Twice with Two Horrible Names but Still Made Money!

Launched a Project Twice with Two Horrible Names but Still Made Money!

14. Our Secret Recipe for Product Hunt 👀

Hey Folks, we recently launched on Product Hunt and are proud to announce that we won Product of the Day!

15. My Prediction for Indie Makers in 2024-2026...

My prediction for indie makers for 2024-2026: Exponential growth of quantity, everyone will be a maker, maker labels, monopolies, rip startups, and more

16. Medellín — Work remotely

Medellín has a great quality of life for nomads including those looking to work remotely.

17. 5 Important Books For Indie Hackers: 2020 Edition

In this post, I’ve listed five books that helped me to shape my mindset and that help with creating and marketing a viable product

18. How we built ToDoBot for Slack in 3 days

Technically, it was four days, but we were working on it in between taking customer calls and fixing OneBar bugs so, let’s call it three ;)

19. Lessons From My First Profitable iOS App ($1,400 in 90 Days)

Not a life-changing amount, but enough to prove that small indie apps can make real money. Here are 6 key lessons I learned from my first profitable app

20. Everything I Learned From Reading Tony Dinh

Tony Dinh’s discourse encapsulates updates on applications, recounting his experiences, app statistics, and the valuable lessons acquired along the way.

21. The Toxic Status Game Inside Indie Hacking

22. Building Around A Niche: The Story Behing Carrd's MVP and Success

Learning how to build a better MVP by studying Carrd's growth to $1m ARR and 1.6m users.

23. Product Hunt - Why You Need to Find the Right Hunters to Launch Your Products

Struggling with finding the right hunter on Product Hunt? Check out my actionable guide to finding the right hunter🚀 for your PH launch.

24. Promoting A Telegram Bot Over 4 Weeks From Scratch to Publication on Product Hunt: My Journey

I'll share my four-week plan, essentially starting from scratch and culminating in the publication of the product on the popular platform ProductHunt.

25. 5 Reasons Why Newsletters Should Be Part Of Your Business Strategy

‘Newsletters? Let’s flock to social media instead.’

26. Top 5 Challenges For Indie Hackers

It's a tough lifestyle being a solo indie hacker. Here are some of the hardest parts.

27. Medellín — The nomad's hidden gem

Medellín, previously a massively underrated city for traveling and living is now very welcoming and has a great quality of life for nomads.

28. I'm Building a Tower Defense Game Where VCs Are the Enemy

I'm building StartupTD - a tower defense game where you defend your startup from haters, bugs, and VCs using MRR as currency. Free to play, launching soon.

29. How I Got My First 10 Customers for NextLevelJobs.eu (And the Tech Behind It)

Discover how I built NextLevelJobs.eu, a job board focused on high-paying EU tech jobs, using Golang for web scraping and Remix.run for a fast, SEO-friendly fro

30. How to go From Idea to MVP

Simple steps to get an idea off the ground and start building momentum.

31. Creative Applications for Artists: Let's Build More of Them

I’ve been in a creative slump lately. I think this is a common but rarely discussed problem for people who transition from arts careers into programming. On one hand, having a well paying remote job means you don’t have to worry about being a starving artist and probably still have some free time to make art. On the other hand, there can be periods of time where work takes up all your time and you don’t have the energy at the end of the day to make art.

32. Education May Be Broken, But Your Curriculum Doesn't Have to Be

If somebody can teach you, they can teach someone else (Or a computer or a robot) and replace you.

33. How I Built an AI Tool To Craft the Perfect Tweet

A self-proclaimed bad writer built an AI writing tool to fix his embarrassing tweets. See the actual before/after transformation that led to $266 MRR in 7 days

34. Inside the Mind of Shahzaib Shah: The Ethical Hacker Redefining Cyber Defense

Explore the story of Syed Shahzaib Shah, one of Pakistan's top ethical hackers, as he rises from Balakot to global cybersecurity prominence.

This Slogging thread by and Arthur Tkachenko occurred in slogging's official #random channel, and has been edited for readability.

36. I Made a Productized Service for the Solopreneur GTM and the Build-in-Public Crowd: Here's How

GTM, marketing, sales. They can't be an afterthought for Indiefounders. That's why I've created a productised service offering a teardown.

37. Taking a Big Bet on Yourself and Your Project

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38. Bootstrapped Growth: The Best and Worst of 2023

Learn from my successes and mistakes and become a better startup founder. Here's what you should do and what to avoid.

39. Inspiration On Command: 5 Easy Steps to Never Wait for Creativity Again

Professionals approach creativity differently. They don’t wait for inspiration to strike—they schedule it.

40. The Future Of Development: Is It Better to Work As A Freelancer?

By focusing on personal branding and leveraging these tools, developers can achieve greater financial potential and flexibility within a year or two.

41. How to Create a Job Board Using NoCode Approach

Thinking about creating a job board for your niche? Or have you identified a field you think could use with some help for increased employment? A survey by Allegis reported that the internet is where people are most commonly looking for jobs so if you're reading this, you're already off on the right foot.

42. How I Built a Twitter Growth Tool That Predicts User Behavior

In this post, I’ll talk about my Twitter growth tool that predicts users’ behavior on Twitter.

43. How I Quit My Job to Start My Online Business

I quit my job. I'm now unemployed. It feels great to finally be able to write this blog post.

44. Starting a SaaS Business During Covid: My 5 Year Journey

In September 2020, I went all in working for myself. The COVID Pandemic and my cushy engineering manager job made it a hard decision. However, it wasn't one I made overnight. In fact, It took me five years to wrap my head around it. I can divide that time into three entrepreneurial seasons of my life. Each season taught me essential lessons that provided enough insight into changing the course of my career.

45. How I Got 78 Criticisms on Show Hacker News for My Zoom Competitor

Last month, I launched the app on Show HN. As a result, it got 82 points and 78 comments. Ranked in the toppest 10 of popular posts in a day also. Actually, we have pros and cons about it and people tend to criticize it more. Anyway, it felt so amazing that a lot of the people across the world visited my website and said hi to me. What an exciting moment! Today, I’d like to share how to develop and launch a landing page.

46. Create a Search Engine and Other Startup Ideas Using Data-Ferret

Data-ferret is a tiny, yet powerful util library to scan or transform deeply nested and complex object-like data with ease.

47. Medellín — Discover the local appeal

Medellín has a great quality of life for nomads including it's local markets, culture, outdoors, etc.

48. Why Indie Products Differentiation Is Important And How To Achieve It

Analyzing how successful indie businesses are able to differentiate themselves.

49. My Advice For Devpreneurs As A Coder Who Learned Marketing

People are less interested in what you built but more in how you did it and the rollercoaster ride along the way. The goal here is to master storytelling.

50. PC Workman 1.6.8 - 80 Downloads, 800 Hours, and Why I'm Building for Microsoft Store

Built a system monitor in 800 hours, got 60 downloads, learned Microsoft Store approval matters more than GitHub stars. Technical deep-dive + roadmap to v2.0.

51. A Year in Review of My Developer-Focused SAAS

This is the first annual review of Snipline. The shell command bookmarker app.

52. 8 Underrated Marketing Ideas to Find the First Users For Your SaaS Startup

Actionable business growth hacks for startup founders to scale quickly and efficiently. Learn strategies to boost revenue, optimize operations, and drive growth

53. Full-Time Indie Hacker Vs. Side Hustle: The Different Ways of Chasing the Cheddar

How to think about going full-time indie hacker vs side hustle when you are getting started.

54. Founders Writing: How I Made $640 ARR on Reddit

This is a “how I use Syften to grow Syften” story.

55. Seasonal side-hustles: buy low, sell high next year

In this modern world, it is not uncommon for people to have a second job; sometimes people just need more cash to pay the bills. But some crafty men and women have found another way to earn that money, treating seasonal products like shares on the stock market.