me: "got another side project idea"
claude: "ship the mvp in 2 weeks"
me: "gonna build in public this time"
x: "love it bro"
me: launches
x: SILENCE
building is the tutorial.
marketing is the boss fight.
spent 6 hours debugging why my app crashes
then realized i haven't talked to an actual person in 3 days
social skills don't come with error logs 😅
indie hacker problems - can squash any bug but still weird at meetups
my code comments: "this function handles user authentication"
what it actually does: somehow also validates emails, sends welcome messages, updates 3 different databases, and makes coffee
Do you guys ever get frustrated with how much "just build it and they'll come" advice is out there? People are confidently sharing marketing tips they've never actually tested.
Me: learning Rust like my life depends on it
Job market: we’re hiring only Go developers 😭
My biggest dead projects happened when I kept polishing features instead of launching at 10% done. Which later became 0 users forever.
Stings but true.
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GPT-5.4 dropping in ChatGPT and API with big jumps in reasoning and coding sounds promising
But will any indie hacker projects actually benefit, or is it just more benchmark gains?
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Why does Gen Z trust AI with everything,
but worry it could ruin their jobs, social lives, even their minds?
Is this just the new normal for tech?
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Okay, GPT-5.4 just crushed humans at computer ops with that wild 1M context window and "xhigh" reasoning.
Benchmark sweep sounds impressive.
But what does any of this mean outside curated tests?
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How do you know when you visit a webiste, want to use it, but not sure if owner give up on it yet?
Just add changelog page to my project. If someone randomly step by, they know I'm still on it.
https://pastbuild.com/changelog
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Build mode: SUCCESS 200
Marketing mode: ERROR 404 not found
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Stumbled onto the old Character.AI site and got hit with the classic "site retirement" notice.
It's like digital archaeology-those character profiles just sitting there, frozen in time.
Nostalgia hits a little harder than I expected.
If you told me two years ago I'd still be grinding on indie projects with zero MRR, I might have laughed.
Sometimes the hustle is just showing what you've built, even if the market isn't ready yet.
i'm an indie hacker
been building side projects for 2 years
still zero traffic, zero MRR 😅
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Me trying to blend in at a regular party but still lowkey debugging the conversation flow
Building in public that works: share the mess, not the highlight reel
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Non-coders: "If I could code, I'd build million-dollar apps"
Me with years of coding experience and 0 MRR: 👁️👄👁️
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Honestly, nothing kills user retention faster than flooding the app with ads
You'd think everyone would've learned this lesson by now
Hey developers,
Stop posting:
💻 React, Next.js, TypeScript
🔧 Full-stack services
🚀 Modern tech stack
⚡ Cloud architecture
📱 Mobile-first design
🎨 UI/UX expertise
Start posting the problems you actually solved👇
I am Luke!
I am 29!
I am a Software Engineer!
And you?
Hot take: building is the easy part.
Distribution is where 90% of indie hackers die.
What's your actual process for getting users after you ship?
Be specific, I want tactics not theory.
SaaS is dead. It's over.
I just canceled my free Gmail subscription and vibe coded my own inbox.
Now I don't have to deal with spam and people rarely email me anymore.
Freedom.
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When you have to market what you've built
We've had productivity tips for 30+ years but people are more burned out than ever.
Maybe the problem isn't about knowing what to do?
Something else is making it harder.
Technical founders optimize for the wrong milestone
0 to first dollar isn't about features
It's about people who care when you ship
Your community IS the product until you have customers
Build in public, ship fast, talk to humans
The code can wait
Not seeing enough indie hackers in my feed
If you're a software engineer building projects & have launched, please share what you're working on?
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Apparently, most people stop discovering new music around their early 30s.
Honestly, I get it.
When was the last time I actually searched for new tracks?
Maybe it's just adulting, or maybe we just settle into comfort zones way too early.
Sharing your process with zero results is the flex nobody expects
Honestly, showcasing what you've built is half the battle.
Past Build is just my way of saying, here's what I made. Judge it, learn from it, or just see the passion behind the code.
Sorry to be that guy, but most indie hackers will soon realize their failures weren't about coding skills.
It's the marketing, honestly.
We can build anything but can't sell anything 😭
