Latest Articles
Jan 7, 2025
All the biggest announcements from CES 2025
From personal supercomputers to the latest AI models, here's all the updates indie hackers need.
Jan 6, 2025
Top takeaways for indie hackers from Sam Altman's 'Reflections' blog
Everything you need to know about the role of startup founders and developers in OpenAI's plans.
Jan 6, 2025
VPN app demand has surged by 1150 percent
An interesting phenomenon.
Jan 4, 2025
Meme coins outpaced AI in 2024
Meme coins are more powerful than we think.
Jan 3, 2025
Devs are increasingly succumbing to hacking attacks
Devs are increasingly falling victim to hacking attempts.
Jan 3, 2025
50,000 teams use this founder's product because she saw the AI wave coming and timed her launch accordingly
Yana Welinder went all in on her product as soon as it got accepted into YC, then launched at the crest of the AI wave. Now, 50,000 teams use her product.
Jan 2, 2025
This AI model just slashed their prices by 85
An AI company drastically slashed the prices of its LLMs.
Jan 2, 2025
Building a $1M/yr podcasting SaaS after "accidentally" becoming a podcaster
Colin Gray's boss asked him to look into podcasting. Now, he has a content business and a SaaS focused on podcasting, bringing in well over $1M/yr.
Jan 1, 2025
"Earned $1.2M, launched 5 startups" in 2024: indie hackers share their year-in-reviews
From crushing exits to burnt-out laptops, here’s what this year taught us.
Dec 30, 2024
Exa, an AI-powered search engine, gains 1.7M users with viral "Twitter Wrapped"
Exa has pulled off one of the most successful examples of side project marketing ever.
Dec 29, 2024
Chinese AI open-source models are outperforming their American counterparts
A new Chinese open-source AI model outperforms Llama in several benchmarks.
Dec 28, 2024
The sudden shutdown of Bench, a well-funded accounting startup, shows why indie hackers don't like venture capital
Big money, big promises, founders kicked out, customers abandoned, zero accountability — why bootstrapping wins again.
Dec 27, 2024
AI sales rep startups are reaching $1M ARR in under a year
AI sales rep products are booming.
Dec 26, 2024
Tech founder raises millions for rare disease research with a memecoin
Siqi Chen got one hell of a Christmas gift from the Solana community.
Dec 25, 2024
The CEO of Yoast has a plan to fix WordPress
Joost de Valk, the ex-CEO of popular plugin Yoast, wants to democratize WordPress.
Dec 25, 2024
Short drama apps are a new, trending niche
A new niche worth exploring.
Dec 23, 2024
New database details AI risks
The AI Risk Repository aims to provide industry, policymakers, and academics with a shared framework for monitoring and maintaining AI risk oversight.
Dec 23, 2024
Should software companies offer services?
A founder who recently started a SaaS company discusses the tradeoffs of mixing services into his offering.
Dec 21, 2024
$127B were spent on mobile apps in 2024. Half of the earnings went to 5% of the apps. Here's their market.
Fewer users, way more money. Are you chasing the right crowd?
Dec 20, 2024
What OpenAI's new reasoning model o3 means for indie hackers
The upcoming release is a meaningful step toward AGI, and founders need to understand how these new advances will affect their businesses going forward.
