No co-founders.
No employees.
>$1M ARR 🔥
Here are 11 of the heaviest hitting solo indie hackers (bookmark this thread for inspiration):
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- Vibe coding isn't just for games anymore. 🚀 Founders are using it to build real SaaS MVPs in days, not months. AI is writing 90-100% of the code. Here are 7 top-tier examples (bookmark this thread for inspiration):
- Vibe coding isn't going away. It's only getting better, more powerful, and more popular. 🚀 A directory of the 29 top vibe coding tools real builders are using today (bookmark this thread):
- Vibe Coding for Dummies 📗 We collected the best tips on X for vibe coding, so you can build cool shit without getting stuck in a loop (bookmark this):
- Vibe coders are launching viral AI games with almost NO followers 🤯 We spent hours studying the best tactics that you can use to go viral too, even with a small audience (bookmark this thread):
- THREAD: The world's fastest startups are working on just ONE metric. Forget Ads, CPC, LTV or any of that jargon:
- A solo founder created an Instagram scheduling tool. That tool is now making $74,000/mo. This is his story:
- Reducing the free trial period for a SaaS from 30 to 7 days. The result: Conversions doubled. Gamifying the trial (1 action completed = 1 more trial day). The result: Conversions doubled again. Here's the story.
- Here it is! The ultimate guide to making AI games with Cursor ✨ We've studied vibe coders for weeks to collect all the do's and don'ts. Here are 30 of the VERY BEST tips for avoiding headaches in Cursor and becoming your own game studio (bookmark this):
- "I can build an app in 1 hour and if the app solves a painful problem, people will pay $100 for it. I can build an app once and then sell it forever." Tony Dinh (@tdinh_me) on: - Hitting $22k in 11 days - Platform risk w/ AI products - MORE: indiehackers.com/post/tony-dinh…
- This founder just cracked $500k/year for her 1-person business — while working just 30 hours/week. And no, she didn’t take huge risks like quitting her 9–5 or taking on debt to get there. Here's Marissa Goldberg’s step-by-step blueprint for building big w/out betting the farm:
- Here are some books for founders that indie hackers are recommending: • The $100 Startup • Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days • The Innovator's Dilemma • The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur • The Mom test • Running Lean What else would you add to the list?
- Product is important, but marketing is too.
- Drop your website or startup down below! We'll check it out 😇