Practical strategies for solo founders and indie hackers who want to build the right things and actually ship them.
Vibe coding lets you build anything in a weekend. So why are more projects failing than ever? The new bottleneck isn't building. It's choosing.
Lovable, Bolt.new, Cursor, v0. AI tools let you ship a SaaS idea in hours. But most projects still fail. Here's what the tools can't fix.
You've tried the Notion database, the Obsidian vault, the Apple Notes folder. None of it stuck. Here's why general-purpose tools fail for idea management.
It sounds like a humble brag, but it's usually a genuine complaint. Here's why the problem isn't your ideas; it's what happens after you have them.
It's the most common advice in the indie hacker playbook. It sounds right. It feels right. And it's leading people astray.
Many solo founders have built products nobody wanted. Here's the weekend idea validation sprint that saves months of wasted effort.
Looking for a SaaS idea? There's a category of software business that doesn't get enough attention. The micro-SaaS sweet spot might be the most realistic path to independence for solo founders.
Build in public has become gospel. Share your journey. Post your revenue. But sometimes building in public makes everything harder for solo founders.
34 abandoned repos. Each started with excitement. None shipped. Here's the system that breaks the cycle of starting projects and never finishing them.
Twelve-hour days. Weekend sprints. Then unable to open the laptop. The warning signs of burnout and how to recover.
Six weeks researching 19 ideas. Zero validated. Here's the framework that gets indie hackers unstuck and building.
23 deleted repos. Most never saw a single user. A post-mortem on a decade of abandoned side projects and what they teach us.
Most founders score dozens of ideas before finding a winner. Here's the simple Joy-Ease-Opportunity framework that helps pick the right ones.
27 projects started, 3 shipped. That's an 89% failure rate. Here are the five patterns that kill most side projects.
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