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Weekly Check-In (Week 48 - All welcome!)

1. How did you fare last week? 2. What's on deck for this week? 3. What's your goal for the month? 4. [Optional] Still on target for end of year goal? 5. [Optional] Brief descripti...

by Janice • 13 comments

Goals for the week

I've finished the alpha version of my project last week and been really happy to test it out with my friends. My friends and I were posting for ~4 days straight and they are showca...

by justfizzbuzz • leave a comment

Create the calendar view of easy-timetable

In the app I am making, users can specify time slots for their projects. I need some kind of calendar view that would allow for this interaction. I mostly know what I want to do. T...

by nakurai • leave a comment

How I hire content writers for my agency?

I recently started my own content writing agency and hired a few writers. It took me so much time and resources to learn how to attract and hire the right people. I think I have fo...

by jaideep • 7 comments

People upvote my content on Reddit...but then don't subscribe to my newsletter?

Hey everyone! I've been struggling with improving my newsletter subscriber count. I interview tech professionals about their jobs & their day to day (link to my website). I then tr...

by probabilitygod37 • 3 comments

Little products can be good, too

Hey all! I've been doing more experiments recently, and one has gotten some momentum. ### My first indiehack For quick background, I have a content business where I create screenca...

by alchemist • 2 comments

Launching Tomorrow...Scared To Death

Tomorrow I launch my third SaaS project: Hey, Check It (https://heycheckit.com) My first SaaS app cost me a fortune and made zero dollars. This is born of the wreckage of that (the...

by dougblackjr • 2 comments

How do you incentivize your users for user research?

Hi Hackers. I managed to get around 100 emails for my product and I sent a welcome email to all the users asking them to schedule a 30-min 1-on-1 session. I wanted to ask them a co...

by LukaMlakar • leave a comment

Why working 'in the business' isn't wrong

I continually see new founders posting about other founders 'doing it wrong' if they're having to work 'in their business', and how there should be enough margin to allow for you t...

by alex365 • leave a comment

Who has a simple alternative to Google Analytics?

I just built a landing page, want to track the standard stuff like page views, time on page, button clicks. I’ve used GA before and obviously it’s free so that’s cool, but wonderin...

by denisjlin • 6 comments

Social Network where you share what you watched, played or read.

Imagine a social network where you share what you watched, played or read. The reasons why you would like to use this app: - Track what your friends get involved at the moment; - H...

by kamiru • 4 comments

What do you think about my YouTube channel where I'm documenting process from idea to real app?

My idea is to share the whole process, from idea to publish app in app store. I think it may be interesting for others to see how experienced engineer working on some project from...

by asmyk • 2 comments

Line Item - Finances for Couples

Hello! I've been working on a way for couples to manage their finances together. It started because my fiancee and I were trying to figure out how we would split the rent while liv...

by hkhanna • 2 comments

Web app to sell your video courses/content

Hi! I'd like to try and get a bit of feedback/validation on this idea. Main idea could be thought of as similar to Gumroad but specifically for video. You host the video wherever y...

by richardjkeys • 2 comments

Platform for entrepreneurs to post about their product failures.

Over the past couple years I've designed and built a bunch of failed products (VR/AR, Edtech). After my most recent failure, I came to the realization that basically all the other...

by aronowb14 • 1 comments

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Full time indie-hacking led to improved family life

Admittedly, when I quit my daytime job to become a full-time indie hacker with Cleavr, I wasn't thinking about my family beyond continuing to be able to provide the necessities we...

by armgitaar • 1 comments

What does my app do? I would love feedback on my new landing page

by Matthewbf • 2 comments

About to Launch our App. Does our Landing Page explain our Product clearly?

by OddsCrowd • 2 comments

Just launched a serverless cloud platform for building chat apps

Hey everyone, We just launched our product. ChatKitty lets startups build real-time chat for web and mobile apps without the hassle of building a backend or maintaining servers. Wo...

by aerovulpe • leave a comment

Your website sucks and I'll tell you why ⚡️

😎 Do you have an awesome project, product you're working on and need any feedback? Send it in over here: https://www.thatsanegg.com/your-website-sucks/ As a developer and CRO Spec...

by toktoktwan • leave a comment

Looking to partner up on small web app

I have been learning and developing with ruby on rails for 5+ years. In the process I developed a small SaaS web app. Would like to partner up with someone with a marketing and sal...

by dclark312 • 3 comments

Looking for collaborators for a product studio

Hey all, I've been thinking about a product studio model where we get a team with various skillsets together to work on ideas we have in succession. We'd need design, product and e...

by tanmayisai • 2 comments

Looking for technical co-founder for health-tech startup

Creating a platform to connect those facing similar health challenges, leveraging the data we collect to improve treatments, this platform is based on our personal experiences batt...

by Zgotlib • 1 comments

Need help in creating a Saas website

We are looking for a tech head or someone who can help in building a saas website in social media management - analytics domain. Something like: CXMONK.com or Sprinklr Please reply...

by mysideteam • leave a comment

We are seeking a co-founder (CTO and CEO) to establish an open-source worldwide marketplace of Natural products.

We are seeking a co-founder to establish a unique online and open-source marketplace. A worldwide marketplace of Natural, All-Natural, Organic, and Green products that is affordabl...

by Abdolaziz • leave a comment

Looking for a Sales and Marketing Partner

I'm Omar (Fullstack Dev 8+ years) and am working on multiple side projects. There are to many idea I want to test but it's to much for one person. Is anyone willing to chat about t...

by ezzato • leave a comment

Let's video chat

I'm Omar and am looking for ways to bootstrap as cheaply as possible. I'm thinking about ways how to reduce the cost of building a business. At the same time I'm here to connect an...

by ezzato • leave a comment

Indie Zurich / Switzerland Discord community

Hey guys, For the Zurich / Switzerland-based IndieHackers and due to Covid-19, @peterparker and I just launched an online discord community to our local meetup. https://www.indiezu...

by bspring28 • leave a comment

I drove myself into the ground

I've been building my startup + working a BigTech job for 18 months. Why? To pay the bills + bootstrap. Consistent 12-14 hour days, 20+ meetings/day, continuous context-switching b...

by rainbowdash • 10 comments

Don't Work Harder—a Counter-Intuitive Lesson After a Massive Failure

I worked for almost a year on my project, from Monday to Sunday, 12h a day. I was working hard, very hard. It didn't work. I made $50 from it. **Working harder is not what you shou...

by jrleonr • 2 comments

Humans have a bias for seeing the negative

by johncb • leave a comment

How to handle day job + side job + sickness (all at once)

Hey, I need your opinions on this particular situation. How do you handle a long term situation when you feel everything goes against you? I know, that's just a physiological feeli...

by emredemirel • leave a comment

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