Indie Hackers is indie again • Hacker News Board

Re: Indie Hackers is indie again

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Post by openplatypus » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 7:46 AM UTC

schnebbau wrote: post #39

Indiehackers is not the same resource it used to be. Since the acquisition it has devolved into a spam hub of little value, just like Product Hunt. If you are looking for inspiration or case studies, try Starter Story. They pretty much picked up where Indiehackers left off.

I definitely second Starter Story. Great, curated resource.

Indie Hackers is hit or miss. Occasionally, you stumble upon a great nugget, you find outstanding help from community members.

Typically, you get a lofty influence post with no value.

I am still a member. Semi-active. But not very involved.

Looking forward to the future, though! With reclaimed freedom, I would love to see it flourish again.

Re: Indie Hackers is indie again

#42

Post by openplatypus » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 7:47 AM UTC

gardenhedge wrote: post #19

Wow this is a pretty big spin. To me it sounds like they basically got fired or let go and/or lost their main investor.

FTA: > This has been about four months in the making. Branching out on our own is something we mutually decided on with Stripe, and we're excited about it!

Do you have reason not to trust @csallen?

Re: Indie Hackers is indie again

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Post by wonderfuly » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 9:08 AM UTC

How does this happen? Did they buy it back from Stripe?

Re: Indie Hackers is indie again

#44

Post by firemelt » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 9:14 AM UTC

thyrox wrote: post #16

As an avid follower of indiehackers.com since its early days, I have to say that I'm disappointed with the current state of the site. What used to be a vibrant community of indie founders sharing their struggles, learnings, and wins has devolved into a spammy showcase of "look how easy it is to make money/followers with this hack" posts. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for celebrating success. But the recent flood of sel…

Yeah if we have something like list of must read indiehacker that would be nice

Re: Indie Hackers is indie again

#45

Post by simonbarker87 » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 9:42 AM UTC

Hopefully this means they go back to actually focussing on Independent software development and entrepreneurship. I stopped listening to the podcast after what felt like the tenth unrelated big business content creator or VC interview and the actual community became a boring series of promotion and PH launch posts.

Glad to see if back in the founder hands with a fire to make it great again.

Re: Indie Hackers is indie again

#46

Post by nickjj » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 10:16 AM UTC

It's interesting that IH promotes sharing business details and figures from all of their guests but they don't share their own info.

On one hand they mention they're at $0, but also say Stripe is still being supportive as an investor. Is Stripe still financially supporting them? What were the details of their set up? What did their salary look like over the last 6 years? What was the growth like? What was it like working for Stripe? What caused the break?

Re: Indie Hackers is indie again

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Post by xwdv » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 11:08 AM UTC

ano88888 wrote: post #25

thyrox wrote: post #16

As an avid follower of indiehackers.com since its early days, I have to say that I'm disappointed with the current state of the site. What used to be a vibrant community of indie founders sharing their struggles, learnings, and wins has devolved into a spammy showcase of "look how easy it is to make money/followers with this hack" posts. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for celebrating success. But the recent flood of sel…

"I hope now that the site isn't pressed to make money".. it is the opposite ,right? now they have to make revenue and profit because they are independent

Or… they could just run the site for free. It’s not expensive if they make everything static files.

Re: Indie Hackers is indie again

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Post by CTmystery » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 11:15 AM UTC

antupis wrote: post #35

lispybanana wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> isn't pressed to make money At $0 MRR, that's exactly what they are. This is not a dig but the (current) reality of community sites. At Stripe, they were probably being paid as marketers, not engineering managers. (No team, no direct reports.) One problem is that indie hackers, by self selection, are not typically investable. If you're not looking to raise, the forum you spend your time on can't, say, buy equity in…

I think this episode gives hint https://podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/270-exiting-for-millio... you almost hear how CSallen and ChanningAllen brains are ticking.

Do you have a specific minute in this podcast that you recommend starting at?

Re: Indie Hackers is indie again

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 11:18 AM UTC

schnebbau wrote: post #39

Indiehackers is not the same resource it used to be. Since the acquisition it has devolved into a spam hub of little value, just like Product Hunt. If you are looking for inspiration or case studies, try Starter Story. They pretty much picked up where Indiehackers left off.

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Re: Indie Hackers is indie again

#50

Post by chipgap98 » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 11:18 AM UTC

nickjj wrote: post #46

It's interesting that IH promotes sharing business details and figures from all of their guests but they don't share their own info. On one hand they mention they're at $0, but also say Stripe is still being supportive as an investor. Is Stripe still financially supporting them? What were the details of their set up? What did their salary look like over the last 6 years? What was the growth like? What was it like wor…

They do say they were getting paid a salary over the last 6 years