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Can you point me towards a cool JS framework that is lighter than react but heavier than vanilla javascript? [SOLVED]
Does anyone know why ‘npm run develop’ is not refreshing when I change the CSS classes? [SOLVED]
Should I make this as info product and sell it at gumroad?
When you create bots (twitter bots, Slack bots, etc) from where do you run them?
Is there any tool available that generates site-maps by running the JS first?
What is your conversion rate (from landing page visit to payed user)? [SOLVED]
Has anyone here considered TikTok / Instagram reels as one of the main marketing channels for your SaaS?
How is it possible, that analytics tools like Simple Analytics bypass VPN and can know my location? [SOLVED]
Would you consider this and look into it further or better decline now?
what do you suggest to manage cookie consents, terms and conditions, and privacy policy?
As an entrepreneur do you have to provide a physical address where you live/operate?
Does someone know a webservice which lets me connect an API and provides signups, billing, and user handling out of the box?
Is there a way to forward an old Twitter handle to a new one? [SOLVED]
How can I deploy a python function with a requirements.txt file on digital ocean? [SOLVED]
What is the best way to identify unique website users (without accounts) to make something similar like https://50hacks.co/ from Marc Lou ?
Podcasters and listeners to podcasts here: what’s your take on podcasts on YouTube?
Anyone know where I can find this style images but in different colours?
Can anyone recommend a good text2speech api at a good price? [SOLVED]
Have you guys used a simple affiliate marketing or referral programe/system/app that you would recommend?
What is the impact of SEO if some of the content in my page is scraped from some other source ? [SOLVED]
Where do you publish your articles about indie hacking?
Any recommendations for cost-effective drip email software? [SOLVED]
Do you know someone personally or are you a part of a remote company and can connect me with people?
Is it possible to use Paddle for 1-time payments (multiple times) for things like featuring something on my website?
Is there any free or cheap API that gives us cool metrics about a given website? [SOLVED]
Anyone here has released an app with LinkedIn integration? [SOLVED]
Is it better to have product documentation for users at subdomain http://docs.pagename.com|docs.pagename.com or rather at route http://pagename.com/docs|pagename.com/docs ?
As a freelancer how do you manage to get access to your client’s accounts?
How to name the blog, where you can find posts about making money, developing things, marketing, design and other similar stuff combined?
Why are people more willing to buy a course or a book for $20+ than joining a community or buying a logo for $10?
Should that top checkbox select all rows, that are currently found (280) or only rows, which are on current table page?
I tried the add crazy spacing (looks ugly now) but it’s still being rejected. Any idea? [SOLVED]
Hi. Do you know some app, which uses AI to generate tweet ideas, thread hooks, etc.?
SEO: any ideas why blog entries don’t get shown with a description on Google search results?
What software do you use to manage your windows in your big monitor? [SOLVED]
Should the In App Purchase to unlock App Icon Changer act like you are buying each app icon, say $0.99USD or have the unlock be for the feature and allow you to pick any of the icons, for $3.99?
How do I build share buttons that automatically fills up content ? [SOLVED]
Hi people. So, how much do you care about exit pages in your analytics?
https://www.resource.so/explore/twitter What twitter tools do I miss there?
Launching a podcast soon. What is your podcast tech stack? [SOLVED]
Hey folks, I’m looking for early user feedback for my productivity extension Focus Turtle: <https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/focus-turtle/dbehoihdibjffmakffjllgijeemhchmh?
Can one connect a NoCode tool like Bubble or Thunkable with a JSON coming from a REST endpoint? [SOLVED]
Any thoughts / suggestions of what I should ask her, find out from her during the call?
Has anyone generated anything using Dall-e, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion for something important rather than just fun?
What would be the best length for the trial period of my SaaS?
Hey there stripe users What is the best way to create a stripe payment link and then connect that user with a slack user id? [SOLVED]
I am thinking on selling on Gumroad. Any one has experience with that?
Hi guys, do you have a recommendation for esay reviews/testemonials website or a plug in? [SOLVED]
Currently looking in Chargebee and Gumroad. What are the others?
Any ideas why DigitalOcean functions keeps throwing ‘Make sure to install the ‘google-cloud-firestore’ module’?
SaaS developers, if you notice that there is a bug that has affected several users, how do you deal with information about the fix?
Do you know if it is possible to measure returning users with Splitbee?
do you know an easy to integrate (in Next.js) tool to manage a changelog / product updates, possibly with a widget to integrate in the page?
Question for the PH Experts here How do I prepare the crowd for my PH launch?
Do you write your own for these pages, or are templates generally available ?
Do you know anyone competent or how to find a good professional in these areas?
What software can I use with Mac Big Sur to blur the background of my built-in webcam with any video recorder or streamer?
Is there anything that I can add to this example file (ie it’s link, as I can’t change any code) to trigger a browser to download the file instead of just open it?
Luca Restagno (ikoichi on Twitter) and everyone else using Hivoe: what’s your typical response rate for the welcome message?
I never posted on Indie Hackers and wanted to fix it. Do you have any tips for posting on IH? [SOLVED]
Does anyone know where to find a stock video that looks like a living room with a fireplace and a burning fire? [SOLVED]
How do you write automatic emails from your SaaS projects: as yourself (a person) or as “we” (fictional team of the project)?
Looking for great podcast episodes. No matter what topic. Any recommendations?
Is there anyone who has JungleScout and wouldn’t mind running a query on this listing?
Solo-entrepreneurs, how do you prospect early users for your ideas and product?
Is it normal to have a time gap before users commit to pay for you SaaS?
What are your thoughts one getting competitors sponsored slots in my podcast?
My simple doubt is, do you think it’s worth posting articles on platforms like IH during the holidays?
As a freelancer do you bill the time you take to learn and figure things out?
I spend a lot of time reading about incorporation. C Corp vs LLC, Delaware vs NY, Stripe Atlas / Clerky vs something local. For the sake of simplicity I’m currently leaning towards using a NY local agent to register my LLC in NY. Anybody thinking this is a stupid idea?
Has anyone experience in creating an affiliate program for your SaaS?
Does my app need to be approved by apple for me to be able to test the subscriptions?
Anyone knows why I get an error while trying to subscribe to the app? [SOLVED]
Hello. What is the beast approach to build url shortener like this?
• Does ChatGPT use the Davinci open AI model for text completion or something else?
With DaisyUI how do you add a dropdown to a text input, as in when the text input is activated the dropdown activates ?
Out of curiosity from fellow builders, how have YOU validated your product and/or business? [SOLVED]
Anyone recommends and used a startup submit service for lower tier directories (so not PH for example)?
Anyone really tried Fiverr, Upwork or some different platform to offer their services as Freelancers?
Looking for an advice What are the best websites where you can submit your product?
I’m working on new design for https://www.resource.so/ Do you like pure black more or should I stick with current design?
As small business owners, what do you think they’d want to learn about?
Where can I find info about setting up a company with multiple co-founders across countries?
Is there any ‘doodle’ like service that allows for the participants to pick the date and the time on all the days they are available?
Does it make sense to reach out and see if there is the possiblity of cross marketing, so they mention my product in scenarios where it makes sense and I mention theirs?
Why are there certain twitter posts that include images that perform really bad?
Hello everyone! Anyone knows how to setup Stripe for the following context?
Hi guys, does someone have experience in preparing workshops for companies?
Does some have experience with using Linkedin sales navigator or Dux-soup to find customers?
Is there a service where I can easily have people writing content to my blog and share the profit with them?
So is it worth targetting these to get maybe possible 2nd or 3rd result on the page?
Any feedback on which one should I start of with or any other better way to put the pricing?
Are there any slack directories where I can add the community? [SOLVED]
Who are the people in the SaaS space that you enjoy following?