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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]
What tool can you recommend to send thousands of cold emails per day?
When you create bots (twitter bots, Slack bots, etc) from where do you run them?
Should I make this as info product and sell it at gumroad?
How is it possible, that analytics tools like Simple Analytics bypass VPN and can know my location? [SOLVED]
Is there any tool available that generates site-maps by running the JS first?
Has anyone here considered TikTok / Instagram reels as one of the main marketing channels for your SaaS?
What is your conversion rate (from landing page visit to payed user)? [SOLVED]
what do you suggest to manage cookie consents, terms and conditions, and privacy policy?
Would you consider this and look into it further or better decline now?
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?
Have you guys used a simple affiliate marketing or referral programe/system/app that you would recommend?
Can anyone recommend a good text2speech api at a good price? [SOLVED]
Why are people coming to podsqueeze from google searching podsqueeze? [SOLVED]
What is the impact of SEO if some of the content in my page is scraped from some other source ? [SOLVED]
Any recommendations for cost-effective drip email software? [SOLVED]
Where do you publish your articles about indie hacking?
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?
which price should I ask for a 1h session?
Would you still make this possible or just answer ‘I’m sorry (Dave), I can’t do that ‘?
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]
How to name the blog, where you can find posts about making money, developing things, marketing, design and other similar stuff combined?
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]
Why are people more willing to buy a course or a book for $20+ than joining a community or buying a logo for $10?
What software do you use to manage your windows in your big monitor? [SOLVED]
SEO: any ideas why blog entries don’t get shown with a description on Google search results?
As a freelancer how do you manage to get access to your client’s accounts?
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 ?
Hi. Do you know some app, which uses AI to generate tweet ideas, thread hooks, etc.?
Anyone knows any SaaS that can help with SSH-ing into remote machines without having to open a port publicly ?
How do I build share buttons that automatically fills up content ? [SOLVED]
hi, i’m looking to create a (high quality) promo / demo video for a digital product, any advise on which tools/software are good for this?
Hi people. So, how much do you care about exit pages in your analytics?
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 to move childnodes between parent nodes in a nosql db like firebase?
Hey folks, I’m looking for early user feedback for my productivity extension Focus Turtle: <https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/focus-turtle/dbehoihdibjffmakffjllgijeemhchmh?
Launching a podcast soon. What is your podcast tech stack? [SOLVED]
https://www.resource.so/explore/twitter What twitter tools do I miss there?
Can one connect a NoCode tool like Bubble or Thunkable with a JSON coming from a REST endpoint? [SOLVED]
Has anyone generated anything using Dall-e, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion for something important rather than just fun?
I am thinking on selling on Gumroad. Any one has experience with that?
Any ideas why DigitalOcean functions keeps throwing ‘Make sure to install the ‘google-cloud-firestore’ module’?
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]
Currently looking in Chargebee and Gumroad. What are the others?
What would be the best length for the trial period of my SaaS?
Hi guys, do you have a recommendation for esay reviews/testemonials website or a plug in? [SOLVED]
Any thoughts / suggestions of what I should ask her, find out from her during the call?
To all the athletes, runners Piotr Bryla Pere Ayats Luca Restagno (ikoichi on Twitter) and people with external activities - how do you manage your time?
Do you know if it is possible to measure returning users with Splitbee?
Question for the PH Experts here How do I prepare the crowd for my PH launch?
What software can I use with Mac Big Sur to blur the background of my built-in webcam with any video recorder or streamer?
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?
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 write your own for these pages, or are templates generally available ?
I never posted on Indie Hackers and wanted to fix it. Do you have any tips for posting on IH? [SOLVED]
Luca Restagno (ikoichi on Twitter) and everyone else using Hivoe: what’s your typical response rate for the welcome message?
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?
Does anyone of you use an affiliate network to promote your SaaS?
Do you know anyone competent or how to find a good professional in these areas?
Is there anyone who has JungleScout and wouldn’t mind running a query on this listing?
Is anyone here writing online or sharing updates on their progress consistently that would be interested in being an accountability buddy?
Looking for great podcast episodes. No matter what topic. Any recommendations?
How do you write automatic emails from your SaaS projects: as yourself (a person) or as “we” (fictional team of the project)?
Does anyone know where to find a stock video that looks like a living room with a fireplace and a burning fire? [SOLVED]
Solo-entrepreneurs, how do you prospect early users for your ideas and product?
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?
Is it normal to have a time gap before users commit to pay for you SaaS?
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?
• Does ChatGPT use the Davinci open AI model for text completion or something else?
Looking for an advice What are the best websites where you can submit your product?
With DaisyUI how do you add a dropdown to a text input, as in when the text input is activated the dropdown activates ?
I’m working on new design for https://www.resource.so/ Do you like pure black more or should I stick with current design?
Hello. What is the beast approach to build url shortener like this?
Out of curiosity from fellow builders, how have YOU validated your product and/or business? [SOLVED]
Looking to add an affiliate program with https://www.rewardful.com/ but also https://tolt.io/ looks good any tips?
Does my app need to be approved by apple for me to be able to test the subscriptions?
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?
Anyone knows why I get an error while trying to subscribe to the app? [SOLVED]
Has anyone experience in creating an affiliate program for your SaaS?
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?
As small business owners, what do you think they’d want to learn about?
Does some have experience with using Linkedin sales navigator or Dux-soup to find customers?
Hello everyone! Anyone knows how to setup Stripe for the following context?
Hi guys, does someone have experience in preparing workshops for companies?
Why are there certain twitter posts that include images that perform really bad?
Where can I find info about setting up a company with multiple co-founders across countries?
Is there a service where I can easily have people writing content to my blog and share the profit with them?
Are there newsletter databases that offer insights about finding the right newsletters for advertising your product?
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?
Any feedback on which one should I start of with or any other better way to put the pricing?
Also, Tiago Ferreira what tool are you using for your cold email outreach?
Luca Restagno (ikoichi on Twitter) is ^^ a good usecase for Hivoe?
Who are the people in the SaaS space that you enjoy following?
Are there any slack directories where I can add the community? [SOLVED]
So is it worth targetting these to get maybe possible 2nd or 3rd result on the page?