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Jacob

Former frontend engineer turned solo indie hacker 🎧


Shipped a dozen+ AI products in the past year. Five take real money:

  1. DatePhotosAI

    AI dating profile photo creator

    2025$8.5k/mo
  2. Tracetify

    Reconstruct how competitors got their first users

    2026

Recent activity

Aug 20, 2026commented on a post
I ran the same playbook on a dozen products. It worked once.
Aug 20, 2026commented on a post
Nobody wanted our AI agent. They wanted its tools.
Aug 19, 2026commented on a post
I ran the same playbook on a dozen products. It worked once.
Aug 19, 2026commented on a post
I ran the same playbook on a dozen products. It worked once.
Aug 19, 2026created a post
Nobody wanted our AI agent. They wanted its tools.
Aug 10, 2026commented on a post
I Just Discovered My Analytics Numbers Are Mostly Fake. Here Is Why.
Aug 10, 2026commented on a post
Solo-built Pistly for months. Launching on PH this week and I still don't know if the market wants it.
Aug 10, 2026commented on a post
Banned on Substack, Reddit, and Etsy in my first month – for offering people free promotion
Aug 10, 2026commented on a post
The hard part of delegating to an AI agent is knowing what evidence would let you trust the stop point
Aug 10, 2026commented on a post
Your product doesn't have a distribution problem. It has a clarity problem.
Aug 10, 2026commented on a post
23 days of distributing a SaaS. Here's exactly what happened.
Aug 10, 2026commented on a post
From Local Plumbers to Dentists: I automated SEO blogging for 8 niches with Lovable. Roast my MVP.
Aug 10, 2026created a post
I ran the same playbook on a dozen products. It worked once.
Aug 9, 2026commented on a post
I Found 47 Backlink Opportunities My SaaS Was Missing
Aug 9, 2026commented on a post
Are my ads actually making me money?
Aug 9, 2026commented on a post
The hard part of delegating to an AI agent is knowing what evidence would let you trust the stop point
Aug 7, 2026commented on a post
100 upvotes, 18k views, 900 users… all from one Reddit post.
Aug 7, 2026commented on a post
We launched TinyPDF 3 weeks ago β€” here's what we learned about distribution as a designer with zero dev network
Aug 7, 2026commented on a post
Banned on Substack, Reddit, and Etsy in my first month – for offering people free promotion
Aug 6, 2026commented on a post
Solo-built Pistly for months. Launching on PH this week and I still don't know if the market wants it.

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