Daniel Grahn

Software Engineer & Indie Hacker 🇸🇪 Building validatefirst.ai 🔎🤖

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ValidateFirst
AI-Powered Idea Research & Validation Co-Pilot 🤖🔍

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Validating before building — would digital marketing freelancers pay to automate client reports?

The indie maker's dilemma: 2 months in, 700 downloads, and I'm stuck

Finally reached 100 users in just 12 days 🚀

I shipped 3 features this weekend based entirely on community feedback. Here's what I built and why.

I've been reading 50 indie builder posts a day for the past month. Here's the pattern nobody talks about.

Early-stage founders — what’s been harder so far: building or getting users?

I wasted months building things nobody wanted

Early-stage founders — what’s been harder so far: building or getting users?

Pivoting to reach a wider audience and hitting a 5-figure MRR

I built an AI co-founder that tells you what's actually broken in your startup (not just validation theater)

Shipped my first ever mobile app. Not sure if anyone needs it.

Product Hunt turned validation into a popularity contest. And we all play along.