Top Posts for the week of 2026-08-31 - Indie Hackers

80+ people used a feature I never announced. Here's what I learned.

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How do you know whether low traction is a product problem or a distribution problem?

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I’m building a runtime governance layer for AI agents — not another prompt guardrail

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I built the product. Now I’m questioning whether users will build the habit.

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We got our Shopify app approved in 72 days. Now we're stuck at distribution and people keep offering us paid reviews.

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I built an AI fitness app solo, got banned from Reddit, flopped on Product Hunt, and found traction on Q&A sites. Here's what worked.

OmniCreativeWorks

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Built an AI cofounder that remembers my startup's context between sessions

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I launched a site to see if people would pay for your project — and you helped me shape it

SolodeveloperJr

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2,000 upvotes on Reddit, 0 signups. I stopped launching and started commenting. 11 customers later.

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AI assistants are becoming shoppers. I launched a $149 check that shows whether your store breaks them — tear my offer apart

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When should an AI product show disagreement?

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I built my first app and discovered that getting people to see it might be harder than building it

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Same idea, 14K views on Reddit and <15 impressions on X

ruslan_kyrychenko

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i fired all my clients and moved to bangkok. month one: $1,511 MRR

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I built a tool that finds where your first customers are asking. 48 signups, 0 paying. Here is what happened when I pointed it at myself.

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I built a freelance workflow tool without ever freelancing myself—and I need honest feedback

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We asked 5 AIs about a real product. 4 recommended it. One got the story wrong.

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How saying "NO" to Google’s auditor got my SaaS API approved in 35 days (as a burger shop owner)

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I built a PDF-to-JSON tool because I didn't trust the AI's output

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Here’s how to automatically turn sales call objections into better copy and product decisions

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