Inspired by
A selection of indie makers and projects that influenced how this was built.
Indie makers
People whose work, openness or way of building left a mark.
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Jonathan Wilke
@jonathan_wilke ↗Bouwer van outbid.lol. Liet zien wat er gebeurt als je iets radicaal simpels in een paar uur ship’t.
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Pieter Levels
@levelsio ↗De godfather van build-in-public. Blijft de maatstaf voor wat indie hacking kan zijn.
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Marc Lou
@marclou ↗Extreem snelle shipper en een van de meest consistente stemmen in de huidige indie-scene.
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Tibo
@tibo_maker ↗Sterk in growth en audience. Was een van de meest zichtbare high-bidders en deelde zijn resultaten open.
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Daniel Vassallo
@dvassallo ↗Small Bets-filosofie. Laat zien dat je niet één groot ding hoeft te bouwen.
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Alex Cloudstar
@alexcloudstar ↗Schreef een van de scherpste analyses van de outbid-golf en de bredere pay-to-rank trend.
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MakerThrive
@MakerThrive ↗Vroege high-bidder die open de resultaten deelde en de golf verder aanzwengelde.
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Corey Haines
@coreyhainesco ↗Sterk in product en community. Helpt andere makers met focus en execution.
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Projects worth looking at
A few projects that stood out.
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outbid.lol
The original pay-to-rank leaderboard that started the wave.
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topple.lol
An interesting take that made bids decay over time instead of only going up.
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ownthe.day
A single-slot version with a countdown, exploring scarcity in a different way.
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PhotoAI
One of the clearest examples of a focused AI product built in public by Pieter Levels.
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ShipFast
Marc Lou’s boilerplate that helped thousands of indie makers ship faster.
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Bannerbear
Jon Yongfook’s automated image generation tool with strong public growth experiments.
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TypingMind
Tony Dinh’s powerful ChatGPT frontend that became a real business.
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HeadshotPro
Danny Postma’s AI headshot product with impressive revenue transparency.
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Nomad List
The long-running product that helped define modern indie hacking.
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Outrank
Tibo’s SEO tool that was heavily tested during the outbid wave.
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DataFa.st
Clean analytics focused on indie makers (Marc Lou).
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Indie Hackers
The community and platform that connected a generation of makers.