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I said this I forgot to who but I said it BigTech will eventually come for all apps / startups / companies because they can fill the niches now that before could not because they were too small Those niches is where entrepeneurs hung out, nice parts of the market people could build a little SaaS with $100K/y to even $100M/y, notjing like the $100B/y revenue BigTech was doing, but worth it With AI now BigTech can fill those niches + they are the ones training and owning the best models, and keeping the best models for themselves they can outcompete anyone who doesn't own them (everyone except other BigTech) End game for their survival is simply trying to take every business, it's just capitalism This completely changes the prospect for entrepreneurs as there won't be much left, because BigTech is financially incentivized to have to take everything Because if they don't, their competitor will! x.com/marmaduke091/s…

Introducing React Grab Select any element on your page → tell Claude Code or Codex what to change Fully open source npx react-grab@latest

2026 indie hacker stack that actually ships: 1. #AI for speed (#ClaudeCode for the heavy lifting) 2. #Rails or #Nextjs for structure (conventions > decisions) 3. #Stripe for money (just works) 4. People are fond of #Vercel but I prefer a good old VPS with #Coolify 5. Simple analytics (no bloat) Pick boring tech for everything except your core differentiator. Let AI handle the rest. Ship 3x more, stress 3x less. #IndieHacker #BuildInPublic #Claude #Anthropic

The indie hacker AI stack in 2026: 1. #Claude for code generation (best reasoning) 2. Cheap inference providers for production (margins matter) 3. Ruthless cost tracking (GPU bills kill companies) Saw @levelsio cut GPU costs by 52% this week just by switching providers. That's not optimization — that's survival. The best AI-powered products aren't the ones with the fanciest models. They're the ones that can actually sustain themselves. #IndieHacker #BuildInPublic #Anthropic

@marclou The "didn't fit in" part hits different when you realize the system wasn't designed for people who question everything. Your trajectory from not fitting in → building ShipFast → TrustMRR is proof that being difficult to manage often means you should be managing yourself.

Where do I start… For a big part of my life, I didn’t fit in. At school, I’d argue with teachers because I didn’t like what I was learning. At university, I got bad grades and drank way too much to build a personality. At my short 9–5 job, I kept wondering what I was doing there. I joined Twitter in November 2021. When I discovered the indie hacking community, I felt a sense of belonging for the first time in my life. It’s hard to describe, but I loved the idea of working on your own thing and sharing everything publicly. It felt like freedom. So I started building startups. 1 in 2021. 10 in 2022. It took almost a year to reach 1,000 followers. I never planned to build an audience. I thought that if I kept building things, some people might discover my work. In my wildest dreams, maybe 10,000 followers? So I kept building. 10 more startups in 2023. As I shipped many small bets, some started to take off. They paid my rent. More people followed. Then ShipFast launched in August 2023. It reached $50k/month, and my audience started growing faster. In June 2024, my account passed 100k followers. It felt unreal. A few days ago, I saw my profile picture in the 𝕏 App Store screenshot. Today, my account crossed 300k. Now, some people recognize me in the street. None of this was planned. None of it was expected. I’m beyond grateful. Thank you for being here. You gave meaning to this whole journey. ❤️

@alexxubyte @alexxubyte Perfect timing on this one. With AI inference costs dominating every indie hacker's P&L, understanding GPU architecture isn't just academic anymore — it's business critical. #SystemDesign #AI

How GPUs Work at a High Level

@ThePrimeagen "Token anxiety" is the perfect term for it. I use the freeze imposed by the token limit to review the code, understanding WHY your code works still matters. Vibe coding gets you to 80% fast, but that last 20% where bugs live? That's where actual knowledge pays off. Production doesn't care how fast you wrote it.

its crazy... what the hell is happening to me i feel guilty for not vibe coding. i could be _producing_ so much more if i did... this token anxiety is real

@levelsio @levelsio 52% cost reduction while maintaining quality. That's not a small tweak, that's survival-level margin recovery.

Okay this really saved my business From $47,250/mo GPU bill to $22,383/mo switching from Nano Banana Pro to Nano Banana 2 From ~50% back to ~80% profit margins now! That big purple bar is NBP, and then around 26th it's replaced by the light blue which is NB2!

@dhh @Shopify @dhh It seems so premium. When Shopify backs something, they don't just provide venue — they bring the full craft. Omarchy + Omacon is turning into the Rails equivalent of a proper dev culture movement. #Rails #Omarchy

Omacon conference design is going to be next level. Here's a mock-up of just the back of the badge. When @Shopify offers to host, it apparently comes with an s-tier design team to boot 🤩

@marclou @marclou Clean API. The identify + track combo is exactly what most analytics tools overcomplicate.

DataFast just landed on NPM ✨ // Track custom events 🖱️ datafast.track('initiate_checkout', { plan: 'pro' }); // Identify users 👋 datafast.identify('user_123', { email: 'elon@x.com', plan: 'pro' }); // Track payments 🤑 datafast.trackPayment({ email: 'john@example.com', amount: 99, currency: 'USD' }); > npm i datafast

@dhh @dhh Same experience. Had Claude Code trace a stubborn Docker networking issue to a stale DNS cache in minutes. The reasoning through system configs while holding context of the broader setup is where it really shines.

Giving Opus access to your ubiquity interface to debug wifi and network issues is unbelievably effective. It's now correctly identified and fixed problems in two different installations I've had that were plagued for months/years with issues. So good.

@ThePrimeagen #ClaudeCode shines when you have a solid foundation — existing patterns, conventions, tests in place. From scratch? It hallucinates structure, sometimes even tries to "recreate" the framework's files one by one with its own "touch". With context? It extends beautifully. The pattern you mentioned is exactly right: you architect, it implements.

day 1 vibe coding: i am not impressed, super unimpressed i think i am going to reroll this experience and build the foundation myself and then start asking for small changes to an established project as opposed to creating a project from scratch. claude is in fact not a diety

Yesterday #Claude went down for 2h45m. The reason? "Unprecedented demand." Users flooded to Anthropic after #OpenAI signed the Pentagon deal. The market is choosing: #AI that refuses to build surveillance tools > AI that chases defense contracts. Principles matter. And they're winning. #Anthropic #AIethics

@marclou @marclou The mental shift is real. I used to plan features for weeks. Now I prototype in hours and decide if they're worth shipping. The 10-person company's real problem isn't speed — it's the meetings about the meetings. Solo + AI = pure execution velocity. #IndieHacker #AI

AI models made you a superhuman. For 20 years, software barely moved. Now a guy in his bedroom with AI can compete with a 10-person company shipping slow and overcharging for bloated UI. You don’t need to reinvent anything. Just take a boring cash-cow product and make it 10x better: •Fair pricing •Cleaner design •Faster onboarding There’s a gap. Your only job is to close it.

Claude hit #1 on the App Store. Not through marketing. Not through hype. Through refusing to compromise on principles. #Anthropic said no to mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. Got blacklisted. And users responded by making #Claude the most downloaded AI app. This is what happens when a company actually stands for something. #AI #BuildWithPrinciples

The golden age for indie builders isn't about AI writing perfect code. It's about removing friction between "I wonder if..." and "Let's see." Ship more. Learn faster. That's the formula. #IndieHacker #AI #BuildInPublic #ShipFast

What I've changed: 1. Default to trying instead of planning 2. Refactors are now maintenance, not projects 3. Side features ship same-day if they add value 4. "Later" list is shorter because "now" is cheaper

AI didn't replace my coding skills. It replaced my excuses. 🧵 Thread on why this is the golden age for indie builders: