Path · Indie hacker
Indie hacker path: $0 → $500K solo SaaS.
You ship product. You sell direct. You compound on Claude Code instead of hiring. Here are the 5 articles, 3 skills, and the stack that move the needle for indie hackers between $0 and $500K ARR.
5 articles to read
All articles →How to write your first MCP server (no engineering background)
MCP servers sound scary. They're not. Here's the 90-minute path from zero to a working MCP server you actually use, written for non-engineers who ship products.
Claude Code vs Cursor vs Windsurf: the honest 2026 verdict
I ran the same 14 tasks in Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf for 6 weeks. Here's which one ships, which one stalls, and which one I actually pay for.
$500K solo founder case study: the 5-step pattern
We dissected 10 solo founders who hit $500K ARR with AI as their primary leverage. Eight share the same 5-step pattern. Here's what they actually did, with timestamps and stack.
Claude Code: a $500K founder's first 30 days
Exactly what to do with Claude Code in your first 30 days as a solo founder. The setup, the daily routine, the wins, the traps, and the line where it stops being a toy.
Claude Code pricing: is the $100/mo Max plan worth it?
Honest Claude Code pricing review after 9 months on Max 5x. What works, what doesn't, who should pay $100, who should stay on Pro, who should pay $200.
3 skills to install
All skills →developer
Awesome CursorRules (PatrickJS)
The reference collection of .cursorrules files: 100+ pre-configured rule sets covering React, Next.js, Python, Go, Rails, Flutter, SwiftUI and more. The de-facto starting point for any Cursor user.
developer
OpenAI Codex CLI
OpenAI's lightweight terminal coding agent. Rust-based, integrates with Cursor/VS Code/Windsurf, supports skills, slash commands, and ChatGPT subscriptions.
developer
Cline (autonomous VS Code agent)
Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code with file edit approvals, terminal execution, browser automation and full MCP support. 4M+ installs.
Next step
Get the $500K AI Stack PDF — indie hacker edition.
13 tools ranked by use case, with the exact prices and the stack used by 8 of the 10 solo founders we interviewed.