AI Hype — The Straight Line Bias and the Fear of not Keeping Up

We live in a world where new technology is booming, and those booms are heard loudly, like the AI explosion on everyone's mind lately – developers, entrepreneurs, and more. It's hard not to want to join the AI movement. Many of us worry that if we don't start using AI or building AI businesses, it … Continue reading AI Hype — The Straight Line Bias and the Fear of not Keeping Up

Risks and Rewards of Building on OpenAI

Should you build an indie business on top of OpenAI? Absolutely. It's not in OpenAI's interest to build niche solutions that compete with indie hacker startups. It's in their interest to enable them. The community is caught up in a strange back-and-forth between “look at all these amazing opportunities” and “don’t build, OpenAI is just … Continue reading Risks and Rewards of Building on OpenAI

ChatGPT: Goldmine or Minefield for Indie Hackers?

Everybody in the indie founder community is talking about ChatGPT. Some founders discover how powerful it is as a writing tool, others have it build their products, and some entrepreneurs are even building businesses on top of OpenAI's conversational chat-based AI. Beyond that, it's a meme now: everyone is talking about how everyone is talking … Continue reading ChatGPT: Goldmine or Minefield for Indie Hackers?