There's something deeply unsettling about being dramatically more productive while feeling like you're barely working. That's the strange dichotomy I find myself in every day now with AI-assisted coding. My output has multiplied significantly over the last few months, yet I often feel like I'm under-utilizing my time. It's probably the most interesting and confusing … Continue reading From Code Writer to Code Editor: My AI-Assisted Development Workflow

I've been running into an interesting challenge in the last few days with Podscan. I have to make a choice that is both technically feasible, scalable, and balanced—a balance between giving my trial customers precisely what they want and being able to keep my business profitable. Let me walk you through this situation because I … Continue reading The Balancing Act: Free Trials, Value Demonstration, and Business Sustainability

It is the beginning of April 2025—it's been almost a year to the day that Podscan got its bootstrapper-compatible funding, and it has taken me this long to reach the very first goal that I set for myself that day: becoming profitable before the funds ran out. And that goal has been reached. Over the … Continue reading Podscan’s Profitability Milestone: What’s Next?

Coming out of MicroConf, I've gained clarity about something I've been feeling for a while. It's time to reposition Podscan.fm, shifting away from alerting and monitoring as main features, and moving more decisively toward what it's already becoming: a comprehensive podcast database. https://share.transistor.fm/s/26bba48b This isn't just a cosmetic change. It's a genuine pivot in focus … Continue reading Repositioning Podscan: From Monitoring to Data Platform

Since I talked to Anne-Laure Le Cunff, the neuroscientist and author, on my Wednesday episode this week, we had a conversation about goal setting, running experiments, and trying to deal with uncertainty. It made me want to take some time to talk about experiments that I've recently run in my life: in PodScan, in my … Continue reading Experiment Report: Trying New Things

As indie hackers, we often start our journey with simple dreams and manageable datasets. But what happens when success hits and your modest database transforms into a data behemoth? Let me share my experience scaling Podscan from a simple podcast database to a system handling millions of podcasts, dozens of millions of episodes, and over … Continue reading Indie Hacking Databases at Scale