@GergelyOrosz: Amusing case study of how AI is the final coffin in the nail of slowly dying business models: indie hacking There used …
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The author examines how AI automation is disrupting indie hacking business models that previously relied on building niche SaaS in public and fostering community engagement.
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Amusing case study of how AI is the final coffin in the nail of slowly dying business models: indie hacking
There used to be this “recipe:” build a niche SaaS in public, share your progress, build a community who are also customers. It got more crowded.
Now, AI bots automate + fake all of it:
I would not be surprised if this whole account was an AI bot farm running itself
Everything that is purely online will have “AI-run copies” for sure
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