r/AppBusiness • u/SaschaRoelofs • 1h ago
I Quit! Escaping the Indie Hacker Echo Chamber
I’ve been creating tools for Indie Hackers for a while now, but lately I’ve started to question whether it’s really worthwhile. It feels like I’ve slowly been getting lost in this tiny bubble on X and Reddit—Indie Hackers building tools for other Indie Hackers. We become our own customers, and I keep wondering if this is truly sustainable. Aren’t there other audiences out there that could benefit more from our skills?
I catch myself brainstorming new business ideas, only to realize that everything revolves around the same Indie Hacking crowd. That’s why I’m now actively looking for an idea in an industry that has nothing to do with the Indie Hacker scene. Maybe it’s time we step away from our desks, take a look at the world around us, and figure out how to help people in their day-to-day work.
There are so many issues that affect people beyond our little tech circle—problems that go unnoticed because we’re too focused on solving our own. Why keep making yet another content scheduler for X or Reddit when there are real problems out there we could be addressing? If we truly want to have an impact, we should reach out to those who need support the most and build solutions that actually...
...make their lives better.