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Thoughts on indie creations, AI workflows, and building in public.

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IndieStack Is Now the Procurement Layer for AI Agents

AI agents waste 30k-120k tokens building things that already exist. We built 5 features to make IndieStack the first place agents check before writing code.

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IndieStack Marketplace is Live — Sell Your Tools, Keep 95%

Indie developers can now sell their tools directly on IndieStack. 5% platform fee, Stripe payouts to your bank, and a curated audience of developers who want alternatives to big SaaS.

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I asked Claude to build analytics from scratch. It cost 47,000 tokens. The alternative cost 2 lines.

A real comparison: 47,000 tokens and three hours of back-and-forth versus 700 tokens and four minutes. The MCP server that makes the difference.

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How We Built a Full Marketplace With Python, SQLite, and Zero JS Frameworks

No React. No Vue. No build step. Just Python f-strings, SQLite with WAL mode, and a single Fly.io machine serving 100+ tools.

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Why Your AI Assistant Wastes Tokens Rebuilding Tools That Already Exist

Every day, developers burn thousands of tokens asking AI to build invoicing, analytics, and feedback widgets from scratch — when battle-tested indie creations already exist.