Navigating Incremental vs. Existing Markets in Generative AI: Balancing Product Vision and Practicality Generative AI has opened new frontiers for indie hackers and startup leaders
The LLM API War: Strategy, Open Source Advantage, and the Path to Scale The landscape of large language models (LLMs) has evolved rapidly, with multiple
Building Taiwan’s Next AI Frontier—A Pragmatic Approach to DeepSeek R1 and Beyond If there’s one thing I learned from growing up in Taiwan
Navigating Market-Product Fit, Pricing Tiers, and Emerging AI Trends: Lessons from Brian Balfour, OpenAI, and Pictotales In the indie hacker world, we often emphasize building in public—openly
PictoTales Series 3: My Journey Adapting to Modern Tech Stacks and AI-Driven Development Welcome to my indie hacker blog series where I share the ups
Riding the AI Wave, Part 2: How Organization, People, and Culture Empower Solo Indie Hackers In our last post, we explored Dr. Li Ji Ren’s 5C
Fast, Smarter, and Under 500ms—Achieving Real-Time AI with Reflection Introduction In the first article, we unpacked how CoT reasoning and agentic
Reflective Detours and Dynamic Journeys—How CoT + Agentic Flow Fuel AI (and Startup) Growth In the indie hacker spirit, I’ve been sharing the wins, losses,
Jevons Paradox Meets AI: Designing High-Value Products with Greater Efficiency How does a technology’s falling cost and rising efficiency affect demand—
Open AI Operator, the Future of AI-Driven Computer Use, and What It Means for Indie Hackers In the never-ending quest for efficient workflows and scalable growth, we founders,
Empowering Indie Hackers with Anthropic’s New Citations Feature: Niche Market Applications and Innovative Opportunities The introduction of Citations in Anthropic’s API opens new possibilities for
Navigating AI Cost, Latency, and Quality: Lessons from DeepSeek The shifting landscape of AI—especially in large language models (LLMs)—is