The Indie Hacker Economy Is a Pyramid Scheme

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Author: latexr

Date: 7/27/2026

Article Summary:
The author argues that the decline of the indie hacker economy is not solely due to AI, but rather because the audience for indie hackers has always been other indie hackers, creating a closed loop that is unsustainable.