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Launching - interactive tech stack builder & tools directory @TekyousStack | From data engineering & analytics to full-stack solo building

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

Build in public, they say.
Build on the side, they say.

Well, I did none of these things.

Not much social media presence, no "I quit my job/was fired and moved to another country to build apps from there" arc story, even though it's actually true.

Just focus on building and go public when I feel I have something substantial to show.

And oh boy, that was tough. Struggling to organize myself, and then slowly building things up.

But finally, after months, the time to step out of the shadows has come.

I'm launching a beta version of @TekyousStack - interactive tech stack builder and tools directory platform.
You build up your tech stack on an interactive canvas, with real-time recommendations saying whether your tools pair well together, or something is missing.

Happy to connect here, and I hope that I will be able to shift from this "build in the shadows" mode to sort of "build in public" mode now 😅

#buildinpublic #indiehackers #saas

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

What is the best ADE just in terms of user experience, and how it feels to work with the interface?

Right now I use @herdrdev (in iTerm2 terminal), and while it's a great tool, being contained in the terminal sometimes makes it feel more limiting than smooth

For instance not being able to just drag&drop an existing tab onto another, or on the other hand without knowing a couple of keyboard shortcuts navigation might not be so easy

So an ADE that is a standalone app rather than terminal-based would probably fix all of these and more, but at the same time will probably be way more heavy, so potentially not being so smooth either

So how does @t3dotcodes or @orca_build compare here? Or something else feels very pleasant to use?

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

@tonychang430 @herdrdev With new ADEs being launched almost everyday, looks like it will be at least a 50 episodes long review series 😆

I really like Herdr, although being terminal-based sometimes feels like a blessing and a curse at the same time, where some more simple drag and drop could be handy

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

So is the era of 'just run Claude Code on a VPS/old laptop' already over before it has really started, and now we will all just spin up VMs for agents in the cloud?

Curious how it will evolve, but seems like that's the direction.

[Hang Huang ☁️ @hanghuang_]

Stop using your laptop / Mac mini / VPS

Introducing https://t.co/4l37UGfjiU, cloud computers for AI agents:

- 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM spun up in <1s
- Built-in computer use
- Snapshots for easy cloning
- Persistent files, packages, config
- Public URLs for local ports

We're launching today through an invite-only beta program.

Early access includes 20 vCPU, 40GB RAM for free.

If you want to try, comment or DM me.

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

@FilipPanoski build -&gt; no users should be looped way more times than just twice 😅

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

@JayeshPadhiar Hi Jay! Happy to connect 👋
Working on an app that helps choosing tech stacks;)
https://t.co/zgGq5YrLmo

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

Solid list! Although for some tools might seem to be upside down 😅

But I'm slightly confused about Tern, which somehow I never heard of.
Based on the logo I assume you mean this one still in beta, by Stencil: https://t.co/X8qaj8luIV

But seems like there's another one: https://t.co/QBltrhtyTQ

So is 'Tern' the most popular name for ADEs, and these two are just separate products apparently ? 🤯

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

@marclou So a mystery of my terrible reach and not being favoured by the algorithm is finally solved 😂

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

Babe wake up a new niche for indie hackers just dropped

Time to update an old meme 😅

Although it looks like @ThatsPranav was working on it before @marclou

But it's beehiiv in trouble, Resend in trouble. Who else? 😉

[Pranav Patel @ThatsPranav]

I reverse engineered Resend, and it's 78% cheaper.

✨✨ Introducing https://t.co/H4a3lycHSn ✨✨

Everything you need to send email from your app...

⚡ Email API
📮 SMTP relay
📨 Inboxes for your AI agents
🔁 Automations
🛡️ Deliverability guardrails
🔗 Bring your own SMTP (and keep your reputation)

And it's not a dinosaur tool:

+ It's open source; you can run it for free
+ It's agentic; everything in the UI is available to your AI

Move over from Resend in 2 minutes.

100k emails for $20/month, not $90. Free up to 3,000/month.

Oh, and it receives email too, not just sends it.

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

@sergeynazarovx For every successful idea there will be at least a few people ready to unleash a full power of AI on it and spend long days working on a clone

But if you don't really resonate with the problem, don't understand the depth, then your chances of success are slim to none

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

@NielsPosts_ @b4dgerr Or you can skip the traction requirement (min_faves and min_replies), so when you sort by Latest then you see posts with less engagement, hence potentially outside your network yet :)

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

@kamilbaranek_ Haha, who knows. Maybe SpaceXAI infrastracture is not ready for all of us, wannabe influencers, trying to refresh the analytics page every ten seconds 😂

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

@deeps4you 👏 happy to connect!

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

@raybunii Thanks for showing it, looks very cool, especially considering how much time I have wasted on manual directory submissions 🙈 But as of know I will probably restrain myself on launch on more directories 😅

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

I should be writing guides on how to fumble on Google Search:

- add many thin pages without much unique content
- most likely get penalized through one of Google's spam updates
- push more content again, this time more unique, but without much more recovery actions like gaining some external links
- gain some initial traction, but then start dropping again 🙈

This is still better than previously, as I should not drop very low, but still a lot of work to do.

Content curation is one thing, but also having more backlinks that are not only launch directories will probably help as well.

And what is your way to recover from initially terrible SEO?

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

@bingwu0522 Hi Bing, happy to connect 👋
And thanks for showcasing StashBase, will check it out

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

Other people doing 'happy to connect' posts:
- tons of reactions and new connections

Me doing 'happy to connect' post:
- 👽👽👽👽 (most of views are my refreshes anyway)

Maybe it's just me 😅 or my bad wording not hitting the algorithm

Of course can be a survivorship bias, and I just don't see the other posts that had no reach as well.

But let's try it again properly 😉

Looking to #connect with indie hackers, founders, developers, who are:
- building their own SaaS, products, and doing all kinds of projects
- working with AI
- automating stuff and working with data

Happy to keep growing together 🤝

Hope it works this time 😅

P.S. very grateful for these two reactions and all the connections made earlier 😊

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

@vlinx_soft Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate that 😊 Happy to stay connected

And VelaTerm looks pretty cool as well! Not only from Tekyous perspective, but I'm also exploring ADEs to find the best one for myself. So should give it a shot 😉

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

@andymewborn Pleasure on my side as well mate!

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

So is every software that wraps something a scam?

Well, not at all.

Of course, if you're at least slightly technical, then hacking something together with Claude Code might be not only cheaper than using a no-code tool or AI Builder like Lovable, but also less frustrating than fighting with limitations of these tools.

But on the other hand, they just bundle everything as an all-in-one platforms. You don't have to worry about hosting, infrastracture, deployments and so on.

So while all these technical nitty gritties will be obvious for some, for others they are not. And actually using these 'scam' tools might be an easy, approachable entry way to start building software.

And while AI is actually turning everything upside down right now, and especially no-code might be more in disfavour, calling any of these 'scam' tools is a huge stretch.

[Ryan Doser @ryan_doser13]

Lovable is a scam.

So is Replit, Base44, Framer, and all AI website builders.

These are for low IQ people who don’t know how to use AI and fall for SaaS marketing gimmicks.

You are paying a premium for less usage, shittier models, shittier websites, and hand cuffing yourself to a SaaS ecosystem you don’t control.

A $100/month Claude Max plan (or ChatGPT Pro) is a better solution BY FAR

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

@hustle_fred Exactly, just a wrapper economy, you pay for some extra convenience

And just because for technical people there's not much gain in paying for no-code tool or AI builder instead of just using Claude Code, it does not mean it's the case for everyone

[Przemek Kępka @Schamack_K]

@MrB2Beast Hi Tristan! Happy to connect 👋