Re:Show HN: I gave Claude a Stripe account and said make $1M...
by chadtd1 on Saturday March 07, 2026 @11:31AM
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The distribution problem is painfully real. I've built six AI-powered apps as a solo founder (content repurposing, pet health tracking, medication management, etc.) and the engineering was the fun part. Getting people to discover them? That's where 80% of the actual work lives.
What's worked so far: writing about the build process on dev.to and HN, submitting to directories like the Indie AI Directory posted here recently, and making the apps genuinely useful enough that early users tell someone. Paid ads haven't been worth it at indie scale.
The irony of building with Claude is that it's so fast you end up with more products than you have distribution channels. Curious what others here have found that actually moves the needle.
What's worked so far: writing about the build process on dev.to and HN, submitting to directories like the Indie AI Directory posted here recently, and making the apps genuinely useful enough that early users tell someone. Paid ads haven't been worth it at indie scale.
The irony of building with Claude is that it's so fast you end up with more products than you have distribution channels. Curious what others here have found that actually moves the needle.