iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 20m

How many of you struggle to find great names and available .com domains for your products? I experiment a lot with projects, but always get stuck on the name. I avoid .ai or .io because they're pricey, and it often takes me days. What's your methodology? Any advice appreciated! #buildinpublic

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 7h

UK has got to have some of the funniest city names 😂

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 13h

Just noticed that a16z released their latest "The Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps " report A few other interesting takeaways: • AI’s consumer power users are extremely engaged — and highly monetisable • ChatGPT has a 2.5x lead on Gemini and a 14x lead on Claude in monthly active users #buildinpublic

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New AI hit 😂 Must watch for builders LGTM stands for "looks good to me" Lately it's what engineers type on code they never read, because leadership heard AI makes everyone 10x faster and cut deadlines to match. Credits for the video to "Degenerative Pixels" (found it on YouTube). #buildinpublic

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Do you keep your code together in a monorepo? I think every indiehacker/solobuilder should keep code together. Your AI agents will thank you for it and you will accelerate. My agents learn from my other projects, ideas are constantly shared, and things just get done so much faster. #buildinpublic

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

You can get $1000 from AWS today. Check out AWS Activate Founders tier A few months ago I applied and a few days later got $1000. What you need" • A legitimate looking website / business • Proper product with clear pricing • Clear terms / privacy etc. pages That's pretty much it! #buildinpublic

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Good morning folks! 🙌🏻 Yesterday was a tough day. Came home exhausted. But still had to stick to the routine: • 1 hour of marketing • 1 -2 hours of building Grit is what gets us to success. Have a great day ya'll! Stick to your routines. #buildinpublic

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

How do you deploy code to prod? 1) Local machine directly 2) Via a pipeline like GitHub Actions I used to deploy locally, but now my agents push code to remote repos, then run and monitor pipelines. Much less hassle when switching macs and far more secure. How do you handle it? #buildinpublic

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

LimeGhost now also has an MCP 😍 How I build MCPs with agents: 1. Prompt agent to create an MD file of project architecture 2. Ask GPT or Claude online to research MCP best practices 3. Dev agent creates technical spec 4. Agent implements spec 0 errors. Works flawlessly. #buildinpublic

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I have a new favourite skill for my AI 💡 I got annoyed that my agent was answering in the terminal with long answers. I created a skill: any time it has a long answer, put it in an "inbox" markdown file Then I use a nice markdown viewer + ☕️ to read it. So much nicer than terminal! #buildinpublic

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Building after a full-time job is brutal. Why spend 1.5–3 hours every day grinding after hours? Because pouring all your creative energy into just a day job gets draining. Building something you truly own fuels creativity and growth. How do you stay consistent after work? #buildinpublic #indiedev

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Building mobile apps used to take weeks. Now it takes an afternoon. Built a React Native app for Limeghost in 4 hours to capture raw ideas instantly on my Pixel. AI coding leverage is wild for scratching your own itch. What’s your setup for quick notes? #buildinpublic #ai

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What tools do you use to sketch some flows, mockups, or ideas? Lately I've been using more and more Excalidraw and so far I am enjoying it. Simple. Has all I need. #indiehacker #buildinpublic

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Neon just doubled its free tier storage: 1 GB per project (up from 0.5 GB), across up to 100 free projects. All my side projects run on Neon. For indie hackers testing rapid prototypes and client demos, the cost of spinning up Postgres is effectively zero. #PostgreSQL #IndieHacker #buildinpublic

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Good morning builders, marketers, and creators! • Coffee done ✅ • Weekend plan made ✅ • Time to start building and marketing 🚧 What are your weekend plans? #indiehacker #buildinpublic

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This made my day 😂 Still love the Gemini series though 💚 #ai #gemini #google

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Every classic computer game is being remade now, playing with our nostalgia: WoW, Tomb Raider, Max Payne, Witcher. I played World of Warcraft when I was in school—best time of my life! The strategy is working: people have so much nostalgia they want to play again. #buildinpublic #ai #gaming

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Is AI taking everyone's job? Not quite. About 78% of US job cuts in 2026 had nothing to do with AI—most was standard cost-cutting and post-COVID overhiring. Meanwhile, LinkedIn tracked 1.3M new AI-related roles. Tech shifts destroy tasks, not work. What new roles are you seeing emerge? #ai #tech

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Which database do you use for your projects? If you're an indiehacker thinking what DB to go for: do not pick NoSQL like DynamoDB. It's inflexible if you need to sort or filter data. If you don't know how your data will be used yet, your safe bet is Postgres. #buildinpublic #indiedev #ai

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think this one is more relevant than ever now 😂 Saw this years ago, and recently again. Made me wonder: if we say bad things about AI here on X, and it gets trained on this data and attaches our names to the bad words, could in the future it "remember" us as the villains 😂 #ai #buildinpublic

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The robots are coming. What do you think is the indiehacker opportunity in this space? VCs are pouring billions into physical AI, filling incubators with robotic startups. There will likely be a new marketplace of customizable "apps" you can load into robots. #buildinpublic #indiedev #ai

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I want AI to slow down. Does anyone else feel this way? I feel the first signs of burn out. Agentic coding hooks our brain with intermittent rewards: the productivity gains are real, but working non-stop drains you, and long-term damage on health can be very severe. #buildinpublic #indiedev #ai

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I still remember when I was downloading songs on Limewire in the 90s and it took a few hours per song. Oh nostalgia 😂 #buildinpublic #ai #indiedev

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

AWS has an amazing free tier for indiehackers. My SaaS runs on Lambda, SQS, and CloudFront. I process a tonne of data and pay only a few bucks a month. For anyone building data-heavy products, AWS backend is a solid choice, and SES is a no-brainer. #buildinpublic #indiedev #ai #aws

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Building software has never been easier with AI, but distribution has never been harder. Software supply is exploding while traditional acquisition channels decay. The moat is no longer code—it is distribution and retention. How has your customer acquisition changed? #buildinpublic #marketing #ai

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Roadmappy users asked for an MCP. It took 4 hours to deliver. Research with AI, spec with AI, and one-shot implementation with zero errors with AI. Tested end-to-end. All Opus 5.5. There are no more limits to what we can imagine and bring to life at insane speeds. #buildinpublic #indiedev #ai

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Just interviewed a data engineer. My favorite questions to ask now: • How has your job changed in the last 1-2 years? • How do you work now? • If you wrote in natural language instead of code, how would you feel? Answers quickly show if someone has an AI mindset. #buildinpublic #indiedev #ai

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Came across this video on X made with AI by user named anabology. Absolutely stunning what AI can do. Apparently it took 12 hours for AI agents to build this. The visuals, lyrics, music, and composition are stunning. Made by AI about AI. #ai #videos

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Are you an AI Accelerationist or an AI Doomer? The debate has two extremes, but both camps are wrong. A third group is forming in between: excited and worried at the same time, focused on solving real problems. Where are you? Accelerationist, doomer or in between? #buildinpublic #indiedev #ai

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

About 1 year ago I built my first AI agent for Roadmappy without any framework. AI agents are easy once you get the mental model right: it's just a loop calling the LLM API over and over with tools until it hits a goal or limit. Curious if you've built one? #buildinpublic #indiedev

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I used to build only on AWS, but their container and DB offerings aren't indie-friendly. Now I run: • AWS Lambda + SQS • Neon database • Fly io for Nextjs containers Lambda + SQS is still unmatched for async data, but AWS databases are awful. Where do you host? #buildinpublic #indiedev

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

GPT 6 Sol and Opus 5.5 came out this week. What a week! Which one are you using and for what use case? #buildinpublic #indiedev

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's so difficult to make products simple. We tend to load them up with features. AI makes this so easy now. The creative rush is sometimes so hard to stop. But the best products are the simple ones. Who else is struggling keeping things simple and preventing feature bloat? #buildinpublic

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's crazy that Higgsfield AI is reaching almost $1 billion in sales in 12 months. But I find their website horrendous! It's a circus. I have no idea where to focus. How does this thing even convert? Have they been optimising it? #indiedev #buildinpublic

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Meta's Muse mobile app hit #1 free on the App Store with 2.5M+ downloads. It's genuinely useful for planning, but Amazon blocks it. But the bigger question about Muse isn't capability, it's trust. Would you give Meta your inbox and your payment flow? #buildinpublic #meta

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I develop 3 SaaS simultaneously with agents. I can do this thanks to a really great spec-first development approach with Claude skills. Here are all the skills I have and the main ones I use daily. #indiedev #buildinpublic

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Coding is solved. Discovery is the new bottleneck. If before it took 1 month to discover and 3-6 months to build, it now takes 1 month to discover and 1 week to build. Code is cheap now. Everyone can ship to production. All your processes need to change. #buildinpublic #indiedev #productmanagement

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My fun workflow for visual growth strategy summaries: 1. Deep research each channel (X, LinkedIn, SEO) in Claude, GPT & Gemini. 2026 tactics only. 2. Merge it all into one report. 3. Drop it into JammyJar, ask for an infographic with the latest OpenAI model. 4. Be amazed. #buildinpublic #indiedev

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Grok 4.7 is out, 5–8× cheaper than Fable 5.1. As a Claude Code user, setup took minutes: Grok Build reads CLAUDE.md (CLAUDE.md) and claude/skills/ natively. It shipped Limeghost features, running plan > execute > test > deploy solo. Speed ≈ Opus/Fable. Long-task test next. #buildinpublic

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I love experimental features, like Anthropic's "Research Preview." You plan something for days, then users take it somewhere else entirely. AI makes that fast. Just set expectations. New Limeghost "Lab": a daily log that becomes social posts, plus an inspiration saver. #indiedev #buildinpublic

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I can launch a full SaaS backend in an hour with Claude + AWS + Neon. That part is solved. My real bottleneck now? UI/UX. AI still defaults to the most generic, boring design patterns possible. Anyone found a solid way to make AI generate actually good UX? #buildinpublic #indiedev

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Last week another AI model broke the internet. It's called "Jev" from typesafe ai. It's not "conversational" model, it is a classifier. Jev is ridiculously fast (70-500ms) and ridiculously cheap ($0.042 per million input tokens, output is free). The hype is real. #buildinpublic #indiedev

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Tested GLM Flash 5.3 in production via their own API (no router) ✅ Easy setup, generous starter credits, works with Vercel AI SDK, cheap + smart, accurate responses ❌ Latency brutal — 20s+ for simple calls Rumour is Z is chip-constrained. Would ship it, but not like this. #indiehacker #indiedev

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Claude went down the other day, and my work stopped cold. It felt like the stone age—no way I'm returning to manual coding. But it’s unnerving how much depends on APIs from just four tech giants. If they fail, we all stall. I can't wait for local models to finally cut the cord. #buildinpublic

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Building AI agents feels tedious: we’re just stitching text files together for an API, then waiting for text back. Despite the hype, it lacks a true paradigm shift. Is an app really "AI-native" when all we’re doing under the hood is passing strings back and forth? #buildinpublic #ai

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I am in Jev. Only had to wait about ~12 hours. Let's try this! #buildinpublic #startuplife

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is the single most important file in my code repo. I open it daily. #buildinpublic #startuplife

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Ivan Khohklov @ivankhokhlov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I attended AWS Zurich event: 💸 Expensive to run, free to attend. Lots of good people. 🤖 AWS is pushing Kiro hard. 🎤 Lots of AI talk, not much I hadn't heard. 🐢 Enterprises move slow. Now's the window. Half the talks were about AI. Almost nobody there was shipping it fast. #buildinpublic

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