Indie developer says he feels useless after AI writes his code
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An indie founder who has been developing SaaS in his spare time since 2019 says the product already has real paying customers and earns more than his previous salary, but most of the code is fixed and written by AI—even the harness meant to replace him was written by it—and he increasingly feels the project is useless. He misses the moments when he used to debug by hand and bring the system back to operation through his own efforts, and asks: when AI takes on most coding and task management, where should one look for work that still needs him, and how can one find the position that truly needs him today.
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A solo founder who built a SaaS platform in 2019 on nights and weekends says it now earns enough to replace his old salary, but most of the code is fixed and AI handles most of what remains, including a harness he wrote for AI to replace him. He asks where others found the part of the work that still needs them, and how they located the place where they were needed today.
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