👋 I’m Umar, a full-time software engineer and solo indie hacker. By day, I work as a software engineer. By night, I build and ship my own products. Currently building: • List Maro: A makers-first product directory listmaro.com • Expenie: A simple personal finance app expenie.com • Shove: A tiny bidding experiment shove.lol Self-taught developer with 5+ years of experience, mostly working with TypeScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, Next.js and AI APIs. I share the real journey here: what I build, what works, what fails and what I learn along the way. If you’re into indie hacking, AI products or building in public, follow along.

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Do you really believe that AI has taken the job role of software development?

🚨 Citing security risks, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has ordered federal agencies to monitor traffic associated with the Chinese AI company 'DeepSeek'. The AI ​​race is increasingly becoming a matter of national security. What is your take on this?

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🚨 Who is the real winner in this era of AI? ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent have placed orders for Nvidia chips worth over $35 billion. According to reports, a $45 billion AI cloud deal is being discussed between Nscale and Anthropic. OpenAI is seeking to raise funding at a valuation exceeding $1.4 trillion. AI companies are spending money aggressively. But who is actually making the profit? 👀

How much did it take you to make your first online payment as a SaaS founder?

How do you start a project with an AI agent like Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, or another tool?

Share your honest opinions about listmaro.com Negative feedback are welcome as well.

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Which AI subscription are you currently using the most? For me, I use Claude Code and Cursor AI.

What makes you buy a SaaS subscription right away? Is it a problem it solves, a demo that amazes you, a limited-time offer, or just a feeling you need it? I'm curious to know what compels you to pull out your card without much thought.

Do you create a prototype first, or just start building and keep going? I think it depends on the product. I'm curious to know how other indie hackers and developers view this.

Software development is becoming easier every day. But getting people to trust your product, getting them to pay for it, and convincing them to keep using it? That's still the hard part. AI is changing the way we build. It hasn't changed how a business runs.