Indie Dev Reflection: Reading Habits Crucial in AI Era
martyamark · x · 2026-07-17
The author shares their journey of building a reading app recently. This goes against the typical quick-monetization advice in the indie developer community: such tools target the consumer market, lack paywalls, and solve non-essential "vitamin" rather than "painkiller" needs. However, they argue that in an era where LLMs can generate text instantly, sitting down to read the works of great thinkers to cultivate "taste" will be the most critical skill in the AI age. They are currently developing two tools: RSStokindle, which pushes blog posts to a Kindle to avoid phone distractions, and an anti-addiction app that forces users to read before unlocking social media.