Build in Public Era Is Over: Agents Erase the Tech Head Start, Devs Say
pramodk73 · x · 2026-09-30
Indie hacker yongfook published a widely shared take declaring the build-in-public era dead: the old nonverbal agreement not to copy each other's projects has evaporated, and the few months of technical head start it once protected no longer exist now that agents can replicate software overnight.
Reposter pramodk73 agrees and shares his current checklist for evaluating any new idea: non-technical users, infra involved, and agent-friendly. Together they point to a shift: pure implementation speed is no longer a moat, and indie product selection logic needs rewriting.
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