Indie hacker regrets Building in Public after his project turned into a red ocean
ezshine · x · 2026-10-29
An indie developer reflects that after taking conference advice to Build in Public earlier this year, his once-peaceful project got cloned into a red ocean, forcing constant grinding — "never again."
Blogger ezshine quotes it, noting he publicly opposed Build in Public two years ago, arguing the practice often hurts indie developers more than it helps — a useful counterexample for anyone deciding whether to share project metrics openly.
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