Indie dev on turning layoffs into opportunity: the $5k/month product path
yihui_indie · x · 2026-11-13
Indie developer yihui released a video podcast on opportunities for laid-off engineers in the AI era: finding demand, building products, and acquisition, plus why he shifted from content monetization to products and one "certain dividend" opportunity he sees, with Q&A.
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