Here's what you'll find in this issue:

• These founders spent $32 to solve a ChatGPT headache. Now AI Toolbox has 35,000+ active users and 5-figure MRR.
• 5 vibe coding tools. Some of the latest apps for coding with AI.
• Yesterday's build board winners, including three new product launches from indie hackers.
• 30-second growth tip: Put a subscribe link on your confirmation page.

Still using ChatGPT for serious work? Try Hatch instead.

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Adi Leviim and Mohammad El-Esawi had a ChatGPT problem: hundreds of useful conversations, all buried in an impossible-to-search sidebar. Before quitting their jobs, they looked for the same pain on Reddit and OpenAI's forum. They found it, and those complaints became their first feature list.

The first version of AI Toolbox took two weeks and cost exactly $32. Today, it has 35,000+ active users in 150+ countries and 5-figure MRR. It organizes, searches, bookmarks, and exports chats across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok, while keeping conversation histories off its servers.

The full interview is great! They share their best distribution channel, how to validate a product, how to build on platforms that can change overnight, and a lot more.

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AI models have evolved. ChatGPT has not.

We're still using the same old AI assistant products we were using in 2022, even though the models underneath them keep getting better.

It's time for the next generation of AI assistants.

Introducing Hatch, the most productive AI assistant ever made.

From the creators of Indie Hackers, Hatch was thoughtfully crafted to help you get real work done. From floating windows to tagging documents¡, we've reimagined every aspect of your daily AI assistant to help you operate at a higher level.

Try Hatch free. Use code INDIE30FREE for 100% off for 1 month.

1. Hatch: Ditch ChatGPT. Use the most productive AI assistant ever made. Thoughtfully crafted by the founders of Indie Hackers.

2. Aider: Pair program in your terminal with AI that commits clean, test-ready code.

3. Apidog MCP Server: Expose your API specifications, live requests, and mock data directly to AI coding assistants.

4. GitHub Copilot Workspace: The agent-led developer environment for turning ideas into pull requests.

5. Replit: Chat your idea — Replit’s AI builds and deploys the app in one browser tab.

See all 30 tools in the directory →

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Sol Orwell built Examine․com to debunk bogus supplement claims with science-backed nutrition research. When someone signs up for his free newsletter, the thank-you page offers a discount on the paid Research Digest.

That one link brings in 20 to 30 paying subscribers a day. Not bad! Someone who just opted in is already paying attention, and Examine․com makes more than $83,000 a month.

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Every day, indie hackers post updates about the products they're building. Here's what the community voted to the top yesterday!

	1. Hivemind: AI strategist built from Myosin's top marketing minds Every AI agent sends your data to OpenAI. RagLeap doesn't—and its homepage buries that fact beneath "9 AI employees."	▲ 11
	2. blogging: SEO Blogging ACGWIN Casino: A New Standard in Online Gaming Excellence	▲ 6
	3. Interaone: The open source, agentic alternative to Intercom & Zendesk I got tired of paying SaaS lock-in prices for customer support tools, so I built an open-source alternative.	▲ 4

Enjoy building in public? Post an update to your product page on Indie Hackers, and it will automatically be added to the daily leaderboard.

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—Channing

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—Channing