You’ve shipped something. Maybe it’s a small app that solves one annoying problem, a tool you built for yourself, or a side project you’re finally ready to show someone. The next question is often the same: where do you find other people doing this?
That’s the idea behind IndieDeveloper.org. A place to discover independent developers through the things they make and to put a person behind a project name.
Independent doesn’t have to mean alone
Building on your own means making a lot of decisions on your own. You choose what to work on, what to leave out, and when something is ready enough to release. Even a tiny project can leave you wishing you could ask someone how they handled the same problem.
A directory won’t make those decisions for you. But it can help you find someone whose work you want to follow, someone using the same tools, or someone tackling a problem you hadn’t thought about. That’s a useful place to start.
The work behind the work
A profile tells you what someone is building. A blog post has room for the rest: why they chose that problem, what turned out to be harder than expected, and what they would try differently next time.
That’s what we want to make room for here. Notes about the process, alongside community updates. You don’t need a big launch or an impressive milestone to have something useful to say. Sometimes the most interesting part is a small decision and the reasoning behind it.
Make yourself at home
If you’re new here, take a look through the maker directory. Follow a project that catches your attention. If you’re working on something yourself, add your profile, even if it’s still early.
And if there’s a story you’d like to share, or a topic you wish more people talked about, get in touch. This is our first post. There’s room for plenty more.