If you cut out the bloat, planning meetings, etc., you can stand up an MVP pretty quickly while doing the coding yourself.
I think most of the tricks are CSS frameworks, re-using parts of old projects, no-code MVP, outsourcing non-tech things.
Many of the successful indie founders seem to be non-technical business people who give 0 cares about coding something the right way, so they just smash stuff together without a care to get it out the door.
If you cut out the bloat, planning meetings, etc., you can stand up an MVP pretty quickly while doing the coding yourself.
I think most of the tricks are CSS frameworks, re-using parts of old projects, no-code MVP, outsourcing non-tech things.
Many of the successful indie founders seem to be non-technical business people who give 0 cares about coding something the right way, so they just smash stuff together without a care to get it out the door.