IndieLogs

IndieLogs now supports auto-filling startup details from URLs and improves GitHub integration and sidebar usability.

• Added a new "Creation Mode" toggle in the startup editor to switch between manual entry and auto-filling startup data from a URL.
• Fixed GitHub repository name display by using the correct camelCase property, ensuring repo names are visible when linking projects.
• Improved GitHub project link handling to clearly indicate whether a startup is linked to a GitHub repo or not.
• Updated the mobile sidebar trigger button to only show on non-desktop views and enhanced sidebar open/close transitions for better mobile experience.
• Added backend API for startup analysis leveraging OpenAI models, enabling automatic categorization and description suggestions based on startup data.
• Refined UI text colors and styles in GitHub repo lists for better readability and consistent design.

IndieLogs has updated the feed and categories pages with a new unified design system and improved UI elements.

• Introduced a shared PageHero component featuring consistent blue hero sections with subtle radial glow effects.
• Redesigned the /feed page with a new hero section using serif accents, pill-style period tabs, and JournalEntry cards for updates.
• Updated /categories and /category/[slug] pages with refreshed hero sections and modern startup cards that include status dots.
• Replaced the old dashed-border timeline in Upvotes with JournalEntry cards for a cleaner look.
• Modernized the FeedRecent sidebar from a table layout to card-style startup listings.
• Enhanced the CategoryList sidebar with active states and simplified category links for easier navigation.
• Added founderName and founderUsername props to JournalEntry components to display founder info consistently across feeds.
• Both feed and category pages now use a custom layout including the updated navigation bar (TheNavbarNew) and footer.
• Improved navbar link contrast on the blue hero background by increasing text opacity for better readability.

IndieLogs now supports automated update publishing via a new agent API and includes a redesigned startup tab bar for improved navigation.

• Added a secure agent ingestion API allowing external coding agents to publish changelog entries directly to IndieLogs, updating startup profiles and feeds automatically.
• Introduced an agent token system with token creation and verification, including expiration and signature validation for secure API access.
• Released the "IndieLogs Update" skill to facilitate publishing product updates through the new API with clear payload requirements and authentication.
• Redesigned the startup tab bar with a compact layout featuring colored status dots, tighter spacing, truncated names, and a simplified "All" tab for better usability.
• Fixed an issue causing the journal feed to appear empty by correctly importing the JournalEntry component.
• Integrated DataFast analytics script for improved website analytics tracking.

Planning to launch IndieLogs on ProductHunt soon

So working on some finishing touches:

- Rewriting the entire messaging & copy to be more SEO-based

- Categories page

- New buying modal

- New pricing

Will probably also get rid of the AI generated articles and write some content myself

The plan:

• Get rid of free plan - work with credits instead - allow ppl to upload 3 logs or sth for a project - after that they need to pay

• Get categories page working (started months ago but never finished)

• Change all copy

• Get og-images generator back working (idk why it stopped)

• Start listing on a bunch of directories pre-launch

• All profile pic images should be stored on my own server to avoid fetching/loading issues

I'm cutting my monthly costs by more than 80% by self-hosting everything

I started indiehacking a year ago & was using mostly free services for my projects:

- Vercel

- Supabase

- PostHog analytics

- AWS EC2 first year free for micro instance

But over the last year, my projects have finally started getting some more traffic + my free credits on AWS ran out. I am looking to scale even more so I know costs can get out of hand pretty quickly (+ I have seen some scary stories here recently).

Monthly, I would have, on average:

- $50 for Supabase (5+ projects)

- $45 for my AWS EC2 instances

+ variable costs for renting GPU for my AI projects

+ I also just surpassed the limits of the free plan on Vercel in terms of bandwidth, Image Optimization & Speed Insight points

The only project that's (finally) making some money so far is ImagenMIA, and with only 60% margins or so due to high model training costs (+ still early phase).

On the one hand I am super happy that ImagenMIA is starting to generate some money on its own (all organic, SEO-based traffic) but on the other hand, infra costs are starting to climb up and are only going to get worse as it scales.

Luckily I saw a post from @dobroslav_dev mentioning Hetzner and Coolify. So I started digging into it and have migrated the first couple of projects to test everything out.

Here is my setup:

- One small VPS (€3.98) for Coolify

- 2vCPU

- 4GB RAM

- 40GB SSD

- 20 TB Egress traffic

A bigger one (€14.51) to host all my projects:

- 8 vCPU

- 16 GB RAM

- 160 GB SSD

- 20 TB Egress traffic

I will be self hosting everything:

- Supabase

- Front-end

- NodeJS Express API Endpoints

- N8N

- PostHog

I was a bit afraid but tbh, Coolify makes things so much easier (OS alternative to Vercel/Netlify) + now I no longer have to worry about extreme bandwidth costs in case of traffic spikes!

Looking to migrate my bigger projects over there hopefully the next couple of days!