I have user constantly asking me to put my app(s) on AppSumo. I don't like it as it feels like a sellout and is not sustainable but am I missing anything here? Could there actually be an advantage (for indie makers)? Marketing wise or other?

I often reuse the same code across multiple Rails apps. From simple service objects to stylesheets. I’m wondering what an easy way would be to share those across different apps? I guess I could put them into ruby gems, but that seems convoluted? Having to build/manage the gem. Imagine I just wan...

After the initial wave of users after launch dies down, what are some good ways to keep attracting new users?

I own a camping and hiking information website. It gets a fair amount of traffic each day from SEO, and as well is known in the local area of being a good resource for this type of information. I would love to try to implement some paid features that would create a rich community, such as a ques...

Like Paypal just require knowing somebody's email and you can send them money. Anything similar that exists out there?

On my old coinshilling.com I had the Stripe payment box together with the account create, so people knew they would be paying for it. In the new version, I let people create an account first, and then tell them the premium costs money. This way I can gather their email addresses (even if they d...