Building in Public Workflow
You shipped a feature. Now you want to tell people about it on X, Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads. Here's how to do that in 5 minutes.
Building in public shouldn't eat your morning
You ship a feature at midnight. Next morning, you want to share the update on X, Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads. Four tabs, four logins, four slightly different posts.
Most indie hackers either skip platforms (your Mastodon followers never see the update) or spend 30+ minutes on social instead of coding.
The whole point of building in public is shipping fast and sharing often. If the sharing takes longer than the shipping, something is wrong.
Write the update, pick your platforms, post
Open Shaflex, write what you shipped, toggle on X, Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads. Hit publish.
That's it. Your update goes to every platform at once. Or schedule it for tomorrow morning when people are actually online.
How it works, step by step
Ship your feature
Do the actual work, write code, fix bugs, launch things.
Write your update in Shaflex
Open Shaflex, write your build-in-public update. Keep it real, what you shipped, what you learned, what's next.
Post everywhere
Select all your platforms and publish. Your X followers, Bluesky mutuals, Mastodon community, and Threads audience all see the same update.
Frequently asked questions
Is Shaflex good for indie hackers?
Yes. It supports Mastodon and Bluesky, which most other tools don't. The workflow is simple enough that you can post to 4 platforms in under 5 minutes.
Can I schedule build-in-public updates?
Yes. Write your update at night and schedule it for when your audience is online the next morning.
How much does Shaflex cost for indie hackers?
Shaflex has a free plan (3 channels, 30 posts/mo). The Creator plan is $15/mo for 8 channels, flat pricing, not per channel.
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