A lightweight GitHub integration that acts as a virtual senior developer, providing contextual code reviews, suggesting improvements, and catching bugs — specifically designed for indie hackers who ship alone without peer review.
8.2
Pain Acuteness
4.5
Technical Complexity
6.1
Market Entry
"I ship code every day as a solo dev and have no one to review it. I'd pay good money for an automated senior reviewer..."
r/SideProject — 142 upvotes
"Does anyone know a tool that gives code review feedback like a real person? AI assistants just autocomplete..."
r/indiehackers — 89 upvotes
Launch on Product Hunt and target GitHub-active developers through Twitter/X. Offer a freemium model with 5 reviews/month free, $19/month for unlimited. Partner with indie hacker communities and coding bootcamps for early distribution. Create educational content about code quality best practices to drive organic traffic.
TAM: $2.8B global code review tools market (growing 12% YoY). SAM: ~500K solo developers and small teams actively using GitHub. SOM: Target 5,000 paying users in Year 1 at $19/month = $1.14M ARR. Adjacent revenue: enterprise team plans, custom rule sets, integration marketplace.
AI code understanding has reached a tipping point with LLMs. Solo development is at an all-time high (38% of GitHub users have no collaborators). Remote work has fragmented teams, increasing demand for automated review. Existing tools (CodeRabbit, etc.) focus on enterprise — the indie hacker segment is underserved.