Building Is the Easy Part Now: Distribution Is the Only Moat Left for Indie Hackers

AI made building fast and cheap. A chef built a media client in under a week. Developers ship production apps in 72-hour sprints. But almost nobody gets users. The best AI builder with no audience is worth less than a mediocre creator with 50,000 email subscribers. Distribution is the only moat left, and most indie hackers are still optimizing the wrong side of the equation.