Tony Dinh
Also known as @tdinh_me
Tony Dinh is a Vietnamese software engineer and indie builder who built TypingMind, an AI workspace for teams. He began coding in high school at 15, later worked seven years as a software developer, and built DevUtils, an offline macOS toolbox. Black Magic grew from a Twitter profile-progress script into a subscription app; after Twitter changed its API pricing, he sold it to Hypefury for $128,000 in 2023. TypingMind began as a ChatGPT interface, and as of October 2026, Dinh is founder and software engineer at Typing Technology, which operates TypingMind and DevUtils.
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Timeline
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2020
A toolbox for developers
Born in Vietnam, Dinh began coding in high school at 15. After graduating, he worked for seven years as a software developer. In 2020, he built DevUtils, an offline macOS toolbox for common developer utilities, in about two weeks.
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May 2021
A script becomes Black Magic
A profile-progress script for Dinh's Twitter account became Black Magic, a subscription web app with a monthly Pro plan.
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September 2021
Going indie full time
He left his software engineering job and became a full-time indie hacker, working on his product ideas on his own.
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March 2023
A new ChatGPT interface
After OpenAI released the ChatGPT API, he built TypingMind as a better chat interface and released it in March 2023. The product grew into an AI workspace that lets teams use and switch between models.
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2023
Selling Black Magic
Twitter's API pricing left Black Magic too costly to run, so he sold the business to Hypefury for $128,000.
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As of October 2026
Building AI software
Dinh is founder and software engineer at Typing Technology. The company builds TypingMind, a professional workspace for AI models, and DevUtils, an offline developer toolbox for macOS.
Sources and credits
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