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I’ve been going back and forth on this for weeks and I genuinely can’t decide. I’m building an AI SaaS by myself. Long term I want it to have AI customer support, WhatsApp, voice, CRM, image/video generation, custom AI workflows, and eventually my own language model. The thing I’m stuck on isn’t the product, it’s how to build it. One option is using something like Hercules. It gets me moving much faster and I don’t have to spend months building the boring stuff first. The downside is I’m worr...

Let me give some background first. My wife and I always wanted to build a company together. We started building and marketing some side projects on weekends and nights, nothing too serious just shipping things and seeing what worked, One of our side project was working great as well, organically reached 25k users but we weren’t satisfied enough to take it full time. I've also worked with LLMs since 2023 and built a bunch of internal AI systems at my company over those years, including a mult...

Hi everyone! 👋 I'm building a SaaS platform that includes tools like PDF to Word, Word to PDF, PDF Merge, Split PDF, Compress PDF , and other productivity tools. Before launching, I'd love to hear from the community: What PDF tools do you use most often? What's the biggest frustration with current PDF websites? Is there any feature you wish existed but can't find? Your feedback will help me build something genuinely useful. Thanks in advance!

A lot of SaaS teams treat churn like it starts when the customer cancels. But from what I’m seeing, the decision usually happens earlier. The customer asks one support question. They don’t fully activate. Usage drops a little. Replies get slower. Then weeks later, they cancel and click “too expensive” or “not using it enough.” The cancellation reason is usually just the receipt. The real churn story is hidden in what happened before. I’m working on a tool that connects support...

I'm just starting out as a solo founder and looking for my first project. I want to build something that solves a real, everyday problem for people. What is a specific problem you deal with every week that doesn't have a good software solution? What is a repetitive task you still do on Excel or paper that should be a simple app? Drop your frustrations or ideas below. If I pick yours, I’ll build it and give you free access for life. Let's hear them!

Curious how other solo builders handled the early days after shipping something, the constant refresh-the-dashboard urge. Did it get better with experience, or does it just come back with every new launch?

Everyone talks about vibe coding. I accidentally started doing vibe marketing too. I built a TinyPopups because I needed an easier way to announce feature updates for my own products. The product itself was vibe coded. Then, instead of sitting down and making a real SEO strategy, I asked AI things like: "What would people search for to find this?" "Generate comparison pages." "Generate alternatives pages." "Generate use-case pages." &...

I’m currently developing mmotion.io it’s a SaaS where you get a polished product animation by inputting a prompt or a rough screen recording, you can then use these in landing pages, and polished demos. I’m wondering, is it clear from the landing pages who might get value from this? And is it clear in portraying that value? Any feedback is greatly appreciated!

Hi everyone! I recently got my first paying customer, which was a great milestone. Since then, though, growth has slowed down. I’m building a B2C startup, and I’m currently trying to figure out distribution. I don’t have a large network, so I’m looking for repeatable ways to reach new customers. Looking back, what helped you go from your first customer to your first 10? Which channels or strategies actually worked? Thanks [link] [...

ok so my last post on the 5 security holes in vibecoded apps did like 90k views, and my DMs are still full of people sending me their apps (I've looked at a lot of them now… some of them, oof). a bunch of you asked for the deeper cut. so here it is. part 1, the checks were simple because those holes are just… open. this post is different. This is the tier where you've actually DONE the security work, you turned the thing on, you feel safe , and its still broken. These are the ones i get a li...

Before you launch, how do you make sure there aren't obvious security issues? Do you: - Run any automated scanners? - Hire someone? - Just hope for the best? Curious what everyone's workflow looks like.

I'm a student founder building a SaaS for fashion brands. For the past few months, I spent most of my time building the product. This week I decided to stop building for a bit and focus on customer discovery. I identified 13 founder-led apparel brands in the US and Europe and sent personalized emails asking a simple question: A few things surprised me: Several founders still seem to personally monitor their inboxes. Asking about their process gets a much warmer response than ta...

Many people are saying "I wish I started working on SEO yesterday" but no one is saying what exactly am I supposed to do to grow my startup. I've been experimenting a lot with different things lately, and here's what worked and what did not work for me. Just in case - my startup is B2B - web analytics SaaS - Swetrix . I'll also appreciate some comments on what else I could try to get more users from Google and LLMs :) Free tools - I've build like 30-40 different free tools fo...

Going into it, I assumed the biggest risks would be the obvious legal language that everyone jokes about skipping. Turns out, that wasn't what surprised me. The clauses that kept catching my attention were the boring ones. Payment timing. Who owns the work. Termination. What happens if the project changes halfway through. None of those sound dramatic, but they seem to be where expectations quietly drift apart. It made me realize that business problems don't always start becau...

A few weeks ago, I had no idea whether anyone would use what I was building. I kept shipping features, fixing bugs, and listening to every piece of feedback instead of waiting for the product to be "perfect." Looking back, launching before I felt ready was probably the best decision I made. The product has grown much faster than I expected, and now I'm thinking much bigger about where it can go. If you're still sitting on an idea, this is your sign to ship it. submitted...

I have 5 active users .. 15 to 20 signed up for free How do I convert those free signups into paying ones ??

I know this probably sounds small to people doing real MRR, but today I got my first paid subscription after years of building apps. I’ve built a bunch of projects that never really made money. Some were overbuilt, some were launched too late, some were probably solving problems that weren’t painful enough. But this time, someone actually paid. Not a huge amount. Not life-changing. But it feels different when a real person decides that something you built is worth putting their card in for...

After working for almost 2 decades and building alot of products in B2B, B2C spaces and scaled them to millions of users, I finally decided to build my own SaaS solution to real estate market. I came across this problem during my time working with a real estate tech which for me had alot of potential but due to budget constraints It was dropped from our to do list. Now with some good times in my hand I tried to build it from scratch all by myself, took me almost 6 months to build the MVP. I also...

We've spent the last few months building an AI agent for websites and social media. The product can answer visitor questions, capture leads, qualify enquiries, and automate conversations across channels. Everyone who sees the demo says it's useful. The problem is... almost nobody is signing up. We've tried: - Cold calling - Cold emails - LinkedIn posts - Reddit posts - Product Hunt launch We get conversations, positive feedback, and even demo requests. But very few people actua...

Just had an idea of startup, where you submit your application and then real users provide feedback/test your app for about (5-10 min test). How much would you pay for 100 users? (what about 1k users for 300$, will it work)? here are more details about the idea

I spent almost five months building my SaaS without a single paying customer. People were signing up. Some of them even used the product. Nobody paid. Like a lot of founders, I convinced myself the answer was just one more feature, one more improvement, one more week of building before it would finally be "ready." Then I noticed a user who had signed up about a week earlier and quietly disappeared. Normally I would've assumed he'd lost interest and moved on. Instead, I sent...

my saas crossed $2.5k mrr in 4 months, and the real secret was never the lead magnet itself, it was where it pointed people to. i already shared how i got my first customers here, but a lot of people asked me to break down the actual content structure and why the demo call ended up closing almost every deal, so here's the full thing. every lead magnet i made was something founders and sales people could use to prospect better right now, without touching my product at all. free scoring fram...

12 hours after going live on the App Store. Woke up to this RevenueCat notification 😍

Hello everyone, Hope you are doing great! I've recently built an Android application that assists users in drawing using their phone's camera. There are several categories, such as Anim, cartoon, cute characters, superhero characters, and many more. I know how to develop an app, but I am bad at marketing. Can you share your experience and tips for exploring the app market? I am planning to promote via Google Ads, but not sure how I should plan the promotion. Are there any better alternat...

A few months ago, I noticed something interesting. Most independent restaurants already had a website. The problem wasn't getting visitors. The problem was that people would leave to order on Uber Eats or Deliveroo... and the restaurant would lose up to 30% in commission. So I built Takeasy . The idea is simple: Give restaurants their own online ordering system so customers can order directly from their website, without paying marketplace commissions. Less than a month after launch...

My question: I currently have a $19.95 basic subscription, but what can I do better to provide more obvious value to users? Pay-as-you go plan for AI advisor usage? Something else? For context: I built a platform for tracking stock market analyst calls on social media ( shadowalpha.ai ) - FinX, youtube, that sort of thing, to help answer the question: which stock market analysts actually have a good track record? The goal is to create accountability for anyone posting financial advice online. ...

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