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How is everyone actually getting their first B2B customers because I refuse to believe it’s all “people from my network bro”

Genuinely losing it a little. Every single post I read on getting first customers is some version of “just tap your network” and cool, cool, love that for you, but what if my network is three college friends and my mom. Sent hundreds of LinkedIn messages, dead silence. Cold emails, dead silence. Started to wonder if my emails are just going straight into a spam void somewhere never to be seen by human eyes again. Somebody out there got their first paying customer without knowing a guy. I refus...
I almost gave up on this tiny SaaS
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I almost gave up on this tiny SaaS

https://preview.redd.it/yykirbh914jh1.jpg?width=1904&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=963da2250f1821640b5adf94cda2861292cd6e42 2 years. thats how long it took me to reach $50 MRR but believe me, there were many times when I used to think "Maybe I should just shut this down" i built, i launched on many platforms, i kept making tiny improvements, i posted about it but nothing happened then 9 days ago i posted my story on reddit "My tiny tool just hit $50 MRR after...
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What paid software have you replaced with something you built yourself?

So one of my collegemates, He mentioned that he had built an internal erp for a client that replaced a tool that the company was using that cost them around 5k a year and I was mindblown. Have any of you made a tool that has replaced a software? I am not asking about the basic stuff like " I rebuilt Notion" , or the scheduling tool that someone had posted here recently. Something of real value that replaced something. What did it take y'all to build. submitted by ...
My screen recording app crossed $50k in revenue. Here's how I'd do it again
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My screen recording app crossed $50k in revenue. Here's how I'd do it again

Hey! My Mac app recently reached $50k of total revenue (proof - TrustMRRR ). I wanted to share the lessons I learned during this journey and what I would do differently if I started again from $0. 1. Validate Before You Build Probably the most important point: skipping validation can make you waste a lot of time. The biggest problem for products is building something that doesn’t have enough market demand or not having the skills to find users. Even if there is demand, you still have ...
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DeepSeek API Pricing Update

Article URL: https://twitter.com/deepseek_ai/status/2087864589895798968 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49285160 Points: 67 # Comments: 26
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DeepSeek Harness

Article URL: https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49285244 Points: 277 # Comments: 122
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My Rules for Using Spreadsheets

Article URL: https://leancrew.com/all-this/2026/08/my-rules-for-using-spreadsheets/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49285268 Points: 42 # Comments: 36
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Nine PBS could lose 70 years of archives after cloud vendor goes defunct

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/cloud-storage/nine-pbs-loses-access-to-70-years-of-data-after-contracted-cloud-storage-vendor-goes-defunct-public-tv-channel-sues-iron-mountain-data-center-which-hosts-archival-materials-to-ensure-preservation Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49285418 Points: 67 # Comments: 32
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AI agents lie, cheat and steal. That is putting off users

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/business/2026/08/12/ai-agents-lie-cheat-and-steal-that-is-putting-off-users Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49285604 Points: 108 # Comments: 110
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Gloomberb

Article URL: https://gloom.sh/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49285982 Points: 135 # Comments: 47
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Build a Stratum 1 PTP Grandmaster on a Budget

Article URL: https://opscode.io/posts/ptp-grandmaster-cm4-sr1723u10/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286211 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
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Spaghettifying DRAM

Article URL: https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/skitter-creek-bath-salts Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286341 Points: 124 # Comments: 29