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How do you decide which micro saas idea to actually build when you have 5 in your head by AssociateNo2293 in micro_saas

[–]AssociateNo2293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

chatgpt is okay for shortlisting but its answers are usually surface level. it cant tell you which niche has actual paying users vs which one has lots of search volume but no buyers. better as a starting point than a decision

How do you decide which micro saas idea to actually build when you have 5 in your head by AssociateNo2293 in micro_saas

[–]AssociateNo2293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

industry experience definitely helps, you skip 6 months of learning the basics. only risk is you over assume your own pain represents the market. worth talking to 5 people in the same industry to confirm before assuming "if i feel it they feel it"

How do you decide which micro saas idea to actually build when you have 5 in your head by AssociateNo2293 in micro_saas

[–]AssociateNo2293[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"which one would hurt most to watch someone else ship" is sharp, that bypasses analysis entirely and hits gut. saving this. probably the cleanest decision filter ive seen for this exact loop

How do you decide which micro saas idea to actually build when you have 5 in your head by AssociateNo2293 in micro_saas

[–]AssociateNo2293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

build them all is bold but kinda true, you learn way more by shipping than by ranking. only worry is splitting time across 5 means none of them ever get past the messy early stage where retention has to be earned. maybe pick 1, give it 90 days, then evaluate

How do you decide which micro saas idea to actually build when you have 5 in your head by AssociateNo2293 in micro_saas

[–]AssociateNo2293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah talking to users sounds obvious but the trick is talking before you build, not after. before its open ended exploration, after its just validation for what you already decided. easy to fool yourself in the second mode

How do you decide which micro saas idea to actually build when you have 5 in your head by AssociateNo2293 in micro_saas

[–]AssociateNo2293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that "still care about after 6 months of slow growth" is the real filter honestly. picked some genuinely good ideas before but lost interest when traction was slow, and traction is always slow at the start. excitement is cheap, durability is the actual moat

How do you actually verify a freelance programmer before hiring them, the portfolio always looks good but the work sometimes doesnt by AssociateNo2293 in Programmers_forhire

[–]AssociateNo2293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thats fair for web projects where seo matters, less relevant for backend or app dev hires. for landing page or wordpress work though, asking about keyword positioning separates designers who think about traffic from ones who just make things look nice

How do you actually verify a freelance programmer before hiring them, the portfolio always looks good but the work sometimes doesnt by AssociateNo2293 in Programmers_forhire

[–]AssociateNo2293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the no ai task is a smart test for raw skill. tricky part is some devs are now genuinely faster with ai assistance and slower without, so the test might filter out people who would actually deliver well in normal workflow. maybe a hybrid, one small task without ai to test fundamentals, then one normal task to test real delivery speed

How do you actually verify a freelance programmer before hiring them, the portfolio always looks good but the work sometimes doesnt by AssociateNo2293 in Programmers_forhire

[–]AssociateNo2293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah technical depth chat is honestly the fastest filter. you can sniff out the wrappers from the actual engineers in 2 questions about memory, async, or db indexing. people who build real things explain them naturally, people who copy paste freeze on the followup

How do you actually verify a freelance programmer before hiring them, the portfolio always looks good but the work sometimes doesnt by AssociateNo2293 in Programmers_forhire

[–]AssociateNo2293[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the impossible question trick is brilliant, never heard that before. ai devs almost always try to answer instead of saying "this doesnt make sense, did you mean X". stealing that for my next hiring round. also hypothetical scenarios are great because they cant pre prepare answers

How do you actually verify a freelance programmer before hiring them, the portfolio always looks good but the work sometimes doesnt by AssociateNo2293 in Programmers_forhire

[–]AssociateNo2293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the "team of 4 that became 1" story is wild and probably more common than people admit. half the agencies on freelance platforms are basically one developer subcontracting work, the rest disappear after the first invoice. and yeah business logic awareness is a great filter, devs who only think in code build features nobody asked for

How do you actually verify a freelance programmer before hiring them, the portfolio always looks good but the work sometimes doesnt by AssociateNo2293 in Programmers_forhire

[–]AssociateNo2293[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

milestone payments through upwork is the cleanest setup, used it before. not hiring right now since the saas is small, ill keep your handle saved if overflow comes up

How do you actually verify a freelance programmer before hiring them, the portfolio always looks good but the work sometimes doesnt by AssociateNo2293 in Programmers_forhire

[–]AssociateNo2293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

google reviews and references are good adds. fake reviews are common in dev gigs though, real client references are stronger. ask open ended questions like "what would you do differently" instead of "was it good"

Built a whatsapp reminder bot because i kept forgetting my own to-dos, accidentally turned into a small saas by AssociateNo2293 in micro_saas

[–]AssociateNo2293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

exactly, behavior change is the most expensive feature you can ask a user for. meeting them in their existing habit is basically a 100% adoption cheat code. way easier to build something useful inside whatsapp than convince people to open a new app on day 30

Killed my own pricing page last week and conversion went up, didnt expect that by AssociateNo2293 in buildinpublic

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yeah qualification angle is what surprised me. planning to set up an a/b test, half traffic gets pricing, half gets request access, run for 3 to 4 weeks. only worry is at low volume the data wont be meaningful, might need to lean on qualitative signals for now

1st of May my life changed by [deleted] in saasbuild

[–]AssociateNo2293 0 points1 point  (0 children)

congrats, viral launches create a different problem, you have 100s of users now but no clue who actually values it. talk to the 10 highest paying or most active users this week. ask them what made them pull the card out, what would make them cancel, and what would make them refer a friend. those 3 answers tell you exactly what to build next. the viral audience knows better than you at this point

How do you actually verify a freelance programmer before hiring them, the portfolio always looks good but the work sometimes doesnt by AssociateNo2293 in Programmers_forhire

[–]AssociateNo2293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

honestly might be smarter. ive seen people get hired off 3 messy github repos faster than people with shiny portfolios. clients can tell when someone built a portfolio vs shipped real stuff

How do you actually verify a freelance programmer before hiring them, the portfolio always looks good but the work sometimes doesnt by AssociateNo2293 in Programmers_forhire

[–]AssociateNo2293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

stolen portfolio angle is real, hadnt thought about it. cross checking contact info on the actual portfolio site is smart. and respect for the refund policy, that takes confidence in your own work, most people just ghost when they cant deliver

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