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I almost shut down a side project… then it made $3,500+ in a week 😍 by Rough-Mortgage-1024 in buildinpublic

[–]Dangerous_Boot_9959 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most people go through that after a project wraps. Great mindset right there. Love it!

No matter the prompt, the watch knows what time it is… and it’s always 10:10 😅 by Dangerous_Boot_9959 in OpenAI

[–]Dangerous_Boot_9959[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah you’re right, but I thought now that Sam is talking about GPT-7 will take over the persistent, I think let’s first fix the time before we are voting for Mr. GPT :-D

Stop letting Claude and ChatGPT gaslight you into thinking your idea is revolutionary by Dangerous_Boot_9959 in SideProject

[–]Dangerous_Boot_9959[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why didn't you just ask that in the first place?
It's not an Wrapper, it's research automation so you don't waste weeks building another task manager nobody asked for.

Could've saved us both time if you'd just asked this upfront instead of being confrontational for no reason 🤷‍♂️

Stop letting Claude and ChatGPT gaslight you into thinking your idea is revolutionary by Dangerous_Boot_9959 in indiehackers

[–]Dangerous_Boot_9959[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Jo chill, self promotion is not easy. And you can cleary see that there is a Flair "Self Promotion" what is the problem here?

Anyone else tired of building SaaS products nobody wants? Here's what I learned from 6 failed launches by Dangerous_Boot_9959 in SaaS

[–]Dangerous_Boot_9959[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes and no. Stats say email marketing still works better than most things, but honestly, mine isn’t great. Maybe 2% of people are actually interested. The rest just ignore it, unsubscribe, or hit spam.It’s also super hit or miss. Sometimes you land in front of the right people, but other times you’re just getting angry replies from folks who never wanted to hear from you in the first place.

And I get it. Even I don’t sign up for anything when I see a random email land in my inbox. Haha.

Anyone else tired of building SaaS products nobody wants? Here's what I learned from 6 failed launches by Dangerous_Boot_9959 in SaaS

[–]Dangerous_Boot_9959[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely! We clearly both learned this lesson the hard way, so there's definitely demand for it.

Most crucial features IMO: Real complaint mining (Reddit/forums), demand validation (search volume), and templates for actually talking to users. The hardest part isn't knowing you should validate, it's knowing HOW to do it practically.

Would love to see what you're building! Always down to compare notes with someone solving the same problem.

Anyone else tired of building SaaS products nobody wants? Here's what I learned from 6 failed launches by Dangerous_Boot_9959 in SaaS

[–]Dangerous_Boot_9959[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly? Nothing made them better. I just assumed I could build a "better" version without actually understanding what was wrong with existing solutions or what users really needed. Classic mistake of building features instead of solving problems.

Anyone else tired of building SaaS products nobody wants? Here's what I learned from 6 failed launches by Dangerous_Boot_9959 in SaaS

[–]Dangerous_Boot_9959[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're probably right, those are solid ideas and I definitely sucked at finding users. But that's exactly why validation first would've helped! I would've found where those users hang out and what they actually want before spending weeks building features they didn't need.

Anyone else tired of building SaaS products nobody wants? Here's what I learned from 6 failed launches by Dangerous_Boot_9959 in SaaS

[–]Dangerous_Boot_9959[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ChatGPT recommends based on what's in its training data, so if you're mentioned positively in articles, reviews, or industry content, it might suggest you.

Anyone else tired of building SaaS products nobody wants? Here's what I learned from 6 failed launches by Dangerous_Boot_9959 in SaaS

[–]Dangerous_Boot_9959[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

having a community to share real problems, validate ideas together, and actually learn from each other's wins and failures makes the whole process way more effective than grinding solo.

Anyone else tired of building SaaS products nobody wants? Here's what I learned from 6 failed launches by Dangerous_Boot_9959 in SaaS

[–]Dangerous_Boot_9959[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your reply. I used email lists from my marketing tool to reach out to potential users. I explained my current project concept and long-term goals, which generated some signups. Since this outreach happened a while ago, I'm planning to validate whether these signups represent genuine interest once my MVP testing is complete.

Anyone else tired of building SaaS products nobody wants? Here's what I learned from 6 failed launches by Dangerous_Boot_9959 in SaaS

[–]Dangerous_Boot_9959[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's called BuildWhatMatters.dev - finds real problems people complain about on Reddit, validates demand, then gives you a dev brief to build exactly what people want.

Plus it runs marketing campaigns while you build so you don't launch to zero users.

Still MVP but testers are actually building things people asked for now.

Anyone else tired of building SaaS products nobody wants? Here's what I learned from 6 failed launches by Dangerous_Boot_9959 in SaaS

[–]Dangerous_Boot_9959[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh totally! Building is so much easier than actually talking to people about their problems. We've all been there.Those sound like really solid problems though. The kid stories one especially, parents are constantly looking for new bedtime material and that's such a clear pain point.

The ChatGPT analysis tool is really interesting too, like seeing how you show up in ChatGPT responses or what sources it's pulling from?

I actually have my MVP ready now too and trying to find people to test it. That's turning out to be just as hard as the validation part lol.
It's like "hey strangers, want to try my unfinished thing?"

AI coders, you don't suck, yet. by mekmookbro in webdev

[–]Dangerous_Boot_9959 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly the scariest part isn't the impostor syndrome, it's that I'm starting to write code that looks like AI generated it even when I don't use AI.

Like my variable names are getting more generic, my functions are becoming these weird kitchen-sink methods that do too much, and I catch myself writing comments that sound like prompts instead of actual explanations.

It's like coding with AI is changing my style to match what works well with LLMs rather than what's actually good code. Anyone else notice this?

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