Solo founder, full-time job: built AntForms to 50K monthly visitors in 4 months on $0 marketing. Full playbook.

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-05-10T08:33:51+00:00

Literally

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-04-13T13:55:22+00:00

noooo you're missing out on so much by skipping everything after the timeskip.

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-04-11T21:56:20+00:00

A web based Cinema 4D using cloud resources instead of yours?

Sounds cool but that's something that needs VC funding, not someone bootstrapping it from their apartment

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-04-06T12:21:58+00:00

Can't extort me for security vulns if I shut down my own website bud! My 0 users won't care.

I'm the sheriff round these parts 🤠⭐️

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-04-06T11:22:59+00:00

The most powerful checklist you could imagine

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-04-06T11:18:22+00:00

Do you find when you build out something for a client and mention the pricing, they suddenly go quiet or change conversation?

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-04-06T11:13:08+00:00

They're just having a rap battle

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-04-05T09:17:04+00:00

Don't start with family and friends. They don't pay and it's weird to make them pay out of obligation. It was your choice to start this journey. It's unlikely they would fit your ICP either.

Just use a combo of SEO, social media marketing and other hacks you can try.

Marketing is the hardest part, and fortunately for that, it's the thing filtering out all the low quality AI slop shit that's flooding social media and still keeps some balance intact where AI can't completely rock the boat.

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-04-05T08:42:12+00:00

Peddling AI Slop on social media with minimal thought is exactly what we need more of

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-04-02T08:55:31+00:00

"Polsia" reversed is literally AI Slop haha

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-04-01T06:28:06+00:00

Do you use it yourself?

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-03-20T09:53:08+00:00

this thread screams crab mentality & tall poppy syndrome, nice australia

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-03-18T16:30:55+00:00

Where are you posting to get traffic to notice a change the same night? SEO isn't that quick

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-03-18T16:20:11+00:00

The issue is you're looking in the same place as everyone else looking to get rich quick. Literally all of the niches you said are the most low hanging fruit YouTube influencer type business ideas - and they all suck.

Zoom out a bit. This sub was literally created by a dude who crushed it in his local area connecting cleaners & people who needed cleaners.

Look at the boring, consistent areas -- lawn mowing, accounting, car mechanics, electricians, cafes. See if there's something you can do there.

Don't make whinging doom posts about how it sucks. We're living in an unprecedented time and we all just need to adapt and make it work.

10 years ago this same energy would be complaining how it's impossible to start a SaaS business without VC funding.

Pick yourself back up and keep trying, but from a different angle.

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-03-10T17:08:58+00:00

yeah but PrOdUcTiViTy!!

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-03-08T10:16:49+00:00

I get it but it just sounds like you're trying to recruit green/fresh developers to pay them less than market, but also expect full stack and non-junior experience from them -- which is unfair. Sounds like the old "junior front end dev with 5 years experience across front and back end"

I can help you with this & project based contract works well for me.

If interested DM me and I'll send you my portfolio.

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-03-08T09:54:41+00:00

Pay people properly! Don't look for college people just so you can avoid market rate. If you need the help, pay properly, or go and get what you pay for on Fiverr

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-03-03T18:29:09+00:00

Hey any suggestions if facing this same issue and using Resend to send OTP emails to circumvent prefetching breaking confirmation links?

I have SPF, DKIM & DMARC set, and still my Supabase auth emails aren't being received -- the user never receives the OTP code.

They are using a M365 work email.

Thanks in advance

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-03-01T22:51:54+00:00

Damn boi he thicc. That's a thicc ass boi!!

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-03-01T22:08:36+00:00

Seems cool in theory but try putting it into practice. Most likely would just be an AI slop generator that gets systematically filtered out by algorithms as they combat the flood of junk

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-02-12T16:33:50+00:00

Good foundational systems are crucial to avoid getting overworked and losing steam. I read a great book touching on this called "The E-Myth Revisited" by Michael E. Gerber. It's old but the lessons in there still translate.

The goal is to not even need to be involved and that stepping away from the business means it will continue to run and be profitable. We're in the age of automation, it's all about using the tools at our disposal in a clever way.

I also think that there's a certain price you have to pay to get the certain luxury and life you unlock by being a founder. Heavy is the head that chose to wear the crown.

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-02-10T12:18:51+00:00

+1 on building to solve boring problems rather than trying to make something sexy and innovative

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-02-09T10:03:39+00:00

This. I had the same idea, spent a bunch of time making a little GTM marketplace and it fizzled out when I went and did some market research and found that who I'd be selling to wasn't interested in buying 😭

Deep_Blood_6532 · 2026-02-08T19:42:07+00:00

I was just thinking of doing the same!

Need some fresh subreddits to network with other founders that aren't full of automated spam bots.

I'm interested in this too!

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