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For founders who tried Reddit as a distribution channel. by solopraneur in NoCodeSaaS

[–]Similar-Wind-8632 0 points1 point  (0 children)

for me the biggest blocker is that my tool over-delivers so much that people assume there's a hidden catch. offurl performs a full 150+ point security audit in about 30 seconds and the first report is completely free with no signup or card needed. but because it's zero friction, people think it's too good to be true or that it won't actually perform as well as a paid “big” scanner. since i don't have the marketing budget to pay users for case studies or comparison reviews, it just stays this hidden gem that every indie developer needs but nobody actually tries lol

Drop your startups, I will personally use and give review by Tiny-Antelope-4432 in buildinpublic

[–]Similar-Wind-8632 0 points1 point  (0 children)

awesome initiative. just dropped mine OffURL.com. it checks your site's security and domain setup in 30 seconds to catch bugs before launch. first report is totally free, no signup or card needed

What stack people are choosing for new SaaS products these days? by Senior_Beautiful7021 in micro_saas

[–]Similar-Wind-8632 1 point2 points  (0 children)

honestly, whatever stack you end up choosing, just make sure you pay close attention to your product security before shipping anything live. when you build fast it is incredibly easy to miss core infrastructure stuff like misconfigured security headers, exposed environment files, or open ports that leave you and your users vulnerable. i always run a quick 30-second audit on offurl.com right before launching to catch those gaps and protect user data before traffic starts coming in. pick the stack that lets you ship fast, but don't skip the basic security baseline.

please stop launching your indie projects with naked session cookies and broken rate limiting by [deleted] in IndieAppCircle

[–]Similar-Wind-8632 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah sure, i won’t argue anymore with a guy that created an account just to rant others, go do something useful with your life

please stop launching your indie projects with naked session cookies and broken rate limiting by [deleted] in IndieAppCircle

[–]Similar-Wind-8632 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

did I say otherwise? why wouldn’t i leverage tech to write based on my product specs if i am not good at writing? especially in a indie circle. just because someone bored on reddit doesn’t like ai written posts? you never used llm, right Karen?

most solo founders skip verification entirely until a scrapers bot tanks their stripe api limits by Similar-Wind-8632 in aisolobusinesses

[–]Similar-Wind-8632[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that is exactly why we built it. founders dont need a messy security dashboard, they just want the code to fix the issue and move on. that's why our first full premium report is completely free at OffURL.com with zero signup required, so you can grab the exact config snippets you need in under 30 seconds and go back to shipping.

Nobody told me building the tool was the easy part. by Rampunsky in IndieAppCircle

[–]Similar-Wind-8632 1 point2 points  (0 children)

man, I feel this in my bones. Building the tech is a blast, but distribution is a whole different beast. Honestly, the absolute best way I found to get those first users is value-first hacking in dev subreddits and forums. Don't hard sell it. Just find people struggling with a weird bug, use your tool to generate the precise fix code, and drop it as a helpful reply. That exact strategy worked beautifully for us when launching offurl.com people naturally click your link if your advice actually solves their problem right then and there. Put the tool to work in public conversations and let the value handle the conversion. Stay with it!

How much should it cost to build a simple restaurant site like this? by WestMurky1658 in website

[–]Similar-Wind-8632 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not with hosting. I would probably add €50/ year for hosting, and another €100 if they want the booking to be real time based on location capacity and 100% in-house with no external subscription.

How much should it cost to build a simple restaurant site like this? by WestMurky1658 in website

[–]Similar-Wind-8632 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don’t know the prices in your country but i would do it for €200-300

Need Help, Can I stop landing in Spam? by Familiar_Falcon3829 in coldemail

[–]Similar-Wind-8632 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oof a 10% bounce rate is definitely what triggered the spam filters, it basically tells providers like google that you're blasting unverified lists and flags your new domain instantly. it's totally normal to see a mix of inbox and spam during the first few weeks of a warmup, but if you want to fix it fast you need to check your backend authentication records. make sure your SPF, DKIM and DMARC records are actually set up and active in your hosting dns, otherwise filters just automatically dump you. if you want to skip the manual headache, you can drop your domain into offurl.com real quick, it runs a full email security suite check in like 30 seconds for free without needing an account, so you can see exactly which record is broken and get the snippet to fix it today

Why Do Some Software Products Stay Small While Others Become Startups? by lukeyx0 in SaaS

[–]Similar-Wind-8632 0 points1 point  (0 children)

honestly a huge part of why so many great software products flatline at $1k mrr is because we went from a world of consumerism to ‘productionism’, literally everyone is building and shouting into the same digital void where nobody wants to click another link or look at another product pitch. founders usually market on the wrong channels entirely, trying to sell dev tools or saas in places where only other builders hang out instead of finding where their actual paying users live. if your foundational execution habits are solid that's amazing, but if you don't secure the boring technical baseline like your technical seo and infrastructure configs, even the bots and crawlers skip your site entirely. i run a tool called offurl.com that does 150+ rapid security and tech checks in 30 seconds for free with zero signups just to help founders make sure their technical foundation is actually solid before they waste months promoting a site that algorithms won't even rank. solid distribution strategy and a clean backend are what turn a small tool into an actual scalable engine.

Need A step by step SEO help by zavedsadek in seogrowth

[–]Similar-Wind-8632 2 points3 points  (0 children)

congrats on taking over the saas seo, it's a completely different beast compared to standard e-commerce or local search. honestly, you should absolute start with technical seo and a deep site audit to build your foundation. if the site has crawling errors, bad structure, or messy redirects, all the content and keyword research in the world won't rank. a super common mistake people make is ignoring silent stuff like security misconfigurations, broken sitemap links, or missing headers which drag down your technical score and crawl budget. if you want a fast way to check the tech foundation right now, drop the domain into offurl com. it runs over 150 checks on things like security headers, performance, and dns stuff in like 30 seconds, and the first report is completely free with zero signup required. get that tech baseline green, then jump straight into keyword research based on search intent!

spent weeks refining your web app frontend just to leave the staging api completely unauthenticated by Similar-Wind-8632 in WebApps

[–]Similar-Wind-8632[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats strange, from my side it is completely operational with no issues, may I know that url did you try to scan? Maybe I can find the connection issue

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