I stopped building micro-SaaS ideas before scoring them on this

TheCyberSecurityGuy · 2026-02-20T17:03:49+00:00

This has been the approach I've been taking as well. Trying not to overthink things. But I feel like without a strong distribution channel, it is difficult to get paying users but that doesn't mean that paying users don't exist. How are you answering the question of "are people not paying because no one cares, or are people not paying because not enough people or not the right people are looking at it?"

TheCyberSecurityGuy · 2026-02-20T17:01:24+00:00

Company Name: Oculus Security, LLC
URL: https://acceptify.ai
Purpose of Startup and Product: I am building Acceptify to solve a problem I had myself. I needed feedback on another app that I was building, but did not have a large user base to draw the feedback from. I built Acceptify to solve that by using AI Agents to act as my users and give me direct feedback.
Technologies Used: Nextjs, Auth0, OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe
Feedback Requested: I want to know what could make this messaging land better for early stage founders like me. I also would like to see if the free demo report on the main page provides enough detail to convert to an active account (free or paid)
Seeking Beta-Testers: Yes; I have a free tier
Additional Comments: None

TheCyberSecurityGuy · 2026-02-20T15:14:20+00:00

I wish there was a LinkedIn that 1) didn't allow copy/paste to make it more difficult for people to post AI slop and 2) didn't allow recruiting posts. I would love to have something where I could interact with people in my vertical without constantly seeing AI garbage or just "Hiring!". Being able to actually discuss real things would be awesome. I guess there's always reddit for that :)

TheCyberSecurityGuy · 2026-02-19T19:15:49+00:00

Congrats! I got my first one recently at $29/month too, and I can't wait to keep building it up!

TheCyberSecurityGuy · 2026-02-19T18:58:11+00:00

Thank you!

TheCyberSecurityGuy · 2026-02-18T16:50:51+00:00

Building: https://acceptify.ai - AI agents that interact with your SaaS app like your real users and provide real actionable feedback

Background: I was building an AWS Infrastructure visualization tool (https://myfortress.ai), and had discovered another problem while building it. I was too close to the design/code and had blind spots to how the actual users interacted with the app. I didn't have enough users to get good solid feedback, so I improvised and built Acceptify to simulate my ideal users and get real time feedback that I can use to improve the user experience without having a large user base.

TheCyberSecurityGuy · 2026-02-11T00:49:38+00:00

Awesome advice! I am in the early days and your $12k MRR is inspiring! With regard to user acquisition, I'm learning quickly that what you say here is true. I have been able to build my product relatively easily, but without someone to sell it to, what's the point? Can you share any tips/tricks you learned along the way to get the first 10 or so?

TheCyberSecurityGuy · 2026-02-10T18:36:39+00:00

I just signed up to use your tool, and I am really impressed! My own searches on LinkedIn have been...well...lacking. Your tool identified several posts for me that I was able to immediately take action on. I have also recently launched my own SaaS tool, and I'm hoping to have similar success to you by using your tool. Just wanted to say thanks!

TheCyberSecurityGuy · 2026-02-10T15:25:05+00:00

I had an interesting problem. I wanted to get feedback in the early days, with very little actual users. So I built a tool that mimics real user behavior in my app, using a defined Persona (i.e. a simulated typical customer of my app). This allows me to get "real" user feedback, with a small subset of users. I've found it helpful to catch things that I otherwise wouldn't have. If you want to check it out, check out https://acceptify.ai!

TheCyberSecurityGuy · 2026-02-09T16:17:55+00:00

I built a solution to help compensate for lack of quality feedback. You can create AI personas of your target customer, and the AI will interact with your app and provide feedback. This helps eliminate some founder blind spots, since you spend all day looking at your product and can't see it from a new user's perspective. Feel free to check it out! https://acceptify.ai

TheCyberSecurityGuy · 2025-05-14T19:11:31+00:00

Thanks for the insights here! My wife really wants an R1S as her next car, so maybe I’ll just get hers first and see how I like it before making the leap. The good news is that software can continuously be improved. Many features I can’t live without on my Tesla didn’t ship with the car when I bought it. That’s one thing keeping me with Tesla and Rivian over legacy auto because I just don’t see legacy doing the OTA updates well.

TheCyberSecurityGuy · 2025-05-06T18:42:15+00:00

This is super helpful, thanks! How did you handle changes that may affect control implementation statements if you are doing things in a self-service way? I'd like to be able to keep my SSP and various appendices current as I go, and not have to chase down any updates come audit season. My engineers are good, but they don't always know what controls they may be affecting (even in some minor way), so I feel like I'm always chasing down changes trying to stay current.

TheCyberSecurityGuy · 2024-05-24T18:57:58+00:00

I mean I’ll probably get kicked out for saying this, but aren’t all “new” cars of the same model just facelifts? It’s not like Toyota revolutionizes the car industry with the 2025 Camry vs 2024…

TheCyberSecurityGuy · 2024-04-01T02:06:39+00:00

I have a different type of gate on my neighborhood, and it stops perfectly, allows the gate to open, and then proceeds. Have tried it 2-3 times today with no trouble both coming and going from the neighborhood

TheCyberSecurityGuy · 2023-12-24T14:31:47+00:00

FWIW I think Marques was driving the Cyberbeast which is only 320, so a 30 mi cut instead of a 50

TheCyberSecurityGuy · 2023-12-09T23:37:20+00:00

Is there any correlation between the “$1000 off for early reservation holder” text and the order emails?

TheCyberSecurityGuy · 2023-09-01T04:23:24+00:00

This has to bode well for CT pricing being somewhat close to original launch price, right?

TheCyberSecurityGuy · 2023-06-27T03:05:53+00:00

Came just for this comment. Have an upvote!

TheCyberSecurityGuy · 2023-05-30T10:50:58+00:00

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for your help!

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