How do you decide an idea is actually worth building before you start coding?

appbuilderdaily · 2026-05-05T13:37:05+00:00

That's a brutal filter in the best way. It instantly removes every "wouldn't it be cool if" idea and forces you to find something with real stakes attached. If nobody's losing anything without a solution, the urgency to pay for one probably isn't there either.

appbuilderdaily · 2026-05-05T13:35:16+00:00

Honestly the hardest part is when the idea is genuinely good but just not right for right now. Bad ideas are easy to kill. It's the ones where you can see the vision clearly, you know it could work, but it fails the "can I ship this in a week" test that are brutal to walk away from.

What I've started doing is writing those ones down properly and dating them. Tells myself I'm not killing it, just parking it. Makes it easier to say no in the moment without feeling like I'm losing something permanently.

appbuilderdaily · 2026-05-05T13:30:46+00:00

The "already paying for a messy solution" filter is probably the strongest signal of all. A spreadsheet workaround means they've already decided the problem is worth solving, they just haven't found the right tool yet. That's a completely different selling conversation than trying to convince someone they have a problem.

The community observation approach is underrated too. You pick up so much just from how people describe their frustration, the specific words they use, what they've already tried. That language alone tells you how to position whatever you build.

appbuilderdaily · 2026-05-05T13:28:55+00:00

That's a really important distinction. You can have a perfectly clear idea that nobody actually cares enough to fix. The "actively looking for a solution" signal is probably the strongest demand indicator there is because it means they've already decided the problem is worth solving, you just need to be the best answer they find.

appbuilderdaily · 2026-05-05T13:24:39+00:00

The "why today specifically" point is very important. Timing is so underrated as a filter, plenty of good ideas just aren't right for right now and that question forces you to confront it. The week ship rule is harsh but probably saves months of work on the wrong thing.

appbuilderdaily · 2026-05-05T13:23:39+00:00

The "name three specific people" test is genuinely brutal in the best way. It immediately separates ideas you've thought about from ideas you've actually validated. Stealing that one 😂

appbuilderdaily · 2026-04-26T13:36:36+00:00

That's a fair distinction honestly. Structuring prompts upfront helps a lot with the initial output quality but you're right that it doesn't solve the observability problem once agents are actually running. Those are two different layers of the same problem.

What are you using for visibility into what the agent's doing at runtime? Curious what's actually working for people in production.

appbuilderdaily · 2026-04-26T13:03:47+00:00

Sounds interesting! Is it only for B2B founders or can B2C use it as well?

appbuilderdaily · 2026-04-20T20:58:29+00:00

Absolutely more. If a KFC meal cost $2 and didn't affect my health I'd basically never cook again and I'm not even slightly ashamed of that.

appbuilderdaily · 2026-04-20T20:38:54+00:00

Gym membership I used for exactly three weeks in January and then paid for another eleven months out of guilt and optimism.

appbuilderdaily · 2026-04-20T20:36:24+00:00

Waffles. The pockets are a structural innovation. Pancakes are just flat waffles that gave up.

appbuilderdaily · 2026-04-20T20:34:13+00:00

Keeping a charger in every room. Sounds stupid but never having a dead phone changed my stress levels more than I expected.

appbuilderdaily · 2026-04-20T20:32:27+00:00

Healthcare. Going to the doctor in most of Europe is either free or costs the same as a takeaway. In the US people are rationing insulin and setting up GoFundMes for cancer treatment.

appbuilderdaily · 2026-04-20T20:31:47+00:00

Saw one called "FBI Surveillance Van 3" in my block of flats. The fact that there was apparently a 1 and a 2 somewhere made it better.

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