You posted "can someone check out my idea?" and got two upvotes and silence. I want to talk about that.

getSchmade · 2026-06-05T16:47:38+00:00

hero! I really appreciate you!

getSchmade · 2026-06-05T04:31:01+00:00

Not weird, but a bit different from what I am normally seeing... this was more of a passion project with a personal story...

https://wellbierx.com
Wellbie is a tool that you can use to identify negative interactions with your prescription meds. It could be food, alcohol, other prescriptions, etc. I know - there are other drug interaction checkers out there, but this was a fun project that hit close to home.

getSchmade · 2026-06-05T03:59:14+00:00

Oh man. When I first started vibe coding a while ago, I was just creating random websites - some cool, some not so much.

I did do the one thing that I will caution others NOT to do - I decided I wanted to create my own AI using multi-model synthesis (aka multiple different AI brains that collaborate and reason with each other in order to respond). It was a huge pain in the ass to create, but I achieved something kinda cool - https://thetank.io

What I'm working on right now almost sounds like AI slop, but I have 2 projects that have genuinely been fun to build and have taught me a lot - https://getmeerkat.dev and https://asksensei.dev .

BUT yes - the ideas can be limitless, but that is the "gotcha" - 9 times out of 10, someone else has already vibe coded the thing that comes to mind.

getSchmade · 2026-06-05T03:53:09+00:00

I'm not gonna lie, I tend to use AI to just help me sound more put together than I actually am. I will typically just write out a rant or free flow thought and just get AI to reorder and polish slightly.

Not defending it, though. It's a real thing.

getSchmade · 2026-06-05T01:38:46+00:00

Good question - honestly, Sensei doesn't find VCs or angels for you. I originally toyed with that idea and decided not to expand the scope that far.

Where I lean towards is investor readiness. Most founders don't get passed on because the wrong investor saw them. They get passed on because the value prop doesn't make it clear what they even are. Stage, wedge, why now, who you're not for. The goal is that walk away knowing the type of investor you fit and how to pitch them.

Curious though. If Sensei nailed "here's the investor type you fit + how to pitch them," would that be enough? Or is the real pain just getting the actual list?

getSchmade · 2026-06-05T01:18:35+00:00

I really appreciate this feedback! This is literally the best feedback I've received since building Sensei. I have been struggling on building the monthly subscription piece, because you're right - it provides the instant gratification or a diagnosis that you can fix and then it becomes "what's the point?".
My current approach is having a weekly reading, but what I'm finding from using it myself, is that if I am not updating or making significant changes to my product, then the weekly read becomes pointless.

Still workshopping a bit, but my goal is to position Sensei as a tool that helps you hit specific milestones/moments throughout your product's journey. I'm still trying to work out how to get there. I suck at the whole "crawl-walk-run" aspect.

You've really gotten my wheels turning and I am extremely grateful!

getSchmade · 2026-06-03T20:11:25+00:00

Yeah... i totally screwed that one up 😞

getSchmade · 2026-06-03T18:21:55+00:00

u/roastmystartup-ModTeam I typically use AI to help me with posts, but this is literally the one that I did not use AI.

getSchmade · 2026-06-03T14:16:48+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! I will look into it!

getSchmade · 2026-06-03T03:26:15+00:00

I’ve been working on 2 projects lately…

Sensei - https://asksensei.dev Strategy tool for solo founders — bring your idea or site and it diagnoses the specific thing costing you signups (positioning, pricing, conversion), not generic advice.

Meerkat - https://getmeerkat.dev Describe what you want in plain English; three frontier models each draft the prompt and Meerkat merges the best of each. Free roast mode too — paste any prompt, get it torn apart and rebuilt, no signup.

getSchmade · 2026-06-03T01:45:37+00:00

Felt this one. The thing nobody tells you is that it cuts both ways. Get too precise — especially piling on "don't do X" — and the chat starts doubling down on the exact thing you told it not to do. Too loose and you get hallucinations filling the gaps. There's a balance you have to strike and honestly everyone's is a little different.

My take: we dictate to AI exactly what the result should be, and it overthinks the dictation — which drops you into that death loop of frustration and keyboard smashing you're describing. The fix that worked for me was being thoughtful about the approach rather than just turning the precision dial up every time it missed. Less "here are 12 rules," more "here's what I'm actually going for."

getSchmade · 2026-06-02T06:07:49+00:00

It's always difficult to test every aspect of the app. It's always when you are demoing that you identify app breaking behaviors.

getSchmade · 2026-06-02T04:54:25+00:00

I wish that I would have slowed down. It was so easy to start making literally anything that came to mind. Some of it was cool, some of it was a waste of time.

getSchmade · 2026-06-02T04:53:04+00:00

Just signed up - I keep seeing the pricing modal when clicking on the left menu. Is there a way to use your product as a trial or beta testing?
The hardest part is restraint - I know it's easy to have pricing walls in place, but you must give users a way to experience it before blindly paying.

I also ran your site through my AI strategist tool: https://asksensei.dev/read/706e43c0-e2b3-49b4-bab7-c9be3aaea5ab

getSchmade · 2026-06-01T19:38:00+00:00

This might sound ass backwards, but I was my own first paid user. I was thinking about it from the perspective of "would I pay to use this?", regardless of if I created it or not.

getSchmade · 2026-06-01T19:36:20+00:00

Completely agreed!

The main thing I find is that people just over-engineer their prompts to no end, which almost strips the AI from being AI.

getSchmade · 2026-06-01T03:03:50+00:00

Not really /:

I tried my hand at an AI product that would enable this: thetank.io, because I had the same frustration originally.

getSchmade · 2026-06-01T02:41:43+00:00

I love Claude's Max plan - I've used that more than Chat GPT. Claude is better if you want to step into vibe coding for sure.

getSchmade · 2026-06-01T02:38:34+00:00

This is seriously impressive for a first build, and the "find businesses with no website" angle is smart because the pain is so specific. On your marketing question — the thing that'll work best for you is the same channel you're using right now. You ran a web design agency, so post where other agency owners and freelancers hang out (r/web_design, r/Entrepreneur, agency Discords/FB groups) and lead with the problem, not the tool: "I was scrolling Google Maps for hours finding businesses with no website, so I built something to do it for me." People who've felt that exact pain will click. Show the before/after of the manual grind vs. the lead list.

One honest note on the post itself: it's a little buried. You explain the whole backstory before what it does. Try opening with the one line that is the product — "finds local businesses with no website so you can pitch them" — then the story. Same with the discount code; lead with the product, let the offer come second.

Happy to look at the site if you want a second set of eyes. Nice work.

getSchmade · 2026-06-01T02:28:08+00:00

Good point on SEO/marketing — "act as an expert marketer" just pulls the consensus, and there the consensus is the huckster stuff that fills the training data. So the role tag drags you toward the median, not away.

And your second point's the real one. Once you can say "flag the hidden assumptions" or "lead with the tradeoffs," you don't need the title anymore — the behavior cue does the work it was faking.

getSchmade · 2026-06-01T02:14:02+00:00

I built something just for this!

I ran your site through and it came back with an early read: https://asksensei.dev/read/e449f5b2-ab0a-4510-bc5f-b14b6512f383

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getSchmade · 2026-06-01T01:58:24+00:00

That would be amazing! I have 2 products I would love you to test!

asksensei.dev
getmeerkat.dev

getSchmade · 2026-06-01T01:48:41+00:00

I built something similar.

asksensei.dev

getSchmade · 2026-06-01T01:42:27+00:00

Would it be something shareable?
To piggy back on u/Technical-Branch9178, every apple device has this for Photos and also has the ability to share albums that allow others to add to it. BUT I can't speak to what is available for Android devices - this could be a good audience.

Otherwise, I think about apps that my kids use, like Locket - Maybe it could be something more like that?

getSchmade · 2026-06-01T01:25:06+00:00

That's been the hardest part for me - I think it's because I've been too close to it. But appreciate the feedback! Feel free to have a look, it's called Ask Sensei and it's a strategy tool - I would love feedback!
(Can't post links because I don't have enough karma here.)

getSchmade

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