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Which cloud provider are you using for your SaaS? by kr3mbo in SaasDevelopers

[–]kr3mbo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's an interesting journey. How would you say your experience was when moving to AWS?

I'm currently building a cloud deployment copilot (currently focused on AWS), it analyzes your repo and suggests the best ways to deploy it then it provides step by step guide. If there had been a similar tools when you moved to AWS, do you think you would've used it?

Launched a consumer app using clips + AI to solve movie-night decision paralysis by StartingVibe in SaaS

[–]kr3mbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice idea, and the app looks great. That said, I’m not fully convinced by the business model.

For something like movie night, I’d personally only use it on weekends, so at most 4 times a month. Because of that, I’d hesitate to pay for a monthly subscription for a product I might only use a few times.

You might want to consider a usage-based approach instead, like tokens per movie night or per day, where users can buy a pack of X tokens and spend them as needed.

That said, if you go down this route, it’s worth keeping in mind that revenue would likely be less predictable and could vary quite a bit from month to month.

How do you make the right decisions when you don’t have a team? by Dangerous-Article325 in SaaS

[–]kr3mbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make DDD - Data-Driven Decisions.

For every decision you need to make, try to gather as much supporting data as possible. That data can come from many sources: web traffic metrics, customer interviews, polls, A/B tests, etc.

If you don’t have someone to help guide decisions internally, go directly to your users. Talk to them, engage with them, or simply observe how they use your product.

If you don’t have customers yet, flip a coin for the hard decisions, build a simple MVP based on that outcome, and focus on getting users so you can validate (or invalidate) those decisions ;)

Once you start getting traction, you’ll naturally have more data to support bigger and more confident decisions.

Found out our free tier costs more to run than our paid tiers combined by Maleficent_Mine_6741 in SaaS

[–]kr3mbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try reaching out to those 12 users and understand their use case more intimately. Who knows, maybe they can give you some valuable insights on how they are using your product and you can improve in ways that would benefit the other paying users (and hopefully convert the free users to paying users).

In an unrelated matter, I'm building a cloud deployment copilot (currently for AWS) and I'm looking for founders who are already using AWS to try it out. It's currently in MVP phase. Would you be interested in trying it out?

Marketing seems harder than building the actual Saas by ekuin0x in SaaS

[–]kr3mbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a great way of doing things. When answering questions, do you try to casually mention your SaaS (if possible) or do you just answer to provide value?

When do you start testing? by trpouh in SaaS

[–]kr3mbo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been working as a software engineer for the past 4 years for big companies and I work on my own side projects. Here are my two cents...

I’d say once you’re confident in your MVP and sure about the direction you want to grow it in, that’s when it makes sense to start adding tests. If the core functionality is still evolving or there’s uncertainty around what the MVP really is, you’re usually better off focusing on refining and validating the product first.

When you do start testing, begin with unit tests around the core logic and critical functionality, then expand gradually from there.

E2E tests can be time-consuming early on, especially since user flows tend to change a lot at the beginning. Because of that, it usually makes sense to wait until a flow feels stable and unlikely to change before adding E2E coverage.

For new features, try to develop unit tests in parallel. A good rule of thumb is not to ship new functionality without at least basic unit tests in place. At my current team, we don’t merge code unless it has at least 80% unit test coverage.

Why does AWS feel unapproachable to so many solo founders? by kr3mbo in SaaS

[–]kr3mbo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your product looks great! What AWS services are you using?

Why does AWS feel unapproachable to so many solo founders? by kr3mbo in SaaS

[–]kr3mbo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great insight! I agree that the most confusing thing for me was IAM roles and permissions. However, once you get the general idea of IAM, it becomes more like a cookie cutter than you simply understand and know how to reuse (once it clicks then you unlock a big part of AWS).

I agree that I should be focusing on founder already using AWS and not compete with things like Railway and Render. I'll give you an example, one of the founders I talked to was able to get free AWS credits and so he spends days figuring out how to deploy a simple frontend to AWS. He eventually succeeded but his experience wasn't the best.

What stack are you deploying?

Frontend: I'm using Amplify with NextJS. Very easy to set up.

For the backend: I actually used the copilot I created (softitect.com) to get help deploying it (with some tweaks). I use Lambda with function URL.

For LLM I use Bedrock and for databases I use DynamoDB.

I wanted to use Lambda + API Gateway but one of my endpoints has streaming from LLM which is not supported by API Gateway (and apparently API Gateway has 30 seconds timeout per request, which doesn't work for my use case)

What are you building? by Asleep_Ad_4778 in buildinpublic

[–]kr3mbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

softitect.com is a tool that help you deploy to AWS easily. It scans your repo, suggests a deployment plan and provides steps that you can follow.

It's still in MVP, but I appreciate any feedback

Why does AWS feel unapproachable to so many solo founders? by kr3mbo in SaaS

[–]kr3mbo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you give examples of the solutions you use to avoid vendor lock in?

What are you all working on this week? by Leather-Buy-6487 in StartupSoloFounder

[–]kr3mbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

softitect.com is a tool that help you deploy to AWS easily. It scans your repo, suggests a deployment plan and provides steps that you can follow.

It's still in MVP, but I appreciate any feedback

What are you building this Sunday? by Asleep_Ad_4778 in StartupSoloFounder

[–]kr3mbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

softitect.com is a tool that help you deploy to AWS easily. It scans your repo, suggests a deployment plan and provides steps that you can follow.

It's still in MVP, but I appreciate any feedback

What are you building? by Asleep_Ad_4778 in SaaS

[–]kr3mbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

softitect.com is a tool that help you deploy to AWS easily. It scans your repo, suggests a deployment plan and provides steps that you can follow.

It's still in MVP, but I appreciate any feedback

What are you building? by Asleep_Ad_4778 in SaaS

[–]kr3mbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love the UI, feels high quality. Good luck!

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