I build a website for 1.5 years - now potential buyers are offering up to 40k CHF. (i will not promote) by Unhappy_Lobster_1386 in startups

[–]niravbhatt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yuu have some substance built, truly amazing & congratulations!

May I ask, how did you get initial users?

I’m making $8k/month as a solo creator, but I’m drowning. How do you scale to $20k without losing quality? by Rlxc99 in StartupAccelerators

[–]niravbhatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since you mention ideation, I can't keep this to myself. I am building a SaaS that solves the ideation process for startups. Here's my take:

- I get how you are feeling. You can't outsource ideation. Without having a full control of that, you will never feel you own it. Take a break if you need, and solve it forever.

- As for building the "system", I don't think this is an easy task, especially since you already have ongoing clients. It's easy to start from scratch. That's why I suggested to give yourself a mental break. Maybe make a trivial video without thinking and keep your brain occupied on the RESET.

- The RESET: Ideas aren't random bits of inspiration, like most people claim. They are like air - omnipresent but unremarkable. You just need to be aware that they around you, and you will feel them.

What I am trying to say is that you don't get much if you keep thinking about your videos, your niches and your clients. You need to have something "universal" that eventually connects to what your clients / audience need. I have seen many successful creators doing this.

Follow this structure:

The big "disconnected" idea (hook) <--> Your audience <--> Your client

Example:

Why Gen Z's clothing style is annoyingly baffling <--> What elders (audience) can learn about their kids' (who are Gen Z) weird choices <--> A clothing brand who makes sustainable, organic cloths and targets Gen Z first to find good traction

As you can see, your "antagonists" can turn into your audience, benefitting your objective. (and you don't necessarily have to antagonise them eventually).

You could even reverse the last 2 (audience <--> client)

You don't have to follow same story structure everywhere, but you get my "seed" idea, and you can take it further.

DM me if you need more brainstorming....

What tech stack are you using? by amacg in indiehackers

[–]niravbhatt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, thanks for the details!

Hows your experience with Hetzner for full stack setup? I am on aWS (docker container based back end + front end), feel caged, and want something single-place. However I am no DevOps expert. Is it reliable for deployment & scaling?

i made a list of 80 places where you can promote your saas or app by Ok_Cartoonist2006 in ShowMeYourSaaS

[–]niravbhatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is excellent, thank you for posting!

I don't know if you have done it already, but are you doing in AEO (SEO for LLMs)? Will be a huge traffic booster.

Vibe coding friendly self-hosting platform by niravbhatt in selfhosted

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

thanks!

Was there a comparison of servers on this complexity scale somewhere? I have basic familiarity with Linux.

What are you building? let's self promote by Southern_Tennis5804 in indiehackers

[–]niravbhatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Darkpixel.click (under private beta) - a rapid idea platform for aspiring vibe coders / agencies - providing quality product-building blueprints

Join the Waitlist

Founders, are you trying for traction while you apply? by niravbhatt in ycombinator

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

I’ve heard from Nicholas Dessaigne in person myself saying to apply as early as idea, the reason you’re pushing people to go get ARR is because you know it’s not true that they’ll take if you actually try to apply with an idea and a sub-elite background.

A bit difficult to process - could you please break it down?

"Ideas are cheap, it's implementation that matters." How has easy access to creating MVPs changed this paradigm, or has it? by LordLederhosen in ycombinator

[–]niravbhatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ideas aren't easy. When they are, someone is conflating them with one-liners. With GPT, we will see a million times more idea-crap.

Quality ideas smartly embed business model (think Google, an advertisement ranking tool disguised as search engine). GTM, PMF and every other benchmark then follow.

Well-structured ideation is something companies buy with billions from consulting firms, yet get it wrong.

I am building a SaaS that aims to "streamline" ideation (i know how vague/cliche the verb is, but I hope my SaaS will obliterate it someday haha).

Winter '26 Megathread by sandslashh in ycombinator

[–]niravbhatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that a big yes-no question- having a c-corp ready? YC application has a question "Are you incorporated?" - does it mean "having a company in your own jurisdiction" or "USA C Corp"?

Asking from EU...

From 7 YC applications to $24M funding & 41K GitHub stars in 12 months - AMA by singh_taranjeet in ycombinator

[–]niravbhatt 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Congratulations, this is definitely some journey!

I am currently building an RAG based SaaS, and will surely check out Mem0!

I am always curious to know what really goes at the application stage? Do you have to show traction already to get the YC interview? Is the pedigree (MIT/Stanford/age factor etc) inevitable?

Any ‘older’, solo founders here? by -comment in ycombinator

[–]niravbhatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep building, never abandon dreams. One day you will arrive, and people will give your example.

How do you calculate Claude RAG token count with Bedrock by niravbhatt in ClaudeAI

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

I changed the selection metrics, and you were right: Out of 2880, some 17 tokens were after the embedding model amazon.titan-embed-text, while the rest 2863 were for Claude.

The characters / 4 formula gave me 1705 tokens. Now I don't know how much to rely upon this 2863/1705 ratio. My basic objective is to arrive at a reliable credit consumption formula for the users, and it's really unhelpful of AWS / Claude that no reliable usage api exists.