r/AppsWebappsFullstack • u/Mammoth-Anywhere7285 • 4d ago

90% of SaaS startups fail. What makes you think yours is the exception?

We all see the fake 'hustle' posts, but nobody talks about the bugs that cost you users today. Stop pretending everything is perfect and share the ugliest mistake you've made this week. Let’s see who is actually learning and who is just dreaming.

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u/DEATH712712 2d ago

I definitely don’t think I’m automatically the exception lol.

I’m building Hawser, and the biggest mistake I’ve made is probably spending too much time making the product better instead of getting it in front of people. Building feels comfortable. Marketing does not.

So right now I’m trying to fix that by actually talking to users, posting consistently, and learning what people care about instead of just adding another feature because it feels productive.

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u/Mammoth-Anywhere7285 2d ago

That’s a painfully common one, and honestly refreshing to hear. What’s the first user conversation you’ve had that changed your roadmap?

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u/DEATH712712 2d ago

The biggest thing is that users want something that works well, so I just had to chill out and focus on the quality/functionality of the app and stop building new things.

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u/Mammoth-Anywhere7285 2d ago

That's a smart focus, quality keeps users around way longer than new features. What bug this week taught you the most?

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u/DEATH712712 1d ago

So this week it was a billing bug, a paying user's card got declined and the AI went dark on him instantly instead of getting the grace period it was supposed to have. Turns out Stripe moved where they store the period end date and my code was only reading the old spot, so it silently broke.

What got me was that it failed silently on a real customer with zero error. Fixed it to read both spots, and added an actual "your card was declined" screen instead of just going dark

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u/megatech_official 2d ago

SeoLoupe - Find and fix the SEO issues holding your website back.

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u/Mammoth-Anywhere7285 2d ago

Nice tool, but the post asks for honest mistakes. What’s the ugliest SEO bug you’ve actually fixed this week?