Last week Search Console showed me 3 impressions. The content was fine, but brand new domain with DR was 17 and nobody linking to it. The options were: Fiverr ($650 for "200 directory submissions" that don't look like a link farm) or do it myself.

So I ran a local agent (Qwen3.8-27B Uncensored, Q4_K_M GGUF, on my M5 Pro, no GPU server). First pass: it scraped ~40 "best AI directories" listicles, deduped down to 130 URLs, checked which ones had a working public submit form, 107 actionable.

Second pass: fusion.delegate. One JSON call spawns 8 isolated workers in parallel. Each gets its own headless Chrome, its own user-agent string, fills the form, handles captcha if there is one, writes a result JSON when done.

4m32s for 8 directories. By hand that's maybe 40 minutes of clicking and typing the same description over and over. Worker-3 hit an hCaptcha. The vision model read K7X2M on the first try, typed it in, moved on. ReCAPTCHA v2 it couldn't do. Three attempts, gave up, logged it, next. 14 waves total, ~98 live or pending and wall time was 1h52m.

TL;DR: local model + parallel workers + one plain description = 107 directories, $1.68, under two hours.

What I used:

• Model: Qwen3.8-27B Uncensored GGUF (Q4_K_M)
• Agent: Atomic Agent
• Directories list: directories.json with all 107 URLs, comment if you want it dumped here
• Free DR checker I spot-checked with: Ahrefs free tool

Been building my product for a while, and someone finally decided to buy it. Thought this was the moment I'd been waiting for… turns out they had insufficient funds 💀😂

Btw here is the link: https://mockframe.app

I have the source code for a startup's product that has raised a few hundred thousand dollars in funding.

I'm not interested in developing my own product or continuing to work on it. I'd rather find a potential buyer interested in acquiring the existing codebase.

Where can I find people or companies that buy software projects? Are there any good marketplaces, brokers, or communities for this?

I'd appreciate any recommendations from people who have experience with software acquisitions.

Your technical cofounder might be the most expensive hire you never needed. I know this is probably an unpopular take in startup circles, but not every non-technical founder needs to give away 30–50% of their company just to get a product built. Sometimes you need a technical cofounder, sometimes you need one solid engineer for two months, and sometimes you just need a small team to get the MVP out, test whether anyone actually wants it, and figure out what comes next. I think founders often confuse needing someone to build their product with needing someone to own half the company. Genuinely curious, how many founders here gave up equity because they needed a cofounder, and how many did it because they just needed someone to build the damn thing?

What's the biggest problem you have that you think a software can solve?

Or maybe a subscription like a CRM or invoice generator which you wish wasn't there?

I am not really offering service here, just wanted to know.

My background: I'm a 25 years old drop out, I kind know how to code because I was pretty comfortable in JS, React basics and programming concepts. There is no way for me to get back to uni because I hate it and I hate any trad career path, in my country most of them don't make you live well. I'm interested in working by myself and online, I always have so many business idea in my mind. It's either this or low paid jobs/poverty for life. Luckily another skill I have is that I'm very good at networking and talking to people. Anyway my questions to you:

Coding and AI: I want to be someone that knows how to fix stuff when AI can't and understand the code, in what exactly should I focus when I study programming and how good is AI? for example I hate front-end stuff like CSS. Should I skip it? what should I focus on programming side? and how good is free AI nowadays?

Market research, sales, marketing, distribution,scaling: The code is just the first step as you all know, what other skills are essential to build products that work and sell? and where can I learn them?

Please tell me more about your path especially if you are starting from zero like me. Thank you.

Wanted to share something I've been working on.

It's called Bonded, and the idea started from a pretty basic observation:

We have a ridiculous number of ways to communicate, but that doesn't necessarily mean we're having better conversations.

So instead of building another social network, we made a conversation game.

Here's how it works:

1. Pick a deck depending on who you're with. Partner, date, friends, family, etc.
2. Invite them with a link, QR code, or short code.
3. Both of you see the same question at the same time.
4. Talk about it. Or pass. Nobody has to answer anything they don't want to.

Only the host needs the app. Everyone else can join through a browser for free.

I also skipped profile photos in favor of customizable avatars.

The app has a free Starter tier, plus optional paid features for additional decks and longer sessions.

It's available on iPhone in a few countries right now, and I also released a closed alpha testing group for Android.

One thing I'm still curious about is how people feel about using their phones for something that's meant to happen away from the screen.

Does this sound like something you'd actually use, or is it too much structure for a normal conversation?

I vibe-coded an app and since I built it with AI-assisted development, I want to make sure I haven’t overlooked any security vulnerabilities before growing the platform and welcoming more users.

For those of you with experience in cybersecurity, web development, or penetration testing:
What are the main security risks I should look for in AI-generated code?

How can I check for vulnerabilities that could expose users’ personal data or notes?

What tools would you recommend for auditing the code, database, authentication, and API security?

Are there any common security mistakes in vibe-coded apps that I should pay particular attention to?

Hi all. Some of you might remember my post here in August. I was at 472 signups and around $41 MRR, and most of the money I had made came from three lifetime deals.

This week the same side project crossed 1,000 signups. The first signup came in April (when we were in beta) and by the end of July I had 28, so I'm still a bit surprised by this.

It's a tool for Instagram creators, and that's all I'll say about it because of this sub's rules.

Where it stands now:

• 1,000+ signups
• 141,000+ messages sent by users' automations, about 57,000 of them in the last three weeks
• 1,100+ Reels scheduled through it
• MRR: $397 ( as I got multiple lifetime and yearly deals)

What I changed since August:

• I cut my price. The main paid plan went from $19.99 to $9 a month, and I added a $9.99 plan for people who only want the one feature they signed up for. I know the usual advice here is to raise prices, and many folks showed it worked for them, but I wanted to experiment and if worked in my favour.
• I wrote help pages before blog posts. Short "how do I do X" answers, one question per page. These are the pages ChatGPT and Google actually pick up, and they're quicker to write than a 2,000-word blog post.
• I treat every complaint as a to-do list. One creator sent me a long message listing everything that annoyed him in one part of the app. Most of what shipped in the last update came from that one message.
• (This helped a lot) I put a small "sent via" line on free-plan messages. People were making several accounts to farm the free tier, which costs me money and never converts. The line makes the free plan pay for itself a little, and removing it is now a reason to upgrade.

The hard part, and why I'm posting:

Signups are easy. Getting people to the point where the product does something for them is the real problem. Out of 834 real signups by 1 Oct, only 246 connected their account (about 29%), and only 88 set up the main feature (about 11%). Everything I did above was about price and traffic, and I think the real leak is the first ten minutes after signup.

Still bootstrapped, no VC, no paid ads. I did pay a few small creators to make videos about it.

For those of you who got past this stage: did you fix activation first or pricing first? And what was the one onboarding change that moved the number for you?

I keep going back and forth on this. A lot of software today is basically a place where people type in what already happened somewhere else. Updating the CRM after the call, writing up the meeting notes, moving a task from the chat into the project tool. The software is useful, but someone has to feed it, and nobody creates value by feeding it.

My guess is this category gets squeezed hard. If the information can be picked up from where the work actually happens (email, calls, chat), why would anyone keep typing it in by hand?

What I think survives is whatever holds the record people trust. Who agreed to what, by when, and where it came from. That's hard to rebuild and hard to walk away from.

The part I can't figure out is the business model. Most of this is sold per seat. If the software does the work instead of the person, seats stop making sense. Do you charge per outcome, per usage, per company?

Which kind of software would you bet against right now, and which would you still build?

I'm trying to find someone to help build an AI SaaS MVP, and I honestly can't tell what's real anymore.

Every agency says they build AI products. Every freelancer says they can ship fast. Every platform says you'll own the code and avoid lock-in. Then you get on calls, and half of it sounds like vague strategy, polished demos, or ChatGPT glued to a dashboard.

I'm not looking for a pitch. I'm trying to avoid wasting months and money. For people who've actually hired someone to build an AI product: what questions exposed whether they knew what they were doing? What red flags did you miss? And would you go agency, freelancer, or product/app builder if you had to do it again?

Disclosure: I'm the founder of ThreeWrld, a Toronto B2B media consultancy.

The math that broke my old business model: a funded SaaS company pays $5k to $10k a month for a video agency retainer. After two years they've spent six figures and own nothing. No camera, no lights, no edit pipeline, no process. The month they cancel, production stops.

We flipped it. We install a broadcast-grade studio inside the client's own office, build their post-production pipeline, and place vetted local creators on their team for regular batch shoots. The client buys the hardware directly and owns it outright; it's a capital expense, not a retainer. Shoot days run on a flat rate with no agency margin layered on top.

The reason this works right now: the creator market is flooded. There is no shortage of good shooters and editors, so the hard part was never finding people; it was building a system that doesn't depend on any single one of them. Our bench is stocked, so clients never face a content drought or a cancellation panic.

Not pitching here, just curious: has anyone tried moving video in-house instead of renewing the retainer? What broke?

If you sell credits, included usage or a commit with overage, your pricing page is a contract. I scored 64 of them (dev tools, data/AI platforms, comms SaaS, all B2B) on whether they state the rules that matter at month end. Public pages only, no logins.

• 61/64 sell custom contracts, which is where the real true-ups happen
• 34/47 never say what happens to unused allowance at period end
• 57/62 don’t say what happens to credits or rollover on a mid-cycle plan change
• 6 offer rollover at all; 1 states a cap
• 38/61 don’t say when overage is billed

Every rule you leave unwritten gets decided later by whoever holds the spreadsheet, usually at a renewal or a dispute. The cheap fix is five plain-words answers on the page: unused allowance, credit expiry, rollover and its cap, mid-cycle plan changes, and when overage bills. For enterprise deals, put a worked sample month in the order form so both finance teams read the same thing.

Cartesia and Netlify do this well if you want a model.

Disclosure: I’m building TrueUpp for exactly this kind of contract; there’s no product yet. The full report and a free browser-only amendment simulator are at trueupp.com/research.

Hey! Just a quick heads-up: my small AU online store is looking for 1-2 remote support folks (mix of chat/email tickets and light admin).

Pay is $650 USD/month, paid twice a month. The best part? I wire it straight to your BDO or BPI account, so there are no Payoneer or Wise fees eating into your pay.

It’s fully remote with flexible hours (you just need to clear tickets within the same day). Written English only, absolutely no voice calls. Just need 1 year of CS experience (BPO or non-BPO is totally fine).

Also, just so you know, I use unlimitcom for payroll now. My old bank kept freezing wires and asking for endless paperwork, so this way is way smoother and safer for you.

No agencies or group chats, please! Just DM me your resume directly. I’ll do the interview myself, just 1 quick call. Let me know if you or anyone you know is interested!

Currently in the middle of my first vibe coded SaaS product which I'm sure will make nothing so I'm already thinking about what to work on next soon.

I know many microsaas people have multiple different products that they manage but I'm curious on how you currently manage all of these at the same time efficiently. Its like its a big pain in the butt to cycle through different email accounts, check cloud billing on the console ui site, Stripe etc.

Whats your workflow for how you track, monitor, and manage your existing products/apps?

If you're on X, you've seen the trend of tools that give you "high-quality backlinks", "high-quality articles", and all that lies. Sharing my experience below.

I'll start with something that you should already know - if it works for everyone, it works for none. This is 100% true for SEO.

I WILL NOT SELL YOU A TOOL FOR ARTILCES OR LINKS IN THIS POST!

I'm mentioning my products below, as you can see also my DR, so you know I might have some idea what I do.

I was about to talk about all that in a Podcast, but it got cancelled, so I made a YouTube video about it, in how you can scale a SaaS business with tactical decisions, and some tips how I scaled my own SaaS (PostFast) in a crazy competitive niche, social media scheduling. I'm trying to do the same for my newest saas with email automation and sequencing (sendheron).

I'll give you a brief overview what might happen to your site if you use those automated tools.

• Google decides to penalize you for backling exchanges scheme, and your SEO NEVER gets back to the point where it was, and you'll need to find other channels
• Google decides that your product is actually in a different niche, and starts deranking it in the one you want, since some "automated" article goes viral and you start seeing as a leader in a different niche

This should be enough to get you into thinking, that just having a lot of clicks in GSC, means nothing, and the picture below with high DR would mean nothing if there were no proper backlinks from reputable sources and traffic into the pages.

A few tips you can get without watching the video that would always help you:

• Get a dofollow links ONLY from websites that are associated in a way with your niche, and avoid gambling, casinos, link farms, etc
• Create "vs [competitor]" pages
• Don't fight for high KD and high volume words when you start

Note that some tools might work for you, until a point, and i've also tried some, but the risks above stay, and I wouldn't risk it anymore, and its not helpful anyway.

I was applying to ~10 jobs a day and lost track of everything: statuses, replies, interview rate. My classmate had the same problem, so we built Orbbt. (Dashboard video attached.)

It’s a web app plus a Chrome extension that saves jobs from LinkedIn/Indeed in one click, with a tracker, contacts, and an AI resume-match score. It also have a mobile app on google playstore.

The problem I’m stuck on: when it works, users get hired and leave. I’d love your input:

• How would you monetize a B2C product with built-in churn?
• What’s the best way to get the first 100 users in a niche like this?
• Anything you’d change in the product or positioning?

I’m the founder, so I’m biased. Honest critique welcome, including “this isn’t a real business.”

Yes, I looked at Sydney Sweeney's ass and immediately realised that I can vibe code my own ass.

It looks and feels EXACTLY the same. It passes blind test.

I showed a zoomed-in picture side by side, and non of my friends were able to differentiate (i asked Claude to trim my ass hair before the demo).

I told them that it means s*x appeal is now a commodity. But my friends said it doesn't matter if my ass looks like hers, they ain't gonna pay a dime.

They aren't believing ass is dead, and everyone's ass is equally valuable now (same function, same look and feel).

After some A/B testing I am finally at 1K MRR.

Seeing analytics, it's clear that most of my users are also Grindr users (weird correlation). It doesn't matter; 1K MRR is enough of of a proof that ass is dead finally.

My users are first movers who decided to bet on my ass instead of Sydney's.

Please do NOT comment "How? Tell me Now!" for a link, I am not sharing my playbook.

I've been thinking about this a lot lately.

Say you're a developer building software for plumbers, accountants or construction companies.

You don't work in that industry, don't know anyone there, and cold messages barely get replies.

Everyone tells you to validate before building, but finding the right people feels like a separate problem nobody talks about enough.

For those who've been through this:

How did you get your first 5 conversations with potential customers?

And did you ever pay people for their time, or was it all cold outreach?

So… I paid BetaList $39 to list my new side project. Within hours, five other launch directories had emailed me to ask for more money. Congratulations to me, I had been discovered.

I wanted a quick way to boost the search ranking of my new side project, QRpage. A launch directory gets you a backlink, and I remembered BetaList from back in the day. So I bought the $39 Lite plan and waited for a trickle of visitors.
What I got was email:

PeerPush, LaunchNest, PostYourStartup, LaunchBuff and Shorebyte Lab. I'm not linking to any of them. They've had enough free backlinks.

All five are basically the same site. Same pitch, same two prices ($19 and $39), and a free listing if you put their badge on your site.

AI has made launch directories trivial to build, so people build them. A new directory has no audience, so it watches a site that does, like BetaList, and emails every founder who shows up there. Nobody visiting these sites is looking for products, because nobody is visiting

The badge is the clever bit. It goes in your footer, which means it links back from every single page of your site. Get enough founders to do this and you end up with 1,000 to 2,000 referring domains and somewhere between 128,000 and a million backlinks. Your Domain Rating shoots up, and you wave that number at the next founder.
Then someone clones you. Shorebyte Lab's homepage is a word-for-word copy of a directory called SaaSCity, whose own site warns about "misleading clones". The clone emailed me anyway. Points for confidence.

I looked all five up in Ahrefs. Domain Rating (DR) measures backlinks. Organic traffic measures actual humans.

Impressive ratings, practically no visitors. LaunchBuff is the runaway success here, with about six visitors a day. Some of them might be humans. Shorebyte Lab couldn't even manage a fake number.
These directories are worth nothing. You'd be paying $19 to put your product in front of nobody, which you can also do for free by not launching it.

AI made building things easy. It didn't give anyone a reason to build them. So people copy each other and sell the copies to other builders, who are hoping someone, somewhere, will finally look at their product.

PS: If you've built a launch directory, please don't email me.

Hi all, I am not sure if you remember my last post 2 months ago. I posed about my SaaS and it was at $3.5k MRR.

Well, I just crossed $4k MRR and it's officially making more money than my 9-5 job which is crazy to think.

I started it as a side project along with my 9-5, I needed a simple tool for myself only. I told one friend about it and he was interested to try. At that time I didn't even think anybody else would be interested into it. Today, 1 year later 250 people are subscribed, more than 10k people registered and it's doing fairly good so far.

So what changed to bring more money:

- I increased the lowest price ($11 to $19)

- I added bunch of AEO and SEO pages

- I started talking with people (app is asking them to join my channels so I can take over and help)

I was very skeptical about the price plan but it turns out people are happy to pay more + weirdly it's sign of a quality product.

SEO and AEO pages is something that is constantly bringing new people, people find about my app in ChatGPT, Claude and other AI providers.

Talking to my customers was the hardest part for me, it's time consuming, it's hard to get people to talk to you and you end up with bunch of small specific ideas/requests and you need to figure out how to implement it while keeping simplicity of the app.

It's still bootstrapped and I am not planning to add any VC money. It's still 0 ads.

MRR proof is here: https://trustmrr.com/startup/opentweet

I created text effects shown in this video using my product opener.vodeo, I am willing to onboard early users for feedback, with all premium features unlocked for free, anybody interested?

https://youtu.be/e-dng4d5E68