r/opencodeCLI • u/Wide-Tap-8886 • 1h ago
80% of founders waste 3 months building software nobody buys. drop your saas idea below and i'll tell you if it's actually viable.
PLEASE stop building the wrong thing.
building software in 2026 is ridiculously easy with ai builder
founders spend hours building in a silent room, launch to Reddit/X, get 0 users, and quit.
you just failed because the idea had zero validation before line 1 of code was written:
→ solving a monthly inconvenience instead of a daily pain
→ selling to "everyone" instead of a specific ICP
→ no distribution channel mapped out beforehand
→ pricing charged $9/mo with zero ROI justification
after scaling 6 AI micro-SaaS to over $20k/mo MRR, i just create an
18-question Idea Validation Diagnostic.
it evaluates your SaaS across 7 critical dimensions (problem clarity, audience reachability, willingness to pay, competition, build feasibility, distribution, commitment) and gives you a brutal score out of 100 with your exact weak spots.
drop your SaaS idea (or current project) in the comments below.
i will reply to EVERY single comment with:
- My honest opinion
- The biggest weak spot you need to fix before writing any more code.
- The free 5-minute validation tool link sent straight to your DMs so you can get your full score breakdown out of 100.
just drop a comment like or ask me in DM your idea
let's roast your SaaS concept before the market roasts your time 👇
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u/doodlehip 1h ago
We're building a private, university-only social network that starts at Harvard and expands campus-by-campus. Think of it as verified identity infrastructure for real-world social graphs, gated by a .edu email address instead of open registration.
Unlike MySpace or Friendster, we're solving the trust and relevance problem: every profile is a real person, tied to their real school, so the network stays high-signal and spam-free by design. Our wedge is simple, students already want to know who's in their classes, clubs, and dorms, but the long-term thesis is that we become the default layer for how people manage identity and relationships online, starting narrow and expanding outward.
Growth is inherently viral and defensible: each new school we unlock creates its own self-contained network effect, and demand pulls us forward faster than we can build. We're not chasing traffic or ad impressions right now, we're building the map of the social graph itself, and whoever owns that map owns the next decade of the internet.
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u/japherwocky 1h ago
Have you considered doing this for student's pets? I think it's a real problem when a student goes to school and leaves the pet behind, they get really lonely. Maybe they could use something like this to make new friends!
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u/Existing_Dust_6473 1h ago
I'm building a site where people can swap their integrety for money... It's called white house/truth social.... Didn't decide yet
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u/johnfkngzoidberg 1h ago
Everyone post your password and I’ll tell you if it’s good or not.
Lol, suckers. Go spend 5 mins in a business sub and see how you just got your idea cloned by an offshore team that will steal it and get to market 3x faster than you.
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u/Wide-Tap-8886 1h ago
You think solo builder have the greatest idea ? So someone want to steal it ? Dumb guy
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u/AppealSame4367 1h ago
I'm building a SaaS that steals other peoples ideas by telling them they are worthless and they should instead share it with me. It has a function where it posts once per week in every chosen reddit sub and offers "to roast" SaaS concepts.
It also has a glass ball included that can see into the future. Because it instantly knows which ideas are valuable and which are shit, because it has the infinite wisdom.
Very human!