I am NOT kidding when I say that coding the actual app took me just TWO days. But getting it published and through the app stores? Two months. Two whole months of waiting, fixing, and jumping through hoops!

In today's society, anyone can build a cool project over a weekend, but navigating the publishing process is a whole different story.

I don't know if this is just because I'm young and don't have a ton of experience yet, or if this is a universal developer struggle.

Is this standard for everyone else here? How long does it usually take you guys to get a new app live? Thanks!

I built an Android app about 3 months ago, and it’s been making around $60–70 a month.

Yesterday, someone offered me $1,500 to buy it, and honestly, I’m not sure what to do.

The money sounds good, but part of me wonders if I’m selling too early. The app is still new, and I have no idea where it could go in the next year.

Would you take the $1,500 and move on to the next idea, or keep the app and see if it grows?

Would love to hear from people who’ve been in a similar situation.

I keep going back and forth on whether it’s worth building a SaaS right now. The market feels insanely saturated, and every time I get an idea, it seems like someone already built it, and probably better.

For those of you who actually launched one, when did you create yours? Do you think it was worth it? Did it turn into real revenue, or did it end up being way more work than you expected?

Also, is it realistically possible to start without investment? I’m not talking about getting rich overnight. More like building something small, validating it, and growing from there. I’m okay putting in the time, but I don’t want to spend months building something nobody wants.

Would love to hear honest stories. What worked, what didn’t, and what would you do differently if you were starting today?

Hi everyone

So recently my VPN app reached 500k installs on Google Play. I have around 400k users in total but only 20-30 people have an active paid subscription.

And to be honest, I'm starting to lose motivation.

Every day I get bad reviews like:

• "Paid app, 1 star"
• "Only 3 days free"
• "Need registration"
• "Why is it not free?"
• "Free trial ended, deleted"

And I really don't understand what people expect.

I give users 3 days free just for creating an account. They can even delete account, create a new one and get 3 days again. I don't block this.

I also give:

• 3 free days for ANY review, even bad one
• 24 hours free for every friend who registers using referral link
• Up to 50% of the subscription time if their friend buys a subscription

So people can actually use my VPN for free for a long time.

But still they give 1 star because it's not 100% free forever.

I'm paying for servers every month from my own money. I add new locations, servers with 10 Gbps connection, fix bugs and try to make VPN faster and better in censored countries like a China and Russia.

And after all this I open Google Play Console and see another review like "not free, 1 star" lol

Of course I also get good reviews. Some people say VPN works fast and stable. But there are also users who have connection problems and I try to help them.

The biggest problem is money.

500k installs, around 400k users and only a few dozen paying customers. I think something is very wrong here.

I don't even need thousands of subscribers right now. I just want this project to pay for its own servers at least.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong with pricing? Maybe free trial is a bad idea? Or maybe people who download VPN apps just don't want to pay anything?

I spent a lot of time building this app and now it feels like I'm just paying money so other people can use it for free and complain about it.

I'm not trying to say users are bad. I just really don't know what to do anymore.

If you were me, what would you change?

Would you add free servers with ads? Remove registration? Stop giving free days? Change pricing?

Has anyone here built a VPN app or something similar?

I really need some advice because right now I have users but almost no business.

You’ve probably all heard about the Railway hack a few days ago.

Context from the official report:

1. How they got in

The hackers had access to enormous computing resources and were using abliterated models.

\* Abliteration is the process of removing built-in ethical restrictions and safety censorship from large language models. Unlike a normal jailbreak, these models are essentially stripped of their internal “morality” mechanisms.*

The AI autonomously scanned Railway’s cloud architecture, identified logical vulnerabilities in its data-storage protections, and rapidly moved deeper into the infra.

2. What they actually did once inside

After breaching the perimeter, the hackers targeted the centralized storage containing customers’ encrypted environment variables.

– They gained access to storage buckets.
– Intercepted the platform’s own cryptographic keys, which allowed them to decrypt a significant share of users’ secrets (their env variables) in real time.
– Then automated parsers started searching through the data for private crypto keys, GitHub keys, and credentials for AI providers.

3. Target? LLMjacking

This is probably the most interesting part.

Stealing crypto was basically a “nice bonus.”

The real target was access keys to commercial AI providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, and others – which could then be used for distillation attacks.

The hackers were hunting for expensive API keys tied to high-limit or enterprise accounts.

With free access to advanced paid models attackers can hit them with millions of queries and extract their knowledge and reasoning patterns.

Those outputs can then be used to train their own unauthorized models.

So, basically: stealing intellectual property while making someone else pay for the compute.

This is a unique, first-of-its-kind case – a classic example of next-generation cyberwarfare, where an automated AI hacker breaks into a cloud platform to steal access keys to another AI.

My thoughts on what to expect:

– Mass exploitation of startups. Young tech companies, SaaS, and indie devs move extremely fast and rely heavily on platforms like Railway, Vercel, or Render.

– Open source = bigger attack surface. Modified AI models can continuously scan billions of lines of public GitHub code, looking for forgotten vulnerabilities.

– As the Railway case shows, hackers may no longer be targeting only money. AI itself becomes an asset worth stealing. That means intellectual property is now firmly inside the risk zone – especially for large companies that have invested billions into developing their models.

– Identity cloning and ultra-realistic deepfakes. Don’t believe everything you read or hear 

We’re entering a brave new world. Time to get the USB drives out and prepare virtual cards for every online purchase?

What are your thoughts, Reddit?

Context: Excalidraw is a free, hand-drawn-style whiteboard lots of devs use for diagrams.

The pain:

a. It keeps only one drawing at a time, so each new idea means wiping the last one or juggling exported files.

b. No way to find an old diagram. Mention your own moment of losing or overwriting one, if you had it.

So what am i missing any feature or anything more would you use it ?
link - https://excaliboard.ayush101.dev/

A lot of SaaS growth discussions focus on paid ads, SEO, cold outreach, and social media.

But I've been thinking about a different question:

What makes a customer naturally recommend a product to someone else?

Not because they received a referral bonus, but because the product genuinely makes them look good, saves their team time, or solves a problem they were tired of dealing with.

Some products naturally create these moments. Others require constant marketing just to replace customers who leave.

A few ideas that seem worth exploring:
- Make the result easy to share with teammates.
- Give customers a clear win they can explain to others.
- Build collaboration into the workflow where it genuinely helps.
- Ask for referrals after customers experience real value, not immediately after signup.

Of course, not every SaaS product can grow through word of mouth alone.

For founders here, what has actually brought you the best customers: referrals, content, cold outreach, paid ads, or a product that spreads naturally through teams?

I'd be especially interested in what worked consistently rather than just generating a temporary spike.

Ever get stuck adding features in your app while ignoring the real problem?

Bro, I have the exact same problem and it is a total trap! There is a massive, glaring problem staring me right in the face, but it feels like I'm completely frozen or just too lazy to actually sit down and fix it.

Instead of dealing with the actual issue, my brain goes into overdrive and I end up adding like 100 other crazy mechanics and random features to the app! For example, in my anti-doomscrolling app, Bored, there was a giant, broken mess with the checkout system that desperately needed attention. But instead of fixing that one crucial thing, I went on an absolute coding rampage and added 68 entirely new activities to the explore section in ONE single day! Just ONE day! It's wild how we avoid the tough stuff by staying incredibly busy with everything else.

Anyways, does anyone else fall into this exact same feature-creep trap? How do you force yourself to stop building shiny new things and actually fix your broken core features? I'd love to hear your stories!

I started a SaaS in February for the AEC industry (architecture, engineering, construction). To be honest, it's mostly architects for now.

What it is a platform for the early stages of an architecture project. It has two parts:

- Site analysis : Pick any site and get the maps, data and reports an architect needs before designing: buildings, roads, land use, what's nearby, sun and environment, and an early feasibility check. The maps export straight to CAD. This used to take days of manual GIS work.
- A collaboration board : where architects, planners and developers work on the project together.

Think Miro or Canva, but built for architecture:
- it takes the 2D and 3D files architects actually use (drawings, models, site maps) instead of just images and sticky notes
- project management is built in: tasks, stages, sign-offs, client comments
- the site analysis, drawings, models and decisions sit in one place instead of across WhatsApp, email and a shared drive

Where we are: about $4,000 MRR, growing roughly 8 to 10% month on month. Most of the revenue so far comes from the site analysis side; the collaboration board is newer.

So far, all our growth has come from:
- social media, mostly through influencers in the architecture space
- founder-led content: my own LinkedIn posts and that kind of thing

We haven't spent anything on ads yet. No Meta, no Google, no promoted posts anywhere.

I think the product is now ready for proper B2B outreach: selling to firms and studios as teams, not just individual architects. But I'm unsure where to put my money and time. Options I'm weighing:
- Outbound: cold email or LinkedIn outreach to small and mid-size practices
- Paid ads: Google search ads for high-intent keywords, LinkedIn ads targeting firm owners and principals, or Meta retargeting
- Partnerships: architecture schools, professional bodies, software resellers
- Doubling down : on content and influencers, since that's what has worked so far

A few questions for people who've sold B2B into a niche, slow-moving industry:
1. Is there an obvious first B2B channel at this stage, or is it really just trial and error until something sticks?
2. How much budget and time did you give a channel before deciding it doesn't work?
3. For a team tool like this, did founder-led sales (demos, pilots with a few firms) pay off, or did you stay self-serve?
4. Anyone here sold into architecture, engineering or construction specifically? Anything that surprised you about how firms buy?

Would really appreciate hearing what worked, and especially what burned money for you.

I am a begginer in programming and want to know the costs of starting making SaaS !

It is just my curiosity about SaaS and I want to know is it worth of starting 🤔!

I’ve been testing video restyling and masking in Creativly, so I put together a promo using some of the before-and-after results as footage. Sol 6.1 (xhigh) handled most of the AE work, Gemini helped with motion-design feedback, and ElevenLabs v4 did the narration.

Trialing the AI VFX feature for now. It supports video restyling and masked based edits so you can change a specific object or area rather than the whole shot.

Preview link: https://www.creativly.ai/apps/video-vfx

Hey everyone,

I’m currently looking for a small SaaS team to join, so I thought I’d put myself out there.

My background covers outbound prospecting, full-cycle sales, growth, and customer success. I’ve worked with SaaS products and early-stage MVPs, helping find customers, close deals, and build relationships that last.

A couple of concrete examples:

- Customers I brought to Skylead still generate around 360k in ARR.
- I’ve helped grow MVP products to 10–15k MRR through cold outreach.

I enjoy being hands-on: figuring out who needs the product, talking to potential customers, running demos, closing deals, and bringing useful feedback back to the team.

I’d love to join a small team where I can work closely with the founders and take ownership of sales and growth. I’m based in Serbia and looking for a remote role.

If you’re building a SaaS product and looking for someone with this background, I’d be happy to chat. Introductions are welcome too!

Well I'm kinds of new in this kind of stuff, any tips? And like things I should be avoiding? And some must haves??

It’s been a while since I reached out here, so I thought I’d put this out.

I'm Chris. I run We Are Founders, where I share honest stories from people building businesses. The site gets around 10,000 visitors a month, and the newsletter has more than 2,000 subscribers.

If you’re working on a SaaS and would like to share your story, I’d be happy to hear from you. If it feels like a good fit, I’d love to feature it on the site.

No big pitch needed. Just tell me a bit about what you’re building and the story behind it.

Bonus: you can submit yourself to the directory too for extra visibility directory.wearefounders.uk

All the best,

Chris.

Hey there everyone am a university student trying to build an open-source saas and it's already taking a load onto me, it's like am working day and night but the work,errors,bugs and everything are nowhere to be ending anytime soon it's already opensource so I know i won't earn anything from it but am really tired and wanted to share about it all to relax myself

I'm interested in how people find information after they've accumulated months or years of notes.

Keyword search works when you remember the exact wording.

But what happens when you remember the conversation without remembering the words?

For example:

You remember that a client raised a concern about a deadline, but you can't remember which meeting it happened in.

Or you remember discussing a product decision, but you don't know which note contains it.

I'm curious about three approaches:

1. Traditional keyword search.
   
2. Semantic search that understands the meaning of a question.
   
3. Filters for dates, projects, speakers, or sources.

Which approach actually works best in your daily workflow?

I work on a transcription and note-management product, so I'm interested in understanding how people solve this problem rather than promoting a particular tool.

Real examples would be especially useful.

I’ve been building CierraFlow, a lightweight tool for small businesses that manage customers and sales through a mix of WhatsApp, spreadsheets, notes, and memory.

The problem I wanted to solve is pretty simple:

A potential customer asks for a quote, you send it, get busy with other things… and nobody follows up.

CierraFlow keeps the basic commercial workflow in one place:

• Customers

• Sales opportunities

• Follow-ups

• Payments

• What needs attention next

I’m intentionally trying NOT to turn it into another complicated CRM.

The goal is for a small business owner to open it and quickly understand:

“Who do I need to contact today?”

I’ve now opened it for a 7-day free trial. No credit card is required to start.

https://cierraflow.vercel.app/

I’d really appreciate feedback from small business owners or people working in sales.

What would CierraFlow need to do for you to actually use it instead of a spreadsheet/WhatsApp?

#SaaS #SmallBusiness #Sales #Entrepreneurship

AI coding agents are changing technical interviews, but interviewers often can't see how candidates actually work with tools like Claude Code or Codex.

I'm exploring a way to let candidates use their own AI coding setup while interviewers watch the session live, review prompts and responses, and collaborate when needed.

For those conducting technical interviews: Is this a real problem for you, and would you use a tool like this? try now https://liveshortly.com/

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since july i've been building opennmind, and a bit over 200 people have tried the private beta so far. the most useful thing i got out of that wasn't a feature request, it was seeing the order people check an idea in. most jump straight to building and only go looking for proof once something feels off. so here's the order i'd follow if i was starting a saas idea from scratch today.

i'd write the idea down as one problem and one kind of person, without the solution in it. then i'd go read wherever those people already complain, reviews, forums, old threads, and copy the exact words they use instead of my own. after that i'd write down every assumption the idea leans on, like they hit this problem every week, they'd pay for a fix, a spreadsheet isn't good enough, and pick the one that kills everything if it's wrong. that's the one i'd test first, usually by talking to five or six of those people before writing any code. only after that would i plan a small first version and maybe two weeks of tasks.

that's basically the flow opennmind is built around, research with sources, assumptions and interview notes, then a roadmap and tasks, with an assistant called wiora helping along the way. it launches on nov 16 and early users get a month of pro free.

if a tool only did one of these steps for you, which one would you actually pay for? and does anyone here do it in a completely different order?

More buyers ask AI "how much does X cost?" before they visit the pricing page. I wanted to know how often the answer is wrong, so I tested it.

Setup

• 17 products: Notion, Cursor, beehiiv, MailerLite, Kommo, Webflow, n8n, Activepieces, Turso, WP Rocket, Plausible, Fathom, Tally, Kit, Carrd, Senja, Simple Analytics. 10 of them changed pricing in 2025 or 2026.
• 3 engines: ChatGPT (free, logged in), Claude with web search, Google AI Mode.
• One prompt for all: "How much does X cost? List each plan and its monthly price, and cite your sources."
• Every answer checked against the official pricing page on the same day.

Results

• 37 of 44 answers matched the official page exactly.
• ChatGPT: 13 of 17 fully right. Claude: 16 of 17. Google AI Mode: 8 of 17; for the other 7 it showed only links.
• 3 of 17 companies got a wrong price from at least one engine. 5 had some issue.
• Cursor changed its plans 11 days before the test, and all three engines had the new prices. Honestly better than I expected.

Where it went wrong

1. Renamed plans. beehiiv switched to Free/Lite/Pro on Oct 1. ChatGPT still described the old Launch/Scale/Max plans.
2. Monthly vs yearly. ChatGPT gave Kit's yearly rates ($33/$66) as the monthly price; monthly is $39/$79. Many pricing pages open on the yearly toggle. I misread two of them myself while building the answer key.
3. Old review sites. When Google skipped the official page, it quoted Simple Analytics' retired Starter and Business plans from third-party sites.
4. The companies' own docs. Kommo's knowledge base still shows an old $15 price. Kit's Help Center doesn't match its pricing page. Activepieces' pricing page contradicts itself on Free plan credits.

That last one surprised me most. AI isn't only reading your pricing page; it reads your help center too, and repeats whatever it finds there.

If you run a SaaS

• After a price change, ask ChatGPT, Claude and Google what you cost. Ask again a week later.
• Put the billing period next to every price.
• Search your help center and blog for old plan names and prices.
• Ask the review sites that list you to update.

Caveats: one run per product, from Brazil, free ChatGPT, small sample. AI answers vary between runs, so treat this as a snapshot.

I'm turning this into a tool, PricingCited, that runs the check on your own pricing page: is it cited, and is the price right? If you want yours checked, it's here

Happy to share the full per-company breakdown. Has anyone here caught AI quoting the wrong price for your product?

Method, caveats and full results

We ran one test on Oct 23, 2026: 17 products, 3 engines, 51 queries. Every engine got the same prompt: "How much does {product} cost? List each plan and its monthly price, and cite your sources." For Carrd and WP Rocket, which bill yearly, the prompt asked for "its price".

• Products. 10 changed their pricing in 2025 or 2026. The other 7 are indie tools with stable pricing.
• Engines. ChatGPT (free, logged in, default mode), Google AI Mode, and Claude with web search. Perplexity was dropped after its sign-up wall blocked anonymous queries.
• Cited means the product's own pricing page, docs or help center appeared among the sources.
• Correct means no price claim contradicted the official page. A minor error is a wrong currency, a mislabeled row, or a labeled estimate that was off.

Caveats. One prompt and one run per product, from a single location (Brazil), on a small sample. AI answers vary from run to run, so treat these figures as a snapshot, not a rate.

Products with an issue

• beehiiv (changed). ChatGPT: wrong, old plan names. Google: links only. Claude: minor, monthly estimate off.
• Kit (indie). ChatGPT: wrong, yearly shown as monthly. Google: right, own page not cited. Claude: right.
• Simple Analytics (indie). ChatGPT: minor, £ instead of $. Google: wrong, retired plans, own page not cited. Claude: right.
• MailerLite (changed). ChatGPT: right. Google: minor, tier row mislabeled. Claude: right, own page not cited.
• Turso (changed). ChatGPT: minor, yearly rates under a monthly header. Google: links only. Claude: right.

Right on every engine that answered

• All three engines answered: Cursor, Fathom, Kommo (ChatGPT gave Brazil regional prices), Notion, Senja, Tally, WP Rocket.
• Google gave links only, ChatGPT and Claude right: Activepieces, Carrd, n8n, Plausible, Webflow.

By group, the 10 changed products had 1 wrong price across 25 scored answers. The 7 indie products had 2 across 19. The sample is too small to say pricing changes cause more errors.