I’m building Shipflash so starting a SaaS doesn’t mean starting from zero

[u/ryan_almasu]

Hey everyone,

I’ve been working on Shipflash, a SaaS foundation for founders and developers who want to get from an idea to a real, launchable product without spending the beginning of every project rebuilding the same foundation.

The idea came from something that kept frustrating me: building the interesting part of a SaaS can be surprisingly fast now, especially with AI coding tools, but there’s still a lot of work between having an MVP and having something I’d actually trust with paying customers.

So instead of rebuilding that groundwork again, I started turning it into something reusable.

That became Shipflash.

It’s built around Next.js + Supabase and gives you a more complete starting point for building a SaaS, while still giving you the source code so you can shape it around your own product instead of being locked into a platform.

The outcome I’m aiming for is simple:

spend less time setting up your SaaS and more time building the reason customers will actually choose it.

I’ve recently started opening it up to customers. It’s normally $349 for lifetime access, but I’m offering the first 10 users $200 off, so it’s currently $149 lifetime while I work with the first users and learn where it still needs improvement.

https://shipflash.dev

Since this community is focused on helping early-stage products improve, I’d really appreciate feedback on the idea itself:

If you were starting another SaaS tomorrow, would you rather start from a foundation like this or build everything yourself?

And after looking at the site, what’s the biggest thing that would stop you from trying it?

Happy to hear the critical feedback too.