Connor Griffith

@rileybrown Thinking about SaaS ideas that aren't my problem or haven't been validated have wasted a lot of my time. Now I just build what helps me + it's fun.

Try to Vibecode first purely out of curiosity or solving your own problems. Like a playground. Mixing and matching API's, modalities, interfaces, models, and more like they are legos. Who cares if it doesn't "look polished" or if it "violates design principles". If you like it, ship it. Through this, you will build the skill of understanding how these different technologies fit together. The people who vibecode out of necessity (solving their own problem) or just because they are curious... are going to do a lot better than people who try and "build a saas" on their first attempt. Give yourself room to explore and solve your own problems... ignore the rules... be creative... BE ABSURD, even... If you create something that is enjoyable or useful for yourself, try letting in one other person. Get ONE single other person to use it. Maybe even get them to use it with you. (You can vibecode multiplayer apps). If they like it... do that again. Through this process, a business opportunity may emerge.

As a vibe coder who is just making stuff to make my own life easier my workflow is: 1. Idea -> notes 2. Turn imagination into an image with FIgma 3. Upload the image to Claude and build out a PRD 4. Upload PRD and Build with Lovable. I'm sure I could make the workflow tighter by using Claude code, but I still have no idea how to use Github and am just winging it.

@businessbarista Claude

I want to start a community dedicated to Claude Code. It’s become the gateway drug to coding and experiencing the power of AI for tons of people. This will be a space for people to share killer use cases, agentic workflows, proven prompts, and connect with other CC obsessives. Comment “Claude” if you want to join.

The new version of programming won't be writing code or building with AI, it'll be editing. The best vibe-coders and programmers using AI will be the best at reading code and spotting the faults.

Even though I had to google a lot of terms in this post, that's what this is all about: learning and playing. I don't really know what to build, I just use a simple stack for now while I exploring the further reaches of this space. I was thinking about learning Javascript, but now it seems like I can make whatever I want without having to put down hundreds, if not thousands, of hours of new technical know-how. It's a really exciting time and I'm glad I dropped all the "get rich quick" stuff I used to be in and am now in the space I want to be in. It's hard, but a lot of fun. Great post!

@Mike_Scully_ Because there aren't a lot of people unafraid of doing hard things.

You could literally – Buy Claude Code – Start a business and call it a Saas – Charge $150 per month – Sign 10 clients - Sell it for a 10x ARR multiplier ($180k) Why is nobody doing this

@chhddavid For a newbie like me this is gold. Thanks, David.

My SaaS hit $5,400 monthly in <4 mo What i'd do starting over from 0 👇 1. launch publicly, even if it feels too early our - Product Hunt launch was #7 Product of the Day. it brought hundreds of users, real feedback, and paying customers. timing wasn’t perfect (a VC-backed competitor launched the very next day and took #1), but visibility mattered more than trophies. 2. be consistent in public - posting daily updates on X and LinkedIn felt silly at first. most posts flopped. then one random post blew up and pulled in real users. you never know which post lands, so consistency beats guessing. 3. target pain with SEO - instead of writing fluffy blog posts, I created competitor vs. pages and articles around frustrations people already search for. those pages still bring some of our highest-intent users. lesson: angry Googlers convert. 4. talk to every user - refunds sting, but every single one became a conversation. the feedback was blunt (sometimes painfully so), but it turned into the clearest roadmap we could’ve asked for. 5. set up retention early - I set up payment failure and reactivation flows early on. even with a small user base, they’ve already saved churned revenue. most founders wait way too long on this. 6. hang out where your users are - I posted on Reddit in builder communities, shared demos, answered questions. a few of those posts directly turned into paying users. 7. show your face - when I posted as just a logo, people ignored me. once I started putting my face out there, conversations opened up. people trust humans, not logos. _ _ _ what didn’t work: 1. random SaaS directories: no clicks, no signups. wasted hours. 2. Hacker News: 1 upvote, gone in minutes. some channels just aren’t yours. traction comes from promoting more than feels comfortable and people don’t want “fancy AI,” they want a painful problem solved simply ALSO: consistency compounds (1 post, 1 DM can flip your trajectory) _ _ _ my 15-day restart plan: days 1–3: show up in founder groups, comment and add value days 4–7: find top 3 pain points people complain about days 8–12: ship the simplest possible solution for #1 pain days 13–15: launch publicly, price starting from $19/mo and talk directly to users until first payment lands _ _ _ most indie founders fail because they hide behind code or logos. the only things that matter early are visibility, conversations, and charging real money for real pain. what’s one underrated growth channel you’ve seen work in your niche?

@gpt_alex @dopabees Sounds like a good time lol

@dopabees If you do a company event you are legally obligated to call it a lemon party 😤😤😤

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I see alot of "steal this idea that's already making $10M/ARR" but the people slinging into, won't? Those opportunities are long shots that likely won't pay off because you don't have the resources - marketing, ad networks, bot accounts, etc. It's better to build your own stuff and make it visible in your own communities. See what works and make a new thing with that knowledge or keep growing your one working SaaS/app. I'm not saying don't go after big players, but don't expect it to be easy like those course slinging guru's are selling it to be. Niche the f- down, build a small cashflow empire, then build the big thing with the cash you've made. *Especially if you want to bootstrap your big ideas*

@corbin_braun I imagine your subscribers have some weight to lose lol... I know I do, that's why I built caltrend.fit

I’ll market your app for free to my 140K+ YouTube audience. Why? Because most founders aren’t losing to distribution. Your app is just bad. If you’re confident it’s not, reply.

@Lukealexxander @RyanClogg Good summary. I only use OpenAI for custom GPTs, unfortunately Gemini's Gems don't allow me the same ability to build the custom LLM I want.

@RyanClogg Open ai - trash now Claude - code and copywriting Manus - agentic Swiss Army knife that you can give browser access Gemini - should be used as the new chat gpt. All around image, video, info, even code now. This is the main one we use

Someone educate me. - OpenAI - Claude - Manus - Gemini How do you determine when to use each one?

Built caltrend.fit for calculating weight loss over time. I use it daily cause I'm a bit neurotic about my weight right now. Plug in your details to see your potential results. • Free to use • No sign up (yet) • Planning to build out additional features

@damianplayer Isn't that how the market usually goes? Vertical first to be the one solution and then all the little guys start taking a niched sliced that build into a bigger piece of the pie.

vertical AI agents are going to be a BIG opportunity in 2026 and here’s why (save + read this 2x): the market is flooded with horizontal tools trying to do everything. bloated. generic. and most are TERRIBLE. the real money is in specialized agentic systems that solve one bottleneck in one industry. here are some examples: • an agent that handles client intake for personal injury firms. qualifies leads, books consults, sends follow-ups. replaces 15 hours/week of admin work. • an agent that processes RFQs for construction companies. reads specs, pulls pricing, generates quotes. cuts response time from 2 days to 2 hours. • an agent that manages patient scheduling for dental practices. handles cancellations, fills gaps, sends reminders. no more front desk phone tag. each system sells for $10K+. deploys in weeks. and copies across every similar business in the vertical. why vertical wins: • easier sale. “built for law firms” beats “built for everyone.” • higher prices. specialists charge more. always have. • less competition. everyone builds generic. nobody goes deep on HVAC or assisted living. • faster delivery. build once, deploy dozens of times. 80% code reuse. • compounding expertise. you learn the edge cases. you fix problems before clients notice. horizontal AI is commoditized. vertical is wide open. TLDR: pick an industry. find the bottleneck. build the agent. own that niche. RT + comment “ALPHA” and I’ll send a playbook on selling AI to businesses (must follow so I can DM)

The best thing to start building if your creativity or research skills are weak is to build stuff that you'd use. A simple app is a catalyst. It builds your hunger to learn and implement on bigger projects.

@getkellylpayne @ItsKieranDrew Gotta get that post-workout forearm training in.

@ConnorJGriffith @ItsKieranDrew Oh man, I don't know. I'm in favor of most of the female workout wear these days.

If I go on my phone when I’m resting at the gym, 3 minutes feels like 30 seconds. Same effect applies in life. How much time are you losing because you fill every spare second with a screen?

@getkellylpayne @ItsKieranDrew I think yoga pants should be banned instead.

@ItsKieranDrew Phones should be banned from the workout floor. Hard stop.

@ItsKieranDrew I'd lose more time if I didn't have the screen, then I couldn't build online and set myself free of a 9-5.

@robimargz @Nicolascole77 X feels like a community of cliques. You have to go searching for the right people to follow so your For You feed is useful.

@Nicolascole77 It's actually pretty odd that X hasn't been better at giving great content on the For You page. YT and IG do a waaaaay better job of giving quality content based on preferance, regardless of whether they were posted that day.

A futuristic job I keep thinking about is Full-Time Curator: very successful people don't have enough time to sift through all the trash content to find the gems. You can get paid to watch/listen/read lots of material for them, and then prioritize the pieces they should consume.

@Nicolascole77 Another job for AI agents. There are PDF and other AI readers and note takers that are quite good.

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