@mdnlabs @hlinhbuilds try antigravity, they used to have quite generous free plan with opus and sonnet plus google gemini 3.1 - all you need is google account, same with Codex you can start for free with weekly limits
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Lukas
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Lukas
@lukcombinator
IT consultant by day, solo operator, learning and building SaaS apps
🟩🟩🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 1k SaaS Se unió Eylül 2021
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@hlinhbuilds yeah cuz then you don't spend it and that's how they make money
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it depends on the niche, for b2b I think this is great place to start, many on X are looking at other founders, you could genuinely show how useful the product is, for b2c I would join groups on redit, Facebook (yes), start own channels, learn to do reels / shorts, - this is what I'm doing at the moment.
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@lukcombinator ohh what you think will work to get customers fast?
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Hey Founders/Saas Builders,
How long did it take you to get your first paid user?
A) Under 30 days
B) 1-3 months
C) 3-6 months
D) Still waiting
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My plan for 2026 was to launch 1 product every month.
Tomorrow April starts and I just launched first one 😂
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@VivienMahe @KMPShip I think still the e2e process is often skipped - like having email chains, reports, analytics, funnels etc some cli tools to check stuff quickly etc, that developers focused on features do not see
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Even famous boilerplates are killed by AI.
No wonder why @KMPShip is also dying.
I've been trying to keep it alive because I still think it brings a big value even AI can't bring.
But looks like builders don't really care about that anymore.
Don't know if I should continue keeping it up to date or not.
Marc Lou@marclou
I made $78,120 in March 2026. ⭐️ TrustMRR — $36K 📈 DataFast — $21K ⚡️ ShipFast — $9.2K 🧑💻 CodeFast — $8.3K 🐥 Twitter — $2.4K 🍜 Indie Page — $505 🎞️ YouTube — $217 🌱 HabitsGarden — $147 🚀 LaunchViral — $129 🛡️ ByeDispute — $96 💨 Zenvoice — $69 📚 WorkbookPDF — $57 + AI has killed my coding course and my boilerplate + TrustMRR hits an all-time high revenue with the 3% acquisition fee
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@Govindtwtt The ones that stand out are the ones where the builder actually has taste and product sense, the AI just accelerates execution. Vibe coding without design intuition gives you a fast-built thing nobody wants to use.
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@andi_losing That first real payout hits differently than any number on a dashboard. Congrats
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At $50K MRR with typical SaaS margins that’s $35K going to your bank every month after costs.
Congratulations you’re printing money.
At that point, life is so freaking good, and you cultivate such an abundance mindset, I guarantee no founder is thinking “how can I risk this all on a massive migration to save another 1%”.
That founder is thinking about how to grow the business by 20%. Or looking at less risky costs to reduce.
The idea that Stripe fees are top of mind for that founder to screw with, is nonsensical.
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3.8K followers 🔥
Did it in 4 months.
Would you like my strategy?
Thanks all 🫡
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@AntonioEscudero $2.8k in a single day when your monthly was $4.3k, that's not linear growth, that's something clicking. Backlink tools have real staying power too once people see results. What changed that unlocked the spike?
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I made $4.3k in March 2026
🚀 RankInPublic — $4.3k
🌐 SeoGrowAI — $0
🐦 X — $0
We made $2.8k yesterday, the biggest amount we have ever made in one day.
Now we know how to get RankInPublic to $10k/mo and beyond, and we will do it in April :)
Marc Lou@marclou
I made $78,120 in March 2026. ⭐️ TrustMRR — $36K 📈 DataFast — $21K ⚡️ ShipFast — $9.2K 🧑💻 CodeFast — $8.3K 🐥 Twitter — $2.4K 🍜 Indie Page — $505 🎞️ YouTube — $217 🌱 HabitsGarden — $147 🚀 LaunchViral — $129 🛡️ ByeDispute — $96 💨 Zenvoice — $69 📚 WorkbookPDF — $57 + AI has killed my coding course and my boilerplate + TrustMRR hits an all-time high revenue with the 3% acquisition fee
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@maubaron @ErnestoSOFTWARE $25k/mo from a niche productivity app in under a year is the kind of story that makes you rethink "TAM." 14k reviews is wild social proof too. What was the inflection point, was it one viral moment or compounding organic growth?
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Prayer Lock is close to its 1 year anniversary
in less than a year it:
- became the #1 Christian productivity app
- got 10s of million's of views on social media
- got 14k reviews on the US app store
- grew to $25k/month
- @ErnestoSOFTWARE became my friend, investor and cofounder
The first few months were pure chaos
i had no budget
i didn’t know marketing
i was making videos myself
I initially spent $0 on creators and $0 on ads.
that alone got the app to $3k/month
then i just reinvested everything
i keep seeing people say the only reason
we’re scaling now is because we invest a lot.
sure that helps
but stop using that as your excuse
i did not start with money
all you need is conviction and a $99 apple account
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@simonecanciello Stamps for trips is one of those ideas that sounds simple but has insane retention potential, people collect these obsessively. Smart to build with rork max to move fast while the idea's hot. Are you thinking App Store launch or testing with a smaller group first?
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i thought this app idea was INSANE and it went viral.
so i’m doing this:
add stamps to turn trips into memories.
i’m building it with rork max.
now working on a mascot.
what do you think?
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@katarinaore 6 paying users on a first-ever iOS app is great start most people never get past the "I should build an app" phase. Curious: what surprised you most about the gap between "app works" and "someone actually pays for this"?
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Proof that you can learn anything on the go
I got my first 6 paying users for my first iOS app (I never built one before)
Here's what happened:
Katarina Ore@katarinaore
Never built an iOS app before. No clue where to start. But I'll figure it out Like I always do :)
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Claude for coding, hands down. I've shipped entire features just by describing what I want. It gets the "why" behind code, not just the syntax. For everything else, writing, brainstorming, research, it's still Claude. The context window is unmatched when you're working on real projects.
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@TTrimoreau Claude Code has genuinely changed how I ship, it understands context across files in a way that still feels magic. I use open ai api in my apps - cheap and reliable api, and great for images or icons gpt-1.5 image. So depends on the use case
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Day 2 of building in public - yesterday I changed the main page, and rewritten my subscription page, and already had two more subscriptions since that. I had a lot of movement - my website is ranked no 1 in google for triathlon events where I live, and I just wanted to use the traffic for my own app benefits.
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@AbhiCodes15 Claude Code for anything new I'm building, the AI context is just too good to go back. And I use Antigravity or Cursor if I need to deep dive in the code.
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