Lukas

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Lukas

@lukcombinator

IT consultant by day, solo operator, learning and building SaaS apps

🟩🟩🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 1k SaaS 参加日 Eylül 2021

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Lukas@lukcombinator·3m

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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Sahil Panhotra | Indie Builder | Dev@SahilPanhotra·2h

@lukcombinator ohh what you think will work to get customers fast?

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Sahil Panhotra | Indie Builder | Dev@SahilPanhotra·3h

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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Lukas@lukcombinator·7m

ok this is possible to exhaust the claude max 20x plan without the claw/molt bots, I can call it a day

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Lukas@lukcombinator·2h

@dramaricic Reality check :) no worries second will go quicker

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Dragan Maricic@dramaricic·1d

My plan for 2026 was to launch 1 product every month. Tomorrow April starts and I just launched first one 😂

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Lukas@lukcombinator·2h

@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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Vivien Mahé@VivienMahe·1d

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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Lukas@lukcombinator·2h

@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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Govind@Govindtwtt·8h

99% of vibe coded websites look like this

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Lukas@lukcombinator·2h

@andi_losing That first real payout hits differently than any number on a dashboard. Congrats

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Andi@andi_losing·4h

after 6 months i finally set up a bank account for my business and just paid out my first earnings from YourWebsiteScore it’s such a cool feeling to see what has added up over the last months even if it’s not a lot i’m really proud of myself :)

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Lukas@lukcombinator·2h

@yongfook Most likely in every country there are ways to optimise taxes or other costs, but I 100% agree, I wouldn't worry if I had 50kUSD gross revenue about some marginal costs

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Jon Yongfook@yongfook·9h

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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Lukas@lukcombinator·2h

@Tobby_scraper impressing, please share your strategy

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Tobby_scraper@Tobby_scraper·6h

3.8K followers 🔥 Did it in 4 months. Would you like my strategy? Thanks all 🫡

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Lukas@lukcombinator·2h

@tdinh_me The bottleneck shifted from "can I build this?" to "should I build this?" overnight. I find myself prototyping 2-3 ideas in an afternoon now. The hard part is to deliver over the line and market

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Tony Dinh@tdinh_me·15h

So many things to build and everything is just 1-2 prompts away

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Lukas@lukcombinator·2h

@marclou Well done! Seo is not dead apparently

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Marc Lou@marclou·3h

My vibe-coded startup marketplace now ranks higher than top guns for top SEO keywords 😇

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Lukas@lukcombinator·9h

@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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Antonio Escudero@AntonioEscudero·17h

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

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Lukas@lukcombinator·9h

@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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Mau Baron@maubaron·1d

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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Lukas@lukcombinator·9h

@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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Simone Canc@simonecanciello·1d

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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Lukas@lukcombinator·9h

@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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Katarina Ore@katarinaore·20h

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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Lukas@lukcombinator·9h

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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Inosuke@Inosukeei_coder·15h

be honest. which AI is the best right now?

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Lukas@lukcombinator·9h

@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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Thomas Trimoreau@TTrimoreau·12h

OpenAI vs Anthropic Who’s actually ahead right now?

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Lukas@lukcombinator·10h

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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Lukas@lukcombinator·10h

@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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Abhi@AbhiCodes15·11h

As a developer , which is your default code editor ?

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Lukas@lukcombinator·10h

@paoloanzn Makes total sense from Anthropic's side, they need to distinguish official client traffic from modified forks for safety/abuse reasons. The interesting question is whether this becomes standard across all AI coding tools. Cursor, Windsurf etc might follow.

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4nzn@paoloanzn·12h

CAREFUL: anthropic built a signature system into claude code. every API request gets signed with a cch= hash thats computed in compiled zig code if you recompile the client yourself it just sends zeros instead. they can instantly tell its not legit right now you literally can't use your anthropic sub on ANY third party tool. only official claude code or pay for api credits separately currently decompiling the official binary to reverse this - would be huge for all third party clients like opencode, openclaw etc to fully bypass anthropic enforcement and actually use the tokens you're already paying for

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