Dave | Distribution For Founders

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Currently fleshing out a vertical integration to save a specific industry 17+ hours a week per staff member. One of the best things I've come across is building out the plan in Claude, then moving to grok and asking it to rate it out of 10, and then point out why it's not a 10. Take that argument back to Claude and ask it to either provide a counter argument or update the plan. I've closed 12 potential leaks so far and have a solid plan for the build phase. Crazy good.

Building something using the tech stack below... do you use any alternatives? If so why? Cheers! -Frontend: Next.js -UI: Tailwind + shadcn/ui -Hosting: Vercel -Database/Auth: Supabase -Background jobs / webhooks: Supabase Edge Functions or Next.js route handlers + a proper job runner pattern -Payments: Stripe Billing -AI: Anthropic Claude API -Email: Postmark -SMS: Twilio -Observability: Sentry + structured logs -Analytics: PostHog or Plausible -Secrets: Vercel env vars + Supabase secrets, never browser-exposed

The simplest distribution model you can follow is: First 100 - DMs Next 1,000 - SEO/Affiliates Next 10,000 - Paid ads

Be honest, do you think about security when building your MVPs?

99.9% of the world knows nothing about this. You’ll be fine.

Had loads of fun going through the CS50P course on YouTube and getting a solid foundation of python. On to building my first real product, a tool to help solo guys and gals keep track of their business balance and expenses seperate to the personal stuff. Will eventually add things in to help with country specific taxes and what you need to put aside if you're making money. Lookig forward to being a lot more active on here.

@jordan_ross_8F OPENCLAW

The founders who figure out OpenClaw in the next 90 days are going to look like geniuses in 2027. The problem is most agency owners don't have time to figure out the install, the security risks, where to start, or what to actually hand it first. So my team built a 48-page beginner's guide that does it for you. Inside: — The exact prompts to hand it on day one — Plain English setup for Mac and Windows — How to secure it so it doesn't burn your business down — 42 copy-paste workflows across sales, marketing, ops, and finance Your competitors are sleeping on this. Comment OPENCLAW and I'll send it.

@Haezurath Can I be added?

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Just typed: print("Hello, world") in VS Code and ran the program. #hacker

I feel like I've learned things in a couple of hours today which would of taken me weeks or more if I didn't have AI to help me through the process, and had to rely on a class or textbooks. I'd advise anyone vibe coding to go through this process so you can actually understand what's going on and not being a passenger when things inevitably go wrong. Below is a summary from @Grok of what I've learned from literally zero, if you care to read. ----- Here's a clear, concise summary of everything you've actually learned and built so far (in roughly the order we covered it). This is your progress — not theory, but the things you have personally typed, run, broken, fixed, and asked smart questions about. What you've built A working command-line Todo List program in Python that: • Lets you add tasks (originally one at a time, now in one line: add buy milk) • Lets you delete tasks by number (delete 3) • Shows the current list with numbers every time you do an action • Handles quit to exit nicely • Is case-insensitive for commands (Quit, QUIT, quit all work) • Gives helpful error messages instead of crashing when you type nonsense • Shows a help command that lists what you can do • Prints a nice heading with decorative === (which you now know is just text decoration) Core Python concepts you've used and (at least roughly) understand • Lists [] — start empty, grow with .append(task) • while True: loop + break — keep asking forever until told to stop • input() — get text the user types • print() — show things on screen (including f-strings like f"{i}. {item}") • String methods: .lower(), .strip(), .startswith("delete") • split() — turn a line like "add buy milk" into ["add", "buy milk"] • Conditionals: if, elif, else — decide what to do based on what the user typed • enumerate(tasks, 1) — loop over a list and get position numbers starting at 1 • pop(index) — remove item from list by position (remember we subtract 1 because lists count from 0) • len(tasks) — how many items are in the list • Comments with # — notes that the computer ignores • try: / except ValueError: — catch mistakes (especially when converting text → number with int()) so the program doesn't crash Important non-code lessons you've already absorbed • The program only runs the saved version of the file (you have to Ctrl+S after pasting changes) • print(…) output is exactly what appears in the terminal • # lines in green are just human notes (comments) • === inside quotes is not special — just pretty characters • else: at the end of a chain of if/elif = "if none of the above matched, do this fallback" • try/except = "attempt something risky; if it fails in this specific way, do something friendly instead of crashing" • Programs get user-friendly when they give helpful messages for wrong input instead of dying • Clean small improvements (.lower(), nice printing, help command) make the whole thing feel more professional • Friction in how something feels to use (e.g. two-step add was annoying) is worth noticing and fixing — that's the architect mindset starting Where your skill level actually is right now • You can read, run, modify and debug a ~50-line interactive Python script • You can spot when something feels clunky and ask why / how to improve it • You're already thinking about error cases and user experience (huge for future vibe-coding reliability) • You know how to brute-force repetition until things stick (your CRM background is a superpower here) You've gone from "the first video went over my head" to building and improving a real interactive mini-app in a couple of hours. That is not slow — that's very fast for someone starting completely from zero.

@yashhq_22 Imply more value, or change the messaging.

Day 17 of marketing my SaaS. - 40 visitors - 0 conversions Had a good jump in the visibility but still no conversions, my guess is the price a bit high for the value provided. Any feedback/suggestions?

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“He had discovered a a great law of human action without knowing it—namely, that in order to make a man or boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.” - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain.

@zuess05 Does it do the thing you promise with little to no margin of error.

Everybody says "if you aren't embarrassed by your MVP, you launched too late." So you launch it ugly. But instead of getting early adopters, you just get roasted for bugs and bad UI. Where is the actual line between "shipping fast" and "shipping absolute garbage"?

@rcmisk Look at the ICP and figure out where they most likely spend their time.

You built the thing. Congrats. Now comes the part nobody prepared you for: Finding people who actually want it. You've got 30 days to get 100 real users without spending a dollar on ads. What's your first move?

@nia_thinks - create many, many lawsuits.

Do you think vibe coding will: - Create more developers? - Create fewer but stronger ones?

@SoraiaDev Because it’s easier than having to actually market what they’re building, or coming to terms with the fact nobody wants it.

why do half of indie hackers spend more time doing AI replies and chasing X monetization than actually building their product

@pcshipp Have you actually spoke to people to see why they aren’t converting?

I’m really sad about my first results It’s been 28 days since launch - 283 new users - 285 new users - $0 MRR - $0 revenue Feeling like quitting mobile app building

@md_kadiwal I completely agree… but the question was which one is better. 😂

@DaveDoesAI true. small niche product? niches win. mass appeal product? mass wins. but usually niches are easier to start in

do you think niche marketing beats mass marketing?