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IdeaVerify, THE tool to validate your idea with REAL user metrics, is LIVE 🎉 I'm pushing myself to the brink with a daily checkin video, inspired by @robj3d3 Goals by Jan 1: Followers: 585 -> 600 Free IdeaVerify Users: 15 -> 30 Paying IdeaVerify Users: 0 -> 1 Day 1 Video ✅

in 5 years every founder will have an AI running their full distribution stack. scheduling content. scouting reply opportunities. drafting outreach. the founders who build with agents in year 1 will have an unfair advantage over everyone who waits. are you using agents yet? A) yes, daily B) experimenting C) skeptical D) haven't started

@krish_io @trq212 I think that’s different.. he’s talking about channels similar to OpenClaw

@rcmisk @trq212 slack already exists - github.com/anthropics/cla…

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@robj3d3 buddha ... peace... good answer lol

My flight via Dubai just got cancelled:

freemium doesn't kill startups. freemium that attracts people who will never pay does. the question isn't: what features go in free vs paid? the real question: what type of user does your free tier attract? wrong users + right product = $0 forever.

everyone's obsessed with agent speed. the real unlock is the spec. write what your agent should and shouldn't do before a single line of code. undefined behavior at build time = chaos at runtime. how are you speccing agent behavior before you build?

you're launching tomorrow. no audience. no email list. no budget. you have 6 hours to get 10 paying customers. what's your exact move? be specific.

@_aashik_s Nice I’m also building something like that to monitor signals across different sources! Good idea

@rcmisk For the apps I’m building now, I am using my own tool that I built to validate App Store, Google, Reddit and YouTube demand. Then running specific keywords to see how they rank and whether there’s an opportunity

everyone talks about shipping fast. nobody talks about shipping the right thing. Claude can write code in 10 minutes. it can't tell you which problem actually matters. what's your process for knowing what to build before you build it?

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hot take: "validate before you build" is the wrong advice. not because validation doesn't matter. because most founders validate the wrong thing. they test if people like the idea. not if people have the problem urgently enough to pay. those are completely different questions.

@khalidxv1 24 users in 3 days with no paid spend is real signal. the question i'd be asking right now: are those 24 coming back? retention data at day 3 tells you way more than MRR will for the next 3 months.

indie hackers are great at building. terrible at distribution. so why is distribution the only thing that actually matters? what's your current ratio? A) 80% building, 20% distribution B) 50/50 C) more distribution than building D) i don't even have a distribution strategy

IdeaVerify Not prompts. Not market research. idea → landing page in 30 sec → distribution → real signal → repeat If you’re tired of guessing which idea to commit to next, this is for you. First 100 users get early access founder pricing ideaverify.com

20 AI prompts every indie hacker should have saved: 1. Validate before you build "Use IdeaVerify to run a micro-launch for [idea] and show me what traction signals to watch before writing a line of code." 2. Generate your MVP scope "For [idea], list only the 3 features that solve the core pain. Cut everything else." 3. Write a cold DM that doesn't feel cold "Write a 4-line DM to a [target user] that leads with their problem, not my product." 4. Find your distribution channel "For a [product] targeting [audience], rank the top 3 acquisition channels by effort vs. reach." 5. Turn feedback into a roadmap "Here are 10 user replies. Extract the top 3 pain points and suggest one feature per pain point." 6. Write a landing page in 15 minutes "Write a hero section, 3 benefits, and a CTA for [product] targeting [audience]." 7. Stress test your idea "List the 5 most common reasons [product] would fail. Be brutal." 8. Build your launch post "Write a building-in-public tweet thread announcing [feature] with a hook, the problem, and what I shipped." 9. Repurpose one insight into 5 posts "Take this lesson: [paste]. Rewrite it as 5 different tweets with different angles." 10. Get unstuck fast "I'm building [product] and stuck on [problem]. Give me 3 concrete next steps I can take today." Bookmark this. Build faster.

IdeaVerify Not prompts. Not market research. idea → landing page in 30 sec → distribution → real signal → repeat If you’re tired of guessing which idea to commit to next, this is for you. First 100 users get early access founder pricing ideaverify.com

Tools I use to find SaaS ideas worth building in 2026: 1. Reddit (pain = product) 2. X search ("I wish there was a tool") 3. IndieHackers for validated niches 4. Product Hunt for gaps in existing markets 5. G2 reviews (1-star = opportunity) 6. AppSumo to see what sells 7. Exploding Topics for early trends 8. Your own frustrations (underrated) 9. Competitor changelog pages 10. Niche newsletters and communities Most people scroll for inspiration. The best builders harvest problems. Which source has given you the best idea so far?

When describing your idea, show what it does, not what it is. Not because it sounds cooler. Because it's instantly clearer. "A validation tool" tells me nothing. "IdeaVerify runs micro-launches and shows which ideas have real traction before you write a line of code" tells me everything. Verbs sell. Nouns confuse.

@marckohlbrugge the brutal part: free users give you zero signal on whether your product is solving anything. someone spending even $1 self-selects as someone with the actual problem. that's completely different data. need to do this.

kill your free plan