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Hi everyone, I’ve got some good news! I recently sold my site getelectricaljobs.com, a small job board I built in just a few days, working a few hours each day.

It’s not life-changing, but for me it feels like a huge milestone especially considering that just six months ago I didn’t even know how to use GitHub and had zero coding experience. It’s a reminder that even small wins can really add up and open doors.

For anyone just starting out: keep building, experimenting, learning, and most importantly be patient. That’s the key!

Hey Huzzler community!

After watching 1000+ of you launch here, I've started noticing a common pattern among SaaS launches:

Month 1-6: Build incredible product ✅

Month 7: Launch on Huzzler and get great feedback

Month 8: "No customers.. Maybe I need more features?" 🤔

Month 12: Still struggling with real customers... 😰

Here's the thing, almost everyone in this community can build. You're all incredibly talented.

We try posting on Product Hunt, tweeting, building in public... but our acutal customers are not browsing these sites. They're busy doing their jobs at companies.

That's why I'm building Customer Engine: a systematic approach to getting customers where you get exact daily tasks to get your first B2B customers.

Instead of: "What should I do today to get customers?"

You get: "Send 8 LinkedIn requests to marketing managers using template #3"

And you can actually see what's actually working for other founders (with real numbers).

Question for you guys: What's your biggest problem after launching your product? Is it getting the first real customers (who are not founders themselves)?

Would love your thoughts!

Waitlist: customerengine.co

(i've literally seen it across all founders that i worked with)

- lack of product demand. being first to market is often a wrong idea; targeting a non-existent niche is a critical mistake.  

- building features without speaking with customers.  

- not enough focus on sales. sales should begin from the day the mvp is ready.

- not building good relationships with employees. leading by fear alienates talented employees who have options.  

- promising equity but not putting it on paper makes employees hesitant to stay.  

- building with an exit strategy in mind, especially revolving around a single big business acquisition, is risky.  

- hiring interns rarely makes sense for ambitious startups.  

- following the hype instead of focusing on monetization.

- raising capital too fast, often before achieving traction or product-market fit (pmf).  

- focusing on unnecessary work at an early stage, such as adding analytics or excessive features.  

- not being fast enough: long meetings, unnecessary travel, excessive days off, inefficient capital allocation, wrong hires, etc.

- founder-market fit isn’t mandatory but accelerates progress significantly when present.  

- using buzzwords in startup features instead of providing clear value.  

- not iterating enough based on user feedback.  

- not discussing numbers (user retention rate, churn rate, revenue, profits, capital allocation, etc.) regularly

- failing to track essential kpis like ltv (lifetime value) and cac (customer acquisition cost).  

- not being transparent about pricing on the landing page; making customers click ‘request demo’ can deter them.  

- burning capital too quickly without considering the runway.

- overspending on marketing, product development, or hiring without a clear roi plan.  

PS. not sure what to build next or how to grow it? I can help you get there without burning time or cash via ZeroToCustomers .com - find all kinds of help you need over there as a founder.

I don’t like reading books. Not novels, not even business books.

But I still want the knowledge inside them.

What if there was a way to get the core ideas of any book straight into your head — in minutes, in a style you enjoy (chat, VN, or short video)?

Would you use it? 👀

Hey folks,

I’m currently building out revenue attribution in my analytics tool. Right now I’m starting with Stripe, since that’s the most common one.

What other payment providers do you use to run your online business?

Any you wish had better integrations for analytics / attribution?

Would love to make sure I’m covering the main ones people actually rely on.

Like the title says, for those of you who have multiple side projects live at the same time.

How do you balance your time between each? especially if you have a full time job in addition to.

Hey everyone,

Today I’d like to share one of my projects with you: willtheyconvert.com. I actually built it a while ago, but it’s still one of my favorite little tools.

The idea is simple: it helps you test if people would actually pay for your subscription or product. You just generate a “Buy” button, and when someone clicks it and starts entering their details, you can show them a message that the app is still in progress (don’t worry – no card data is collected or saved).

Here’s a quick demo: https://willtheyconvert.com/demos#payment

This way, you don’t need to build a full product, set up Stripe, webhooks, or a whole app that maybe no one would ever use. Instead, you can just launch a landing page and promote it as if the product already exists. You’ll avoid the usual “Looks great!” or “Awesome idea!” comments that sometimes end up meaning… nobody was ever ready to buy. With this tool, you can see if people actually click “buy” in the first place.

You can also collect emails from those who clicked, so once the product is ready, you can reach out directly.

When testing this app myself, I experimented with different payment models:

• First I tried a monthly subscription (no trial). It sold 2–3 copies right after launch, and then nothing.
• Then I switched to a lifetime deal – sales picked up.
• I got greedy and changed it to an annual subscription (with a 3-day trial) – sales dropped again.
• A couple of weeks ago I switched back to lifetime only, removed the trial completely – sales started moving again.

For apps like this, I really think the lifetime model works best, and ironically it seems to convert better.

Hope you found this interesting and as always, keep shipping 🚀🔥

This week marks a big step for me — I launched Ray3 AI, my first HDR AI video platform.

Ray3 AI started with a simple goal: help creators produce professional-quality videos without weeks of editing or expensive tools. After months of late nights testing prompts, debugging, and refining the workflow, I finally reached a version that delivers both speed and cinematic quality.

The biggest lesson along the way? User experience and technical performance must grow together. I learned that speed and quality don’t need to be trade-offs if the workflow is designed thoughtfully.

For me, Ray3 AI is more than just a launch — it’s proof that even the most ambitious projects can move forward step by step.

I’d love to hear from you: what’s the most recent “small but meaningful” win you’ve celebrated in your own work?

Hey Huzzler community!

After watching 1000+ of you launch here, I've started noticing a common pattern among SaaS launches:

Month 1-6: Build incredible product ✅

Month 7: Launch on Huzzler and get great feedback

Month 8: "No customers.. Maybe I need more features?" 🤔

Month 12: Still struggling with real customers... 😰

Here's the thing, almost everyone in this community can build. You're all incredibly talented.

We try posting on Product Hunt, tweeting, building in public... but our acutal customers are not browsing these sites. They're busy doing their jobs at companies.

That's why I'm building Customer Engine: a systematic approach to getting customers where you get exact daily tasks to get your first B2B customers.

Instead of: "What should I do today to get customers?"

You get: "Send 8 LinkedIn requests to marketing managers using template #3"

And you can actually see what's actually working for other founders (with real numbers).

Question for you guys: What's your biggest problem after launching your product? Is it getting the first real customers (who are not founders themselves)?

Would love your thoughts!

Waitlist: customerengine.co

Finally hit 1,000 products launched for Huzzler!

What I learned most is that small, consistent habits, even on tough days, lead to results.

Big thanks to all early members.

Hello everyone,

While building my first SaaS I realized that I may have to spend time daily answering questions about API usage, billing, features etc. However I am also going to have a documentation, but it probably won't be read by actual users as much as I'd like...

How do you guys deal with this? Is this an actual problem you are facing as well?

I'm researching solutions and would love 2 minutes of your insights:

https://aicofounder.com/research/bpFw8fS

Thanks!

LaunchDirectories.com got a shoutout in the 'Product Hunt is Dead' post, and my traffic absolutely spiked at 4 AM.

Seriously appreciate that mention! It's incredible what a single post can do.

This week I hit a milestone I’m really proud of — I officially launched Wan Animate, an AI-powered tool that turns static images or videos into fluid character animations.

The journey wasn’t easy. I had to learn how to balance ease of use with professional results, and there were plenty of technical challenges (like making sure characters stayed consistent across different motions). But seeing the first smooth animation come to life felt like a real breakthrough.|

What I learned along the way:

• Start simple: focusing on just two core features (image-to-motion and video recasting) made the product more reliable.
• Talk to users early: feedback from creators and marketers helped me refine the workflow.
• Small wins matter: each working prototype built my confidence to push forward.

I’m excited about the future of Wan Animate and how it might help creators save time and explore new storytelling possibilities.

👉 What about you? Have you ever had a “small project” suddenly feel like a big win? I’d love to hear your stories.

Hi everyone, I am launching a new web design and development service, specifically targeting founders and startups to help them validate their ideas. Will also be sharing our own "startup experiments" too.

To showcase our work and share our services, I have put together a portfolio site using Framer. Would really appreciate any feedback or if you could spot any bugs!

https://artalabs.framer.website/

This video tutorial shows how to build a complete web scraping workflow by combining Crawl4AI, n8n, DigitalOcean, and Supabase. It walks through checking site permissions (robots.txt, sitemap.xml), setting up a Docker-hosted Crawl4AI endpoint on DigitalOcean (with memory sizing, port configuration, and securing via API token), and then building an n8n flow to fetch URLs from a sitemap, loop through them, scrape each listing, and finally push structured data into Supabase for retrieval and use in a RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) system. The result: you can ask natural-language questions (e.g. “any four bedroom listings?”) and have your AI agent answer based on fresh scraped data.

Watch the tutorial here

The Self-Hosted Software List provides a broad selection of software that you can host yourself. It emphasizes customization, privacy, and minimizing reliance on third-party services.

Hey Huzzler community!

After watching 1000+ of you launch here, I've started noticing a common pattern among SaaS launches:

Month 1-6: Build incredible product ✅

Month 7: Launch on Huzzler and get great feedback

Month 8: "No customers.. Maybe I need more features?" 🤔

Month 12: Still struggling with real customers... 😰

Here's the thing, almost everyone in this community can build. You're all incredibly talented.

We try posting on Product Hunt, tweeting, building in public... but our acutal customers are not browsing these sites. They're busy doing their jobs at companies.

That's why I'm building Customer Engine: a systematic approach to getting customers where you get exact daily tasks to get your first B2B customers.

Instead of: "What should I do today to get customers?"

You get: "Send 8 LinkedIn requests to marketing managers using template #3"

And you can actually see what's actually working for other founders (with real numbers).

Question for you guys: What's your biggest problem after launching your product? Is it getting the first real customers (who are not founders themselves)?

Would love your thoughts!

Waitlist: customerengine.co

when ur startup finally crosses $50 MRR

Backlinks in 4 weeks.

List your tiny startup on every solid directory you can find. Not just for the clicks-those links build your domain rating, boost SEO, and make your product discoverable for LLMs.

The lazy way to level up visibility.

You're a builder, not a marketer. You know you need a blog to rank on Google and build authority for your product, but the thought of writing expert articles is nightmare, being bootstrapped you can't hire professional writer.

So you try AI, hoping for a shortcut. But most AI writing tools are junk. I've been there, i've used so many ai blog writer tools. They spit out the same robotic formula: a heading, a wall of text, another heading, another wall of text.

It’s generic SEO fluff. It doesn't sound like a founder who has actually lived the problem and built the solution. It fails to make the human connection needed to build real trust and authority.

And since today's users don't read, they scan - this generic approach fails instantly. It's content no human wants to read.

The secret isn't about finding "better prompts" - it's about having a better system. I scaled a blog to 350k visitors by creating content that connects in my past blogging journey. Here's how to apply that same system to your AI workflow...

Step 1: Give Your AI a "Brain" Before You Ask It to Write

Before you type a single request, you must give the AI context. Without it, the AI has no idea who you are, who you're talking to, or why it should sound a certain way.

​You need to create a simple text document called a "Brand Brain." Assume it is your startup's constitution, and it contains the essential information about your brand. At a minimum, it should include:

• ​Your Identity: What are you literally, and what are you emotionally? What are you NOT?
• ​Your Audience: Who are you talking to? What are their biggest fears and goals?
• ​Your Voice: How do you sound? Are you raw and honest? Witty and sarcastic? Empowering and professional?
• ​Your Enemy: What frustrating idea, tool, or status quo are you fighting against?

​Your new workflow is simple, at the start of every new chat, you paste in your entire Brand Brain and tell the AI to adopt that persona. In 30 seconds, you’ve turned a generic tool into your co-founder.

Step 2: Use a Strategic Prompt, Not a Simple Command

Now that the AI has its "Brain," you can give it a strategic command. A great piece of content isn't just text, it's a psychological journey. Your prompt should reflect that.

​Instead of asking for "a blog post intro" ask the AI to follow a specific, proven formula. Here is my 5-step pattern interrupt prompt that I use to create introductions that actually hook the reader.

​The "Human-First" Intro Prompt:

1. ​The Pattern Interrupt: Start with a short, blunt sentence that addresses the reader's insecurity. (e.g., "Let's be honest. Your website is probably boring.")
2. ​The Empathetic Scenario: Describe the reader's experience back to them. Show you understand their struggle.
3. ​Raise the Stakes: Reframe their problem as a critical business issue. Connect it to their deepest fears (losing time, money, or trust).
4. ​Acknowledge & Invalidate the Excuse: State their common excuse ("no time, no budget"), agree that it used to be true, and then state that the rules have changed.
5. ​The Bridge to the Solution: Conclude by framing your article as the simple, actionable fix to this major problem.

​When you combine a contextual "Brain" with a strategic prompt like this, the output is dramatically different. It sounds authentic, empathetic, and human.

Try writing the intro of your any blog post, even for your any existed blog post and then let me know how it went?

This Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

​This two-step framework alone will put you ahead of 99% of people using AI for content. But it's just the start.

​The full, 3000-word playbook on my blog breaks down the entire end-to-end system, including:

• ​The AI-Powered Research Prompt: How to use AI to instantly find your audience's real pain points.
• ​The Article Outlining Formula: How to turn that research into a perfect article structure.
• ​Section-by-Section Writing Prompts: The exact prompts to write the body of your article.
• ​The Full "Brand Brain" Template: A copy-pasteable template to build your own.

​If you want to stop writing robotic content and start creating articles that rank on Google and resonate with real people, you can read the complete guide for free.

Read the full playbook here: https://ai-q.in/how-to-write-seo-friendly-articles

Underdog channels = your unfair advantage:

— Less noise

— Higher response rates

— Faster authority-building

Find the quiet corners. Show up early.

#startups #leadgeneration #bootstrapping #founders #growth #buildinpublic

For the past two weeks, I've been working on a personal project to create a web app called Spendflow(https://spendflow.me).

The goal was to help me control my personal bill payments. I've always

managed this using a Google Drive Sheet, where I'd mark what I needed to

pay by the end of the month on a horizontal timeline, and update the

status. The reason for the horizontal timeline is that it gives me a

clear sense of what's coming up and a sense of continuity, so I don't

pay things out of order.

I'm a developer who loves to build things, but I'm terrible at

design and marketing. My problem has always been that I never share the

ideas I have. So, I decided to use AI to boost my productivity and

launch things faster. Here are the steps I've taken so far:

• I used Bolt.new to create the first version of the app.
• After my free credits ran out, I subscribed to Bolt to improve the design.
• I transferred everything to my GitHub and subscribed to Copilot (with VSCode).
• I integrated the backend with Supabase
• I enabled Magic Link and Google Auth via Supabase.
• I set up auth emails with Resend
• I created a Stripe account for the first time to handle payments.
• I used a new SaaS called BoostToad to get some feedback.
• I added Google Analytics for traffic analysis.
• I deployed the app on Vercel
• Now for the most important part: finding customers!

I've replaced my spreadsheet with the app and am using it myself. I

know there are improvements to be made, but I've decided not to invest

more time until I work on the marketing and figure out if other people

have a similar need.

I've seen many finance apps out there, but I have no intention of

evolving this into something that deals with investments, savings goals,

or similar features. I also don't know if anyone needs something this

simple, even though it's been useful for me.

I've learned a great deal in just two weeks. I've read plenty of Reddit

posts about not wasting time building something nobody will use, and I

Get that. But considering I had never used 90% of the technologies on

this list, I feel much more prepared to find a new idea and create my

next product.

Thanks for taking the time to read about my project. Any feedback

is welcome—feel free to reach out with a DM. I'd love to hear what you

think

LaunchDirectories has been getting so much traffic lately that I just maxed out my DataFast plan :)

I just added promotional emails to Huzzler and reminded myself why I use Laravel and why it beats the javascript ecosystem for so many tasks.

• Integrate with Resend in 3 mins
• Queue mails with rate limiting and auto retries
• Write templates in markdown and use variables from my models

Sure php is an "ugly" language and sure you can do the same in Next.js but you'd need 20 external dependencies and manage them all.

In Laravel, you also have (out of the box):

• Queue workers: background jobs
• Task scheduler: Cron jobs without touching crontab
• Mail system: Supports multiple drivers, markdown templates, queuing built in
• Built-in notification system: Email, sms, slack,.. whatever
• Eloquent ORM: Arguably the best ORM out there
• Authentication: social logins, 2FA,... you name it
• Database migrations

While most js devs are out there in dependency hell, Laravel developers are shipping features.

Hey Huzzler community!

After watching 1000+ of you launch here, I've started noticing a common pattern among SaaS launches:

Month 1-6: Build incredible product ✅

Month 7: Launch on Huzzler and get great feedback

Month 8: "No customers.. Maybe I need more features?" 🤔

Month 12: Still struggling with real customers... 😰

Here's the thing, almost everyone in this community can build. You're all incredibly talented.

We try posting on Product Hunt, tweeting, building in public... but our acutal customers are not browsing these sites. They're busy doing their jobs at companies.

That's why I'm building Customer Engine: a systematic approach to getting customers where you get exact daily tasks to get your first B2B customers.

Instead of: "What should I do today to get customers?"

You get: "Send 8 LinkedIn requests to marketing managers using template #3"

And you can actually see what's actually working for other founders (with real numbers).

Question for you guys: What's your biggest problem after launching your product? Is it getting the first real customers (who are not founders themselves)?

Would love your thoughts!

Waitlist: customerengine.co

I have around 1-2 years of experience. I want to build an Ai based react-web SEO optimizer, and I'm looking for co-founders in tech world.

Some of you on Huzzler may have seen these notifications pop up 👀

As of today, you can start earning $$$ in ad credits by posting helpful content on Huzzler 😎

Every day, our admins check for content that genuinely helps other founders and reward generously!

Hello Huzzler, nice to meet you all! 

I’m the CEO and co-founder of TTP.TODAY, a cyber threat intelligence provider based in the UK.  We are a self-funded operation, rejecting investor interest as we are very passionate about growing the service and company ourselves,

Collectively, our team has over 15 years of experience across cybersecurity fields, including malware research, attack analysis, OSCP-certified penetration testing, and darknet intelligence operations.

We also run a live darknet leak checker at https://leak-check.net, where you can freely see what data sources are available - or sign up for full domain and data access.  

Eight months ago, we launched LeaksAPI, a darknet data checker that provides easy access to a wealth of data (over 1,300 leaked databases and 400 million malware logs) sourced from darknet data brokers and private intelligence networks.  

Today, we support 400+ users and handle over 1 million requests per day, served through geographically distributed AWS load-balancing.  

I’m excited to connect with other founders here. I also wanted to share my top two lessons from the past eight months for anyone on the same journey:  

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1. Verify your value proposition with real users  

Believe in yourself, but be patient - real value sells itself, even if slowly.  

KEEP COSTS LOW UNTIL PEOPLE PAY REAL $. KEEP. COSTS. LOW.

Find a real user to demo their need, even if it’s free. Too many people spend months building an app nobody wants. It should be the opposite: start with the need.  

Our first and only huge client fell through while we were waiting for the invoice to be paid - they had a security breach and froze all new supplier onboarding.

It was disappointing and scary.

After three months of work, bills had to be paid and we were excited to cross the finish line before it all fell through, but we realized they weren’t the only fish in the sea.

We found new traffic sources and clients over time.

Their feedback was still extremely valuable in helping us understand real-world requirements.  Their loss didn't change a thing.

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2. 10% of users will cause 90% of the problems/work - respect yourself and your boundaries  

This includes people begging for discounts, extra features, or credits. Don’t be afraid to set minimum price points and turn down business where appropriate.  

Early on, we had a client sending malformed API requests that ruined our 100% error score.

They ignored three contact attempts across multiple methods, so we blocked their access for the sake of service quality.

This risked losing a $99/month customer, but it was worth it for our long-term reputation. After blocking, they finally reached out and we resolved their issue and saved our reputation score.  

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Thanks if you made it this far!

If you’d like a free trial of the API, drop a comment below and we’ll set it up.  

Crabclear just 5 days after listing on launch directories