Hey everyone. Many users requested to be able to login so I've added a "Login with Google option". You may now also change your username (max 1 time per month) and we've significantly improved the layout of posts. Let me know if something doesn't work properly.

Thanks guys!

Let me introduce you to Groop, a product I've built out of pure frustration. Every time I wanted to meet with friends or plan a holiday it was a hassle of constant back-and-forth messaging to check who was available when.

That's why I created Groop, a simple and free solution. It works like this

• Go to groop.cc
• Create a Groop (Eg. summer holiday 2025)
• Send the link to friends
• Everyone can select available dates on a calendar
• The dates when everyone is available are highlighted in green

It doesn't get more simpler than this. No account creation required. No more back-and-forth-messaging.

Check it out: groop.cc

Hey everyone 👋 For those interested, we've added new advertising options ranging from 1,659 up to 7,458 weekly impressions.

Only until April 30th , we're doing a sale were you get 25 bonus ad credits per 100 credits purchased️

Advertising options: huzzler.so/advertise/options-pricing

Upcoming features for Huzzler

Now that the development on the advertising system is done, we're focusing on making Huzzler the best platform for founders. Here is a list of a couple of the planned features we have:

• Automatically add your product to "alternative to" so people can find your products through SEO
• Be able to save / bookmark valuable posts in folders
• Accountability system where you can define goals and celebrate milestones with the community weekly (you will be held accountable by the community) 😉
• A problem/solution directory where users can submit real world problems they have. This will provide Huzzler users with a list of already validated product ideas. You'll also be able to notify the user who posted the problem when your app is ready, that way you already have a paying customer ready.
• Gamification: have a level and xp. Increase your level by contributing in the community
• Referral system: gain advertising credits by referring people to Huzzler
• OAuth, login with Google
• Embeddable badges for the launch Arena
• Be able to link a product with a showcase
• Better filtering / sorting in product pages (filter by category, sort by date,..)
• Coming soon tab: all projects that are soon to be relelased
• Previous launch arena winners pages
• .... and many more features

Let me know if you'd like to see other features as well 😁

Thanks for reading guys!

Hey everyone! Today I've added embeddable badges. All products listed on Huzzler have received an embeddable badge, feel free to add this badge to your website 😁

You can now also win gold, silver and bronze badges in the launch arena.

When I started Huzzler, I dreamed of creating the community I wished existed when I began my founder journey. A place where we could share work, get genuine (and honest!) feedback, and actually find customers.

Thanks to each of you early members, that dream is becoming reality. Every conversation, every post has shaped what we're building together.

I've been getting lots of feedback from you guys. Most people want ways to stand out, build trust, and find real customers. That's why I'm excited (and a bit nervous!) to share what I've been working on:

Introducing Huzzler Black – a lifetime membership for creators and founders who want their products to truly shine:

• Your products will visually stand out on all listing pages
• A verified checkmark builds immediate trust with visitors
• Lifetime dofollow backlinks for all your products to boost your SEO rankings
• Your #showcase posts featured directly on our homepage

For early supporters only: Anyone joining now locks in today's price forever and gets all future premium features at no extra cost – including our upcoming database of 1000+ real-world problems, customer acquisition engine, and more. Right now, Huzzler black is available as a one-time purhcase with lifetime access for only $29 (price will increase with each feature we add).

The real-world problem database will be the best feature of all (I think). As I know lots of you struggle with finding a real problem to solve. It kinda looks like everything has been solved already. Being able to browse thousands of real world user problems with customers who are ready to pay will be of tremendous value. And you'll be able to notify them when your solution is ready.

I'm building Huzzler to be the resource I wished existed when starting out. This is my thank you to those who believe in us early.

See details of Huzzler Black: https://huzzler.so/black-pricing

What features would help you most as a founder?

Made a typo or need to update your product logo? It's now possible to edit your product on Huzzler. You can do so using the "Edit Product" button at the bottom of your product page.

Some of you requested functionality to be able to comment on product pages, so we've added it to Huzzler 🥳

In addition to the product comments, we've also improved profile pages. Your products are now directly visible on your profile without having to click on the 'products' tab.

It's now also possible to delete your posts or products.

Thanks for the feedback everyone! Keep building 💪

I've been building my SaaS for 129 days. Here's a NO-BS list of mistakes I made (and lessons I learned)

1. Prepare legal ground

Have an LLC or some other legal entity so you can collect payments and bypass limitations you'll most definitely run into, if not on this SaaS, then on the next one.

I didn't think about it until I faced APIs such as Meta API or Stripe which required a legal entity. You can always open an LLC remotely in USA, there are many companies that provide this service. It will typically cost you around $500. If you want recommendation on a service I used, DM me.

2. Analyze the market and your competitors before committing your resources

I didn't analyze the market properly. I looked at 4-5 big competitors and their features and that was it. As I kept building, I encountered more and more competition in the space, and it wasn't until the 4th month that I fully realized how crowded this space really is.

To be fair, I didn't know how to do proper research.

If I were starting over, here's what I'd do:

1. Go to AlternativeTo
2. Search your top 5-6 competitors
3. Compile all their alternatives into a table

Here you go, this is your competition. It will include big names as well as small indie hackers like yourself. Study them and figure out where you fit.

If you still want to continue, move on.

3. Select a dead domain name

I was careless with my first name. At the end of 3rd month I had to bite the bullet and spend a few days to re-brand everything, and to start the SEO game from scratch.

Make sure the name you're selecting is a dead name. Nothing significant should appear on Google. Make sure the social media handles for this name are available. Make sure there are no other services, especially in the same niche, that have a very similar name.

Brainstorm the name with ChatGPT. Brainstorm the name with friends. It's easy to get attached and get biased toward a name. You need 3rd party view on this.

4. Start with a Waitlist

Setup simple UTM and Referral tracking.

Ask for the name so later you can make the emails more personalized.

Bare minimum for your waitlist: target audience, feature list, "how it works", and FAQ.

You can start with just text. When you have something to show, put a screenshot/video there.

Add "Welcome" email to the waitlist. As such, you 1) warm up the mailbox and 2) you can see if any emails bounced.

Promote the waitlist on reddit/linkedin/X. Best source for me was Reddit. You can promote even on subreddits which do not allow promotion, if you do it smart. I made some posts on subreddits without including a link to the waitlist, and people reached out to me via DMs asking for a link.

5. ENGAGE WITH YOUR WAITLIST

Seriously, just do it. Those people signed up. Every week you make something new, you can share it with them. Send a biweekly update on the progress.

I kept silent for 2.5 months before I engaged the waitlist. And when I finally did, what happened? Crickets...

6. Choose proven stack

Put your ego aside. Seriously. Just choose what works.

I spent so much time simply because my stack was not optimal. In particular, Vue and Nuxt, which I use, are great frameworks, but they lack in community.

7. Choose an SSR framework for landing page

This one may be obvious to some, but it cost me a week separating my landing page from the app so I can get SEO benefits. Don't be me.

8. Choose proven hosting

I spent several days to relocate my backend from fly.io to render.com because fly.io turned out to be ridiculously slow.

9. Start the SEO game early

Warm up your domain authority. Spend a few days to submit your Waitlist/MVP into directories. Write/generate SEO friendly high quality articles. Optimize your landing and blog page for SEO.

There is absolutely no reason to not invest a few 2-3 days into it early on unless you're still in the experimentation phase.

10. Once your MVP is out, you will get at least a few regular users. Engage with them

Listen to what your users say. Engage with them. Ask how they are doing. Ask for improvement ideas. Ask for feedback. Check up on them from time to time. You first 5 users are very important. When you fully release, consider leaving them as free users. They will become your cheerleaders.

11. Do not code. Instead, PLAN

Think like an architect. Only code to validate hypotheses or prove something works, but once it does, don't rush into building the full ap. Pause. Design first.

Look, these days AI writes 80% of the code. But it doesn't know your vision. If you don't plan the big picture, you'll end up refactoring endlessly.

Start with your data model. Seriously, I spent weeks reworking mine. And I've had plenty of smaller refactors that could have been avoided had I put more thoughts into planning.

Think. Plan. Then build.

12. Do not waste time on UI

Just accept that your MVP UI does not matter. When the time is right, you will change it anyway. Don't spend time on the UI on the first version of the app. Just make it simple and clean, but don't overdo it.

13. Look for out of box solutions when possible

I spent 5 days developing custom billing portal only to find out that Stripe provides it out of box. It took me less than 2 hours to integrate the OOB one.

14. Simplify, simplify, simplify

Can't emphasize this enough. I know this is hard. Your backlog will grow. You'll have more and more ideas. But you have to stay razor sharp. Focus on one specific problem. Whenever you can, look for short cuts.

80% of time the right decision to whatever dilemma you're having is to simplify.

If this helped you — let me know what resonated.

Or tell me what you wish you knew before launching 🚀

Thank you for reading.

You may now bookmark posts on Huzzler! You can find your bookmarks in the top right corner when pressing you profile picture 🥳

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Hey everyone 👋

I decided to try out this new platform and tbh I really am loving it. The UI and the experience is pretty good.

Also Let's connect together 😁

Hi everyone, I am new to this community and I hope I will be able to be as helpful as possible.

I have vast experience starting up and scaling SaaS companies, from an founder and operator perspective as well as a consultant. I have helped companies like Dropbox, DeepL, Lambda Labs, SpaceX, and many more.

So, if I can help with any questions, problems, challenges, etc... you might be facing in your GTM strategies, do not hesitate to tag me in your post or reach out.

I am also in the very early stages of building a service (#startupidea), I'll share more about it later on.

From the image below, it seems vibe coders have a long way to go before they can actually make safe and secure products.

"Even products from top devs get hacked too," yes, but they usually do know how to go around it.

The best way to prevent getting hacked include:

1. Familiarising yourself with the workings of your framework, programming language, libraries, etc.

2. Always use HTTPS everywhere!

3. Always hash passwords!

4. Use env. variables for api keys, passwords, client IDs.

5. Make sure you run your logs, so you can use them for forensic investigations if a security breach happens.

6. Use prompts such as 'Undertake a full review of any risks associated with exposing personal identifiable information to a malicious actor. Investigate, explain, resolve.' while vibe coding.

Please feel free to add any other pieces of advice.

Hello everyone! For those who had trouble submitting their projects to the launch arena, all is fixed now.

Today is the last submission day for this weeks launch arena. Make sure to submit your project to the Launch Arena!

The best projects win a (beautiful) badge and are pinned for a full week at the top of the page.

Good luck everyone! 😁

I’ll start by apologizing for the title — I swear it wasn’t supposed to be one of those "you won't believe what happened when I drank vinegar and cinnamon" type of headlines (does anyone else get bombarded by those insane ads?). 😅

Two months ago, I didn’t even know what GitHub was. Today, I’ve shipped 3 real apps:

1. 🤑 WillTheyConvert
2. 💣 BoomHabits
3. 🌴 DubaiDiscoverer

They’re not perfect. They’re not profitable. But they prove ONE IMPORTANT THING: Anyone can start building.

Back then, I had zero technical skills. GitHub, npm install, APIs — all sounded like magic to me. I didn’t buy courses or join bootcamps. Instead, I watched free YouTube videos.

My first project was BoomHabits.com — just another habit tracker. But not because the world needed one more habit tracker. Not to make money. But to LEARN. To finish something real. To prove to myself: "I can." And 3 days after launch? BoomHabits had 200+ users and even got a lot of love on Fazier (#3 Product of the Week)! For someone who didn’t even know what GitHub was weeks earlier, it felt unreal. 🔥

Next, I built WillTheyConvert.com — a tool to test startup ideas before wasting time and money. Fake landing pages. Fake pricing pages. Real data on what people actually want. It was smart, simple, and useful. And in just 3 days after launch, I had 70 registered users and 20 active flows.

Finally, I returned to a project I started a long time ago but abandoned: DubaiDiscoverer. It’s a full travel guide for Dubai, built completely by myself. Recently, I gave it a full redesign, and now I’m focusing on SEO.

But here’s the thing: The point of this post isn’t to show off. It’s to remind you of one simple fact:

If someone like me — literally starting from ZERO — can build and launch 3 real apps in just 2 months... You can too.

• You just have to START. 🏁
• Don’t wait to be "ready."
• Don’t wait until you "know everything."
• Start messy. Start clueless. Start afraid.

And hey — did I waste some money along the way?

Absolutely.

I had to pay for tools like Cursor or Lovable.

Was it a "bad investment"? You could say that.

But it wasn’t a waste — because thanks to that, I gained practical skills, real knowledge, and even real connections.

Today, I chat daily with several awesome people on X — exchanging ideas, helping each other grow. 🚀

I don’t regret a thing.

If I did it, you can do it too. ✨

I saw another post about security in the community, and I felt like adding a few more points because let’s be real, you can never have enough security 😅

With the rise of "vibe coding" and rapid prototyping, the security aspect often gets left behind. But if you're shipping something users will interact with, it's worth taking a moment to lock down the basics.

Here are some simple principles to help keep you and your users safe (or at least safer):

1. Always sanitize and validate user input

Never trust input coming from the user.

Yes, many modern frameworks have built-in protections, but adding your own validation layer ensures nothing weird slips through. It’s better to be safe than sorry.

2. Encrypt all traffic using HTTPS

Ensure all communication between your users and your server is encrypted using HTTPS.

You can do this by obtaining an SSL certificate many hosting providers offer it for free by default. Unencrypted traffic can expose sensitive information, making HTTPS a basic but essential layer of security.

3. Hash passwords properly

Passwords should never be stored in plain text under any circumstances.

Use strong, modern hashing algorithms such as bcrypt or Argon2, and ensure that each password is salted before hashing. Older algorithms like MD5 or SHA1 are no longer considered secure and should be avoided entirely. Proper hashing significantly reduces the risk of password leaks being easily exploited.

4. Log smartly

Logging is great for debugging and tracing bugs/security issues but be smart about what you log.

Never store sensitive info like tokens, passwords, or anything a bad actor could use to impersonate someone.

Security doesn’t have to be overwhelming, but it does have to be intentional.

Even small improvements go a long way especially when you start building for real users.

Got any other quick security tip?

Good luck all participating products!

Make sure to vote on your favorite ones in the Launch Arena

Voting ends on Sunday 🌞

Hey everyone, this is just a kindly reminder that you get $10 in advertising credits per friend you refer to Huzzler. At the time of writing, it costs $26 in credits to advertise your product on Huzzler and generate about ~2000 impressions.

How to refer a friend? Simply copy your referral link and send it to a friend, share it on X,..

Advertising credits can be spent here

Have an amazing day everyone!

Hey, I’m Harvansh. I’m here to share the real, unfiltered journey behind Unrealshot AI. This isn’t a polished pitch—it’s a story of trial, learning, and the moments that changed everything.

Back in 2022, I started out blogging about AI. My WordPress site looked more like a digital mishmash than a professional platform, all thanks to free YouTube tutorials and a lot of DIY spirit. With no budget to hire professionals, I had to become the talent myself—even if it meant patching things together with whatever I had.

In 2023, I dove into building websites for small business owners. I was not only designing and coding but also experimenting with emerging AI tools. I used platforms like ChatGPT and Claude to speed up development, learning on the job and gradually refining my skills in both design and functionality.

Then something transformative happened. Tools like v0, Claude, and ChatGPT weren’t just assistants—they became an extension of my own creativity. I began outsourcing my brain to AI. Instead of starting every project from scratch, these tools handled the heavy lifting, allowing me to focus on what mattered: the vision.

I built countless web apps using these AI tools, each one teaching me new ways to streamline processes and push creative boundaries. This was more than just efficiency—it was a paradigm shift in how I worked and created.

In October ’24, with a solid foundation built on real-world experience and a powerful toolkit of AI, I launched Unrealshot AI. The goal was simple yet ambitious: to create an AI photoshoot generator that’s actually useful.

Unrealshot AI isn’t about canned templates or generic styles. It’s a tool that lets you generate images that capture your true self. By blending my years of photography with the precision of AI, Unrealshot AI offers a way to produce natural, personalized photos that work for both casual use and professional needs.

• Personal Touch: It all started with my own journey in photography and web design. Every feature in Unrealshot AI is designed to reflect that hands-on experience.
• AI-Powered Efficiency: Using advanced AI tools meant that I could focus on creativity while the tech handled the rest.
• Real Results: Unlike other photo generators that produce over-processed images, Unrealshot AI is all about authenticity—capturing genuine expressions and natural lighting.

This journey is far from over. I’m constantly refining Unrealshot AI, listening to user feedback, and exploring new ways to blend art with technology. If you’re curious about how this all works or want to try out a tool that truly understands you, I invite you to check out Unrealshot AI.

Thanks for reading my story—every step of this journey has been about finding real, useful solutions, and I’m excited to see where AI takes us next.

Hi all

someone on Reddit referred me to this platform. Please delete if not allowed but I wonder why we should use Huzzler instead of Reddit as it look exactly the same?

Took me 3 failed products to learn this: nobody cares how amazing your code is if they don't need what you built.

My worst flop? Spent 4 months creating this "revolutionary" project management tool. Added every feature I thought was cool. Launch day: 2 upvotes on PH and my mom saying it looked nice 😂

What finally worked?

Actually talking to people FIRST. Literally joined Discord servers where developers complained about their problems, then built the simplest possible solution to ONE specific pain point.

My current SaaS has actual paying customers because I finally stopped acting like some coding hermit and started understanding what people actually needed before building it.

Turns out marketing isn't evil - it's just listening before coding.

Just wrapped up a full migration of my site (DubaiDiscoverer.com) to Next.js — after learning the hard way that my old setup was tanking my SEO.

Originally, I built the site using Lovable. It used Vite + React under the hood, and honestly, the development experience was fast and easy. Great if you’re in MVP mode.

But… over time I noticed something off: the site wasn’t indexing well on Google. I had all the basics covered — sitemap, robots.txt, meta tags via react-helmet (which I confirmed were implemented) — but SEO tools were still showing blank pages. And more importantly, Googlebot wasn’t reliably seeing the site’s actual content.

The problem? Lovable-generated projects don’t render text into the final HTML. Without server-side rendering (SSR), the content isn’t present in the initial page load — so search engines can’t see it. No SSR = no crawlable content = no search visibility.

While Google Search Console sometimes managed to pick up content after rendering, most SEO tools - and probably Googlebot most of the time - just saw empty pages.

This was a huge surprise. I assumed any tool building “production-ready” sites would at least account for basic SEO fundamentals. But clearly, SSR isn't built into Lovable’s output, and it’s not something they highlight as a limitation either.

If you’re building anything that depends on organic traffic - a blog, content site, business site — this is a dealbreaker. It’s honestly surprising more people aren’t talking about it.

Switched to Next.js with SSR/static generation, and everything works as it should now — content is properly rendered, indexed, and showing up in search.

Hope this helps someone avoid the same pitfall. AI tools like Lovable are impressive, but make sure you know what’s going on under the hood if SEO matters to you.

You can see also before/after google crawler simulator results (screenshot 2 and 3)

I kinda new here and I'm really liking the space, it's like #buildinpublic twitter but it's not toxic 😂

I’ve been facing some serious challenges with SEO and indexing on DubaiDiscoverer.com. Despite having a fully developed site with both frontend, backend, and a working database, Google crawlers couldn’t read it properly. It’s been super frustrating, especially since I’ve tried several solutions.

I started by adding Helmet to handle SEO, but that didn’t solve the problem. Then, I spent 4 hours trying to implement Server-Side Rendering (SSR), but it still didn’t work. Honestly, it’s pretty surprising that Replit, Lovable, and Bolt.new haven’t provided a solid solution for this.

So, after a lot of back and forth, I’ve decided to fully migrate DubaiDiscoverer.com to Next.js. I’m hoping this will finally resolve the SEO issues and make Google indexing work properly. I’ll keep you posted in the coming days on how it goes and what results I get (fingers crossed that the transition to Next.js leads to better results!)

Anyone else dealt with similar challenges? Would love to hear your experiences and insights.

First 48-hour update! 🚀

Since launching WillTheyConvert.com - here’s what happened:

✅ 112 votes on fazier.com (top-voted yesterday!)

✅ 60+ signups, users created 24 tests

✅ 461 new users (Google Analytics)

✅ 1 newsletter subscriber (thank you! 💌)

✅ 6 DMs asking about the project

Huge thanks for the support and feedback! What’s next? More updates soon.

Hey everyone 👋 For those interested, we've added new advertising options ranging from 1,659 up to 7,458 weekly impressions.

Only until April 30th , we're doing a sale were you get 25 bonus ad credits per 100 credits purchased️

Advertising options: huzzler.so/advertise/options-pricing

Upcoming features for Huzzler

Now that the development on the advertising system is done, we're focusing on making Huzzler the best platform for founders. Here is a list of a couple of the planned features we have:

• Automatically add your product to "alternative to" so people can find your products through SEO
• Be able to save / bookmark valuable posts in folders
• Accountability system where you can define goals and celebrate milestones with the community weekly (you will be held accountable by the community) 😉
• A problem/solution directory where users can submit real world problems they have. This will provide Huzzler users with a list of already validated product ideas. You'll also be able to notify the user who posted the problem when your app is ready, that way you already have a paying customer ready.
• Gamification: have a level and xp. Increase your level by contributing in the community
• Referral system: gain advertising credits by referring people to Huzzler
• OAuth, login with Google
• Embeddable badges for the launch Arena
• Be able to link a product with a showcase
• Better filtering / sorting in product pages (filter by category, sort by date,..)
• Coming soon tab: all projects that are soon to be relelased
• Previous launch arena winners pages
• .... and many more features

Let me know if you'd like to see other features as well 😁

Thanks for reading guys!

Hey folks!

After spending way too much time working 9-5, last year I've decided to branch on my own and launch my own web agency. Currently it's only me, but I am doing okay, since I have very strict working policies (limit number of customers, don't take every project, have a price, etc.)

It's been a very fun ride, the only thing I'd wish I do differently is to invest in better marketing, don't accept so many NDA-bound gigs (for some reason, companies are really afraid people will know they use consultants. Who cares?) and got a different name. It's really hard to pronounce for some :)

Long story short, if you need a website that isn't just another WordPress with customizable theme, but something handcrafted and handcoded, I'm your guy!

Buszewski.com

Hey everyone! Today I've rewritten the entire image uploading codebase and you can now upload gifs as well. Issues with duplicate photo uploads should now also be fixed.

The Launch Arena for this week has begun! Make sure to vote on your favorite products.

Creating a product yourself? Make sure to submit it to the launch arena

Good luck to all participants!

- attending calls on time  

- smiling when you greet them  

- saying their name  

- treating them as important  

- following up  

- researching them ahead of time  

- responding quickly  

- listening more than you talk  

but make a world of difference.

I'm curious to know how much time you guys spend on building your side projects.

1. Are people talking about the problem or looking for a solution on social media?

2. Will people pay to solve this problem?

3. Who will be our primary customer?

4. Can we develop a solution that addresses the core problem within 2-3 days?

5. Will this solution add value either by saving time or money for the user?

6. How will we reach our primary customers to collect feedback and get 10 sales?

7. How will we collect testimonials from early adopters?

8. How can we bring 1,000+ users to our website?

9. What data do we need to track to gain insights?

You clock out, you’re exhausted, and yet you still want to work on your own thing.

Maybe it’s a startup, a product, a course, whatever.

But most side projects fade out after the initial hype.

People get tired. Life gets in the way. Consistency fades.

So for those of you still doing the 9–5 (or worse, shift work):

How do you actually make progress without burning out or losing motivation?

What habits, mindset shifts, or setups helped you stick with it long enough to see results?

Would love to hear what’s actually worked for people here.

Hey everyone!

We are very excited to announce that you can now install Huzzler on your mobile device and receive push notifications. We have opted to use a PWA instead of a native app as we plan on shipping as many features in the coming weeks (problem / solution directory, accountability, marketing guides..).

To install the app: Simply visit the Huzzler homepage on a mobile device. A popup will appear with instructions on how to install the app. Cheers and let me know if you have any feedback 😁

Thanks!

Me and my co-founder took a few days off work.

Not for a vacation.

But for a 4-day marathon to try and finish our first SaaS.

Any tips to survive the grind?