Wondering where are places I can look for a mobile dev partner for an existing app I am working on.

For context I created a platform that is growing and need to start thinking about a native mobile experience since it's a niche social network.

Any recommendations would help!

I recently built LaunchIgniter — a platform to help makers and startups get early visibility — and decided to go the full self-hosted route. It turned out to be way more manageable and cost-effective than I expected.

Here’s the full stack, self-hosted on a $6/month VPS:

• Coolify: Handles deployment. Think of it as a self-hosted alternative to Render or Heroku. Simple Git-based deployments, Docker support, and reliable.
• MongoDB: Self-hosted with backups configured. For many projects, you don’t need a managed database unless you scale beyond reason.
• Umami: Lightweight, privacy-friendly analytics. Does the job without any page bloat or third-party tracking.
• Node.js (backend) and Next.js (Frontend) — kept things lean and efficient.

Why go this route?

A lot of devs and indie hackers start reaching for managed services, which are great — but not always necessary in the early days. You can easily rack up $100–200/month in services before you even have traffic. At MVP stage, that’s overkill.

This $6/month VPS has been handling 200+ daily users with no hiccups. Page loads are fast, the server rarely touches high CPU usage, and it gives me full control.

Key Takeaways

• Start simple. The goal at MVP stage is validation, not scaling.
• Self-hosting isn't as hard as it sounds. Tools like Coolify make deployment feel effortless.
• Every dollar saved is runway earned. Especially if you're bootstrapping or testing multiple ideas.
• Privacy & control matter. Hosting your own analytics or database means no hidden costs or data-sharing surprises.

Building and launching something on your own terms — without waiting, overthinking, or overspending — is incredibly freeing.

If you're working on something and want a push to launch, I created LaunchIgniter exactly for that. Just submit your product and get it in front of early users. No noise, no gimmicks — just momentum.

Happy shipping!

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How i run a lean saas in 2025 without losing my mind:

- i don’t do paid ads, cold dms, or chase trends. i let distribution work for me. here's how

- added a public roadmap with feature requests via jotform + notion. users like voting on what matters. gives them a reason to share with others too

- i built SEO pages that don’t feel like SEO pages. used simple questions as page titles like "how do i solve x without doing y". wrote answers like a human, not a blogger

- then i post those q&a answers in reddit comments, indiehackers, and quora. no links. just useful answers. people google the question and land on my page anyway

- embedded chat on every page (via typedream’s chat widget) with one question: "what’s missing here?" got free feedback and content ideas daily

- joined 2 niche slack communities with actual builders. didn’t pitch anything. just posted updates of what i was working on. people asked to try it

- i automated onboarding emails using buttondown and kept them super short. no HTML. just "here’s what most users do next" and a link

- every month i post revenue breakdowns even if it sucks. transparency builds followers. followers turn into users. users bring more users

- when i feel burnt out, i just ship smaller features. i don't grind harder. momentum beats scale

- people underestimate how much you can grow by just being consistent and useful for 12 months straight. that’s it. no viral hack. just not quitting

if you're solo in 2025, your biggest edge is not trying to look big. just be real, show work, and ship stuff that works

PS. building something good? if you want honest feedback that actually helps, i'm here. ZeroToCustomers.com - get all kinds of help you need to get traction and scale faster.

Im quite new to coding and are soon going to launch my website that I vibe coded into something amazing.

1. Where to host and how does it work?
2. How does it work if I need to post articles or run scripts in the code?

As part of your project, do you think including this for MVP is important and users expect it?

If so, what system do you use? Own form? Third-party tool? Nothing?

I can see Huzzler uses featurebase.app but it also has a roadmap, which you need to keep updated also.

Thanks!

Huzzler's UI is awesome. Just trying it out. I just hate this 50 Character limitttttttt

Hey, random share from me today.

I’m the kind of person who’s always finding cool stuff online — articles, news, interesting blog posts and I love sharing them in FB groups, Reddit threads, or group chats.

But here’s what started bugging me: every time I drop a link, I’m basically sending people straight to someone else’s site. It’s great for sharing value, but I started thinking… is there a way I could also benefit a bit from all these clicks, without having to write my own blog or make my own content?

So here’s what I tried:

I built this little tool that takes any link I want to share and wraps it in a new link. When people click it, they still see the original page (the article, news piece, or blog post), but there’s a small popup or a banner with my own CTA — like “Check out my website” or “Subscribe to my newsletter.”

Basically, it lets me keep sharing cool content as usual, but also gently invite people to visit my own page, drop their email, or do whatever I want them to do.

And it’s not just about email popups. For example, my friend sells solar panels, and he recently shared a news article about rising electricity prices — but he used my tool to add a CTA leading people to his solar business website. So it’s super flexible.

Sometimes you don’t have the time (or the desire) to create your own articles or blog posts, but you still want to share valuable stuff and get some visibility in return. This kind of solves that.

Here’s a random example I made with a Wikipedia page about Elon Musk:👉 https://poplink.to/l/2s3fj3

I dropped that into some Facebook groups, and within an hour, people were not only reading the page but also checking out my own link. That felt like a small win because I didn’t have to create any original content, yet I still got extra eyeballs on my stuff.

It’s definitely not perfect yet. It’s totally free right now because it’s still in beta. Some sites block it, and I’m working on ways around that (I’ve got some ideas but need time to implement them). But overall, it’s been surprisingly fun to play with.

Anyway, just wanted to share in case anyone else here has ever felt like they’re sending free traffic to other people’s sites all the time — maybe this is a way to get something back from it. Curious if anyone else has tried similar hacks or tools?

https://poplink.to/

I’m Mohd Anas, and I’m working on BruhGrow Tools, a set of super useful web tools that stick to the basics—no weird, confusing stuff here!

We’re keeping BruhGrow simple, clean, and easy to use, so you can jump in and get what you need without any hassle. The tools are designed to give you quick, spot-on results based on what you put in.

Right now, we’ve got 24+ awesome web tools ready to help you out.Most Used tools as Developer : Token Price Checker, Post Enhancer, Open Graph, PDF Into N Pages, SVG Icons, QR Code Generator, Password Generator, Flowchart Generator, Image Processor and Vectorizer, SVG Editor, Qolor Palettes, Sorter Extension

Youtube Based tools : Hashtag Generator, Description Generator, Thumbnail Generator, Transcript Getter, Keyword Title Generator, Title Rewriter

Learning Based Helping tools : Code Review, Daily Challenges, Project Ideas, Roadmap, Resources

Thanks for taking the time to read and check out BruhGrow Tools. The goal of this post is to gather feedback from experts and experienced folks like you: )

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!

(for solo founders who actually care)

- stop writing for "keywords" like it's 2015. instead, write for 'questions people ask inside communities'. i search reddit and slack threads and answer them better than anyone else. that's it.

- use tools like alsoasked .com and detailed .com to find what’s missing in top pages. don’t copy. find the gaps. google ranks “fresh angles” now because ai spam is drowning search.

- write in plain english. kill the structure. stop writing like a robot. the more your stuff sounds like how people talk, the more google trusts it’s real.

- give actual data or firsthand experiences. i once ranked a 300-word answer that just walked through what i did with screenshots. no intro, no outro. just value.

- every page should have one job. not five. pick a single intent and go deep. google is rewarding this because ai content usually tries to cover everything surface-level.

- write fast, publish faster. i treat content like testing startup ideas. if it doesn’t get impressions in 3 weeks, i kill or rework it. no point clinging to dead pages.

- don’t waste time chasing backlinks from random blogs. write content that actually helps people, drop it in places where people are already asking, and let it spread naturally.

- bonus trick: google your competitor + “pdf” or “filetype:pdf” and you’ll find docs they’ve written and hidden. i use these to find keywords and copy structures that already work.

this works. it’s what i do. no fluff, no outreach, no ads.

just show up where people look for answers and be better than the lazy ai spam clogging up the feed.

PS. I help founders rank higher on AI search. Get AI SEO report for your site at LM-SEO.com if you are trying to improve your ranking.

45 days ago, I signed up for a crazy accelerator where I had to develop a fully functional mobile app in 45 days.

I usually work on web apps, so I thought it would be the same thing.

Whoo boy! Was I wrong? Mobile app dev is a different ball game altogether! At first, I tried to make it all alone (+ Cursor), and it was tough and grueling, learning as I went.

Then, my school decided to move up my examinations, and I had to bring in a friend. Together, we built this app; Aesculai from scratch.

Aesculai is a medical learning app that offers AI-assisted medical simulation and learning for Pros & Students, helping streamline medical practice and learning.

The app is finally out on the playstore, and it would mean the world to me if you all checked it out and offered your honest review and feedback.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aesculai.app

Thank you.

This is a comprehensive video that covers 5 ways (local and cloud based) to host n8n.

1. npm
2. docker
3. render
4. railway
5. digital ocean

I learned a lot making this video. Now I can save my clients' money. I am sure they will appreciate it !

Greetings everyone,

I have a few different sidestreams and I am currently using n8n at the core of my work from YouTube, Gumroad, to client work.

I find June's revenue to be a validation once again, especially for those interested in appearing in AI Search ($84 out of $110)

It helped me quite a lot that I my YouTube channel has grown. I added 83 subs. The video that helped me out the most was my n8n automation for creating Veo3 videos.

Keep making.

Hey everyone!

My co-founder and I just opened up early access to Trackthemetric, a lightweight, privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics. It gives you useful insights without the complexity or creepy tracking. 

We're building this as a tiny team of two and looking for early users to help us test it, share feedback, and shape what it becomes. The most important website analytics are ready but we're constantly moving and are currently adding AI-powered data analysis and payment provider integrations.

If you're running a site or a project and want to know how people are using your website, we’d love to hear what you think and if there is anything missing. No pressure to be nice, honest feedback helps us most!

You can start your free trial here: https://app.trackthemetric.com/sign-up

Happy to answer any questions or thoughts below too!

Thanks 🙏

Jonathan

Hi everyone.

I am looking to create a group with everyone who already build or building something. We can share ideas and collaborate so everyone can win.

The group will be limited and have verified people.

If you are interested hit me up in my telegram with the product you build or you are planning to build.

Let's all create amazing things together.

- most people treat their mvp like a product. it's not. it's a test.  

- if you're building before validating demand, you're guessing. and guessing adds 3-6 months of wasted time minimum  

- mvp doesn't mean "code something fast" - it means "test an offer with real users fast"

Here's what actually works in 2025 if you're a solo founder:

- skip landing pages unless you already have traffic. instead, use a pinned tweet or a google form. quicker. easier to iterate.

- don't touch no-code tools until you've had at least 20 convos or email replies from people saying "i want this now"

- use reddit search + search operators like: site:reddit .com "looking for [your solution]" - that's free customer research

- steal phrases from reddit comments or amazon reviews and use them in your offer copy. it converts better than anything you’ll write

- build your waitlist manually. dm everyone who liked your idea post. not with "buy now" spam - ask what problem they actually have

- treat x (twitter) like a search engine. post your mvp concept + what you’re testing. people will tell you what’s broken in minutes

- post daily. not to go viral. but to gather signal. what hits? what flops? you're not building a product, you're refining a problem.

bonus tip: search your mvp idea on tiktok comments. tons of people explain exactly what they want in plain language. steal that.

Raw truth: no one cares what you're building. they care if it solves something that already bothers them.

validate the problem. validate the willingness to pay. then build.

PS. I give honest feedback about your product/idea so you don’t waste time, money, or effort - get any kind of help you need at ZeroToCustomers .com

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!

I’m 14 and have been coding for about a year now.

I love building real apps that solve problems — I made a book review app (totally shit), a SIP calculator, and now… something I’m really proud of.

Spenlys — a personal finance app powered by AI that actually gives you advice based on how you spend. Not just charts. Real tips.

I built it to learn next.js and practice but I like it so much that I kept working on it.

I worked on it for 2–3 months and finally launched it on Product Hunt.

Nothing happened.

No comments. No feedback. No upvotes.

It felt like shouting into the void.

I posted on Reddit - auto-removed.

On X - ignored.

On LinkedIn - 2 impressions.

Meanwhile, some chrome extension someone made in 6 hours was trending.

I thought: maybe my product isn’t good.

But honestly, I think I just don’t know how to reach people yet.

And that’s been the hardest part of all this - getting noticed when starting out.

Still, I’m proud.

I learned more in these 3 months than from any tutorial.

And I’m not giving up. I’ll keep building, keep launching, and someday I’ll figure this part out too.

- Don’t track everything. just track these 3: 

 - how many indexed pages you’ve got (google search console → pages → filter by “indexed”)

 - clicks & impressions from ai answers (google search console → performance → filter “search appearance” for ai overviews)

 - which urls get traffic from non-branded keywords (click performance → filter out your brand name)

- use gsc console bulk export (go to settings → turn on bigquery export)

 - now you get daily data without clicking 20 tabs like a robot

- Want ai results? use raw text. no fluff, no fancy visuals

 - ai overviews in search pull clean, direct answers

 - they don’t care about pretty formatting, just the info

 - if you write, write like you're explaining something in discord. clear and blunt.

- use a site:yourdomain .com search every 2 weeks

 - google hides your pages when it wants. this tells you what’s actually showing up

- Want distribution without blog posts or video? post short value drops on reddit, twitter, hacker news

 - link to your tool, landing, or how-to page

 - this still gets indexed + picked up by ai overviews

 - avoid self-promo vibe. just be helpful and blunt

- hot trick: set alerts using visualping dot io for ai answers on your main keywords

 - it checks if your site is showing up in ai overview boxes

 - not 100% reliable but better than sitting around guessing

- If you're using a static site (like with framer, webflow, or custom build), check log files

 - look for googlebot visits on new urls

 - if no visit in 7 days, something’s wrong with your internal linking

- don’t waste time on rank tracking tools. they lie half the time. use real traffic and query data.

- remember: AI seo isn't about ranking #1 anymore. it’s about getting cited in ai answers. that’s the game now.

do less. measure what matters. keep the loop small.

PS. want your site to rank on llms like perplexity, chatgpt, and grok? grab a free ai seo report at LM-SEO.com

publishing blogs makes zero sense for b2b startups.

all business dudes use ai for information.  

unless you got unique insight which is very very valuable, please don't bother with blogs.

create free tools instead.

ps: try lm-seo .com if you want to start ranking higher on chatgpt and other llms.

- i picked one problem i could solve well. no fancy niche, just something real. i made a landing page that looked clean and answered 3 things fast: what it is, who it’s for, and why it’s different.

- posted a plain text breakdown of it on linkedin + twitter. not "here’s my startup", but "here’s the problem, here’s what i built, here’s what i learned". no links in the post. just told the story. link in first comment.

- reused that same story but tweaked it for indie hackers, a relevant subreddit, and a few slack groups. didn’t copy-paste. rewrote it like i was talking directly to each group.

- picked 5 active discussions every week in places my users hang out. didn’t pitch. just dropped value, shared parts of what i learned while building, then naturally linked to it if it made sense. built trust first.

- every new lead that signed up? i checked where they came from and what pages they looked at. if 10 people came from a reddit post, i doubled down on that subreddit and posted again 2 weeks later with an update. same energy.

- made a searchable faq-style public doc with answers to questions users asked me over dm or email. google indexed it. now random long-tail queries are sending organic traffic.

- seo note: i didn’t chase big keywords. i targeted weirdly specific phrases people actually google when they’re desperate. example: “how to sell a chrome extension without a website”. that kind of stuff.

- this all takes consistency, not money. i spent 30 min a day max. some posts flopped. some blew up. but it stacks up. and 2 months later, leads still trickle in daily.

no secrets. just showing up in the right places with something useful and not sounding like a tool.

PS. founders waste months chasing irrelevant metrics. I help focus on what truly matters at ZeroToCustomers.com

So i recently made my first app Spenlys.com a ai powered personal finance app. But as you know ai is pretty expensive and getting initial users also kinda hard. So I made this approach - I lock some features behind a paywall (fake) when the users clicks the upgrade to premium, They get pro for free as a way of thanking for trying the app early and then I ask the user - "You got the premium for free would you have paid for it? " So I know if users are willing to pay for the features (validation) . I don't have enough data currently so I can't share it. I just want feedback if it's a good validation approach if you have already built the feature. What do you think?

- i only build stuff i can grow without cold dms or paid ads. if i can't get users by just posting online, it's dead to me.

- i watch what small creators or indie devs complain about in public. not big accounts. the smaller ones show real pain. check replies on x and producthunt comments.

- i hang out in niche reddit subs and discord servers, but i don’t post. i just watch what annoys people. pain is better than feature requests.

- i don’t look at what vcs are funding. i look at what solopreneurs are using to get unfair advantages. most are quiet about their stack. i pay attention to weird tool mentions on podcasts and small newsletters.

- i write fake landing pages and share them without saying it's mine. if people ask "where can i try this" or "is this real?" i keep going. if it dies, i kill the idea.

- if i can’t think of a clear distribution channel on day 1, i drop the idea. not "i’ll figure it out later". examples: growing via search (seo), x threads, indiehacker posts, webflow template sites, niche telegram groups.

- i search for keywords with low volume but high buying intent. like “free notion generator” or “convert csv to json tool”. you don’t need traffic. you need intent. most ideas don’t die from no users, they die from wrong users.

- the idea must feel like cheating. if it doesn’t feel like i’m giving someone an unfair shortcut, i won’t build it.

- i stalk appsumo, gumroad, f5hub, and newsletter directories for products that got 100+ upvotes/comments but no decent execution. it shows there’s interest, just bad delivery.

- if the first version can’t be built with 1 api and 1 nocode tool, i won’t start. speed > scope. get it out fast and ugly.

- if i can answer the question "who will share this without me asking them to?" i know i’m close.

- people don’t pay for “tools”. they pay to skip work or feel in control. i ask myself: does this idea do either?

that’s how i filter 100 ideas into 1 that doesn’t suck.

PS. I post recent SaaS and AI agent ideas making good money at ValidatedSaaS.com so you can skip the waitlists or validation phase, and get paying customers from day one.