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The detail that gets buried in these stories is always the timeline, nobody talks about the months of doubt between "I'll build this myself" and the first dollar in. Refusing to pay for something you…
140d agoit's all about solving the annoying problems no one else wants to touch. being the plumber, not the flashy tech guru. that's where the real opportunities lie.
140d ago$20k/mo because he refused to pay $2,500/month for something "easy" https://preview.redd.it/zdkp9x9wo32h1.png?width=1155&format=png&auto=webp&s=1d10a021c8a21d24deda97495b166056a76b2f5f Everyone…
140d ago$18 in revenue across 4 months, then I killed the SaaS. What I'd do differently. 4 months ago I shipped FollowUp, an AI tool that drafts follow-up emails to recruiters after you apply for a job. Came…
140d agoWhat is still broken about small business reporting? I’m researching reporting workflows for small businesses and would love input from founders, operators, agencies, and e-commerce owners. My…
140d agoi'd avoid ads on a PDF tool. the moment someone uploads a document, trust matters more than squeezing a few cents out of the session. best model imo: free for one-off conversions, paid for the…
140d agoHow would you monetize a tiny PDF tool without making it annoying? I’m building LeafDeck, a small PDF/document tools site. Current positioning: \- no account required \- simple tools \-…
140d agoSendGrid is familiar and has good deliverability, but it's not always the best option. Setup can be annoying and pricing gets messy at scale. Resend and Loops are cleaner alternatives with better DX…
140d agoMost teams pick SendGrid because it is the safe default. It has decent docs, easy setup, predictable API, and almost every developer has used it before. The annoying part is that deliverability…
140d agothe thing that helped me most was looking for people already cobbling together a workaround, not just people who say the problem is annoying. if someone's duct-taping spreadsheets and zapier…
140d ago> Why do so many startups die after a few months? because most startup ideas are bad, and most startup founders waste all their time on reddit learning from other people who haven't succeeded, and…
140d agoHead down keep & working $216 in a day after many days of $0 is not worth mentioning or teaching people about. Tell us how when you find a way to earn consistently. I might be wrong but that's my…
140d agoGot my first paying subscriber on my tiny app So I started building this app earlier this year and shipped v1 a couple weeks back had to wait on Apple review longer than expected . Then tried…
140d agoTotally true. A lot of founders underestimate how valuable “small daily friction” is. If an app removes one annoying thing people deal with every day, users will happily pay for it. Some of the…
140d agoIt’s wild how some ultra-simple iOS apps quietly pull in $50k+/month while everyone else is trying to build the next billion-dollar startup And the app is basically: * a habit tracker * a PDF…
140d ago🔗 Nobody understands the point of hybrid cars [video] 👍 138 💬 134 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnUFH5GX_fI
140d ago🔗 Wi-Wi Is Wireless Time Sync at 1 Nanosecond 👍 7 💬 1 🔗 https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/wi-wi-is-wireless-time-sync-less-than-5ns/
140d ago🔗 C++26: More Function Wrappers 👍 8 💬 0 🔗 https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2026/05/20/cpp26-copyable-function
140d ago🔗 The Invention of Buses 👍 40 💬 7 🔗 https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-invention-of-buses/
140d ago🔗 Simulated Evolution on the PICO-8 👍 37 💬 2 🔗 https://bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com/2026/05/16/simulated-evolution-on-the-pico-8/
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