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Guides on getting your launch found: SEO, backlinks, AI visibility, and building in public.
- Marketing8 min read
Founder-led sales: your first 10 customers
A founder-led sales playbook for landing the first 10 SaaS customers through specific outreach, useful conversations, paid pilots, and honest follow-up.
Sep 9, 2026
- Marketing9 min read
SaaS launch checklist for indie founders
A practical SaaS launch checklist for indie founders, from the message and first-user flow to launch-day channels and the seven-day follow-up.
Sep 9, 2026
- Building10 min read
How to price a micro SaaS
A practical way to price a micro SaaS: choose a value metric, set a sustainable floor, test willingness to pay, and avoid plans that create support debt.
Sep 8, 2026
- Marketing9 min read
SaaS landing page checklist for conversions
A SaaS landing page checklist for indie founders: clarify the promise, show the product, reduce signup friction, and measure the one conversion that matters.
Sep 8, 2026
- Building9 min read
Customer discovery questions for startup founders
The customer discovery questions that reveal whether a startup problem is costly enough to build for, plus a 20-minute interview script that avoids polite lies.
Sep 7, 2026
- Marketing10 min read
How to find beta testers for your SaaS
How to find beta testers for a SaaS product without paying for a crowd of random signups, plus outreach scripts and a simple beta agreement.
Sep 7, 2026
- Dev Guides15 min read
GPT-6 Astra: what it costs and when to use it
GPT-6 Astra launched September 3, 2026. The real pricing, the benchmarks that matter, and the cost math on when a solo maker should pay 2.5x for it.
Sep 6, 2026
- Marketing17 min read
How to build a pre-launch waitlist that converts
Waitlist pages convert at 2-5% and half the list forgets you before launch day. The real benchmarks, the number you need, and how to keep a list warm.
Sep 5, 2026
- Marketing16 min read
How to launch on Product Hunt in 2026
Roughly 10% of Product Hunt launches now get featured, down from 98%. The queue, the algorithm, the upvote math, and what launch day is actually worth.
Sep 4, 2026
- Marketing17 min read
How to launch on Hacker News with Show HN
The median Show HN scores 2 points. The rules, the flags, the ranking math, and what a Hacker News front page is actually worth for indie makers.
Sep 3, 2026
- Marketing14 min read
How to launch on Reddit without getting banned
A 2026 study found 39% of founder subreddits ban self-promo outright. How to post a launch that survives AutoMod, the 60-day caps, and the shadowban filter.
Sep 2, 2026
- Marketing16 min read
Your launch flopped. Here's what to do next
A failed product launch is a diagnosis, not a verdict. How to tell whether it was distribution, positioning, or demand, and a 14-day plan to relaunch.
Sep 1, 2026
- X Growth11 min read
How to write a launch tweet that gets likes
The anatomy of a launch tweet that actually gets likes in 2026: hook, proof, timing, and before/after rewrites, plus how quote tweets change the math.
Aug 31, 2026
- AI Visibility12 min read
I tried to get ChatGPT to recommend my own startup
I ran the AI visibility playbook from our ChatGPT guide on roastme.gg, a live product, and logged every citation test before and after with real transcripts. Here's what moved and what didn't.
Aug 21, 2026
- Building13 min read
The honest economics of roastme.gg: what a joke micro SaaS actually earns
roastme.gg lets you pay to get publicly roasted by AI. Here's the real traffic, revenue, and pricing mechanic behind it, and what it teaches about building a joke micro SaaS.
Aug 21, 2026
- AI Visibility7 min read
How to get your startup mentioned by ChatGPT, Gemini & Perplexity
A practical 2026 guide to AI search visibility: what ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity actually trust, and how indie founders can earn mentions without SEO tricks.
Aug 6, 2026
- Dev Guides11 min read
How to build an MCP server
Hands-on guide to building a Model Context Protocol server in TypeScript, using a real published X-publishing MCP as the example.
Jul 31, 2026
- X Growth8 min read
Building in public without burning out
A practical guide to sharing your indie startup journey publicly while protecting your energy, mental health, and momentum over the long run.
Jul 29, 2026
- Acquisitions8 min read
How to buy a micro SaaS
Step-by-step guide to buying a micro SaaS in 2026: where to find listings, how to evaluate deals, diligence, and negotiation.
Jul 29, 2026
- Dev Guides10 min read
Structured outputs for LLMs (2026)
Practical 2026 guide to structured LLM outputs: JSON mode, schema-constrained generation, function calling, and validation.
Jul 29, 2026
- Getting Found7 min read
Why dofollow backlinks matter for indies
Why dofollow backlinks matter for early-stage startups, how they differ from nofollow, and where founders can earn quality directory links.
Jul 22, 2026
- Getting Found6 min read
Product descriptions that get approved
How to write startup product descriptions directories approve. Templates, examples, and a reusable checklist for indie founders.
Jul 15, 2026
- Getting Found7 min read
Where to list your indie product
A ranked guide to startup directories, launch platforms, and communities where indie founders should list in 2026, plus what to skip.
Jul 8, 2026
- Marketing9 min read
First 100 users without a marketing budget
A 12-week playbook for indie founders to reach the first 100 users without paid ads: community, content SEO, and directories.
Jul 1, 2026