Day 85: Am I building Thymely too slow? Seeing others ship in a week hits different, but this is my first SaaS with real potential. Caution or overthinking? #BuildInPublic #SaaS

Are you building a product. Or building what you hope is a product? Difference: Have you talked to 10+ people who said they'd pay? #BuildInPublic #SaaS #Indiedev

5 things I learned from beta testing with real users: They won't tell you it's broken. They'll just stop using it. “I love it!" doesn't mean they'll pay. Watch behavior, not words. Group calls > individual calls. They validate each other's feedback. The features they

Not all user feedback is created equal. - "I need this NOW" = build it - "This is broken" = fix it immediately - "It would be cool if" = write it down, ignore for now - "My friend would love" = ignore completely Build for users who feel pain today. #BuildInPublic #SaaS

How I got 70 signups for my SaaS with ZERO ad spend or huge audience. As a 9-5 dev building Thymely in public, I thought marketing meant endless X posts and money for Ads. Wrong. One Reddit comment changed everything. Here's the exact strategy 🧵 #BuildInPublic #SaaS

Day 87 - Following the data X engagement: Growing Actual signups from X: Low Pinterest searches for "recipe organization": 500K+/month Pinterest users saving recipes: Millions The disconnect is obvious. Time to change up the marketing strategy. #BuildInPublic #SaaS

Best product with no distribution = 0 users Okay product with great distribution = success That’s why • Bad movies make millions • Great apps die unknown • Mediocre products dominate Build the product. But obsess over distribution. Where will your first users come from?

Day 88 - Feature creeped HARD today. - 2867 lines now - 7 hours deep (half testing) All because a competitor has that one feature. Send help (or tell me it's okay to add cool stuff). #BuildInPublic #SaaS

Marketing is either: 1. Interrupting people who don't care 2. Helping people who are searching One feels desperate. One feels natural. All my energy is going into option 2 #BuildInPublic #SaaS #indiedev

Day 90 Weekend marketing: 0 9-5 this week: Launched 2 apps (exhausted) Guilt level: High However I’ve learned Solo founders with day jobs can't sprint 7 days/week forever. Rest isn't failure. It's maintenance. 90 days is long-term. Pace accordingly. Monday: Back at it, but

Day 91 - Living For 89 days I’ve been consistently pushing (planning/building/debugging/marketing). Majority of the days I showed up big and some days I showed up small they all counted though. This was however the first weekend where I can truly say without any guilt that I

Seeing someone hit 20K+ MRR doesn't make me jealous, it lights a fire under me. Proof it's possible. Proof the grind pays off. I celebrate those wins HARD because they motivate my own. #BuildInPublic #SaaS #indiedev

Best thing about beta testers They tell you what's broken. They tell you what's confusing. They tell you what's missing. But most importantly: They show you what they actually USE. #BuildInPublic #SaaS #indiedev

Day 92 - Back at it Went full force today after my 9-5. The weekend break has been so good for my motivation and drive Pushed a tiny feature today that makes a huge difference. Simple. Obvious. But easy to miss. This is why user feedback matters. Got some marketing done

Best features to build Not what competitors have. Not what sounds impressive. Not what's technically cool. What your users ask for twice. #BuildInPublic #SaaS #indiedev

What I wish I knew on day 1 That marketing starts before building. That users care less about features. Launching early beats launching perfect. That consistency matters more than intensity. #BuildInPublic #SaaS #indiedev

Day 93 - 500 followers 🎉 Day 1: 0 followers, scared to post Day 30: 114 followers, finding my voice Day 60: 189 followers, consistency paying off Day 93: 500 followers, community built Not just numbers. Real builders. Real conversations. (Even got these balloons from

Been worried about pricing Thymely "right." But if it solves a real daily pain, the price discussion changes completely. Focus on pain. Pricing follows. #BuildInPublic #SaaS #indiedev

How many tries before you give up? V1 of my landing page: Terrible V1 of my pricing: Wrong V1 of my marketing: Crickets V3+ of everything: Starting to work The people who succeed aren't smarter. They just try more times. #BuildInPublic #SaaS #indiedev

Day 94: Reached 500 followers yesterday 🎉 Sprint dates adjusted Now quick paddle tournament Late night, to focus on marketing Balance is key on the journey #BuildInPublic #SaaS #indiedev