r/SaaS
Building ordnar: Step by step to profitable app portfolio
A solo developer shared their work on 'ordnar', a project management tool designed to help indie builders validate ideas before building full products. The discussion received minimal engagement, with only one brief positive comment.
SaaS is not dying
A Reddit discussion defending SaaS viability against claims it's dying, where the original poster argued that convenience and habit drive continued SaaS adoption despite AI competition. The community largely agreed while acknowledging AI will increase competition and raise quality standards rather than kill SaaS entirely.
r/SaaS has become unreadable AI slop and the mods don’t care
A Reddit user criticized r/SaaS for being flooded with AI-generated content and bot activity, with ineffective moderation allowing low-quality posts to dominate. The community largely agreed with this assessment, though one commenter argued the real problem is lack of specific, experience-based content rather than AI usage itself.
The "10x engineer" doesn't exist. But the "0.1x decision-maker" absolutely does and it's usually the founder.
A Reddit discussion exploring the concept that while 10x engineers may be mythical, '0.1x decision-makers' who make poor product choices are very real and often founders themselves. The community largely agreed that poor prioritization and product decisions are more damaging than lack of engineering talent.
Got accepted into a top accelerator. It was the wrong move for my business. Lost 4 months of momentum.
A founder with $9K MRR shared their regret about joining a top accelerator, claiming it slowed their growth by 60% and cost them 4 months of momentum for $125K and 7% equity. The community largely agreed that accelerators are mismatched for revenue-generating businesses, being optimized for pre-revenue companies seeking VC funding.
Wrong customer segment found our product. They pay 3x more and churn 4x less than our target market.
A Reddit discussion about a startup that discovered physical therapists were far more valuable customers than their target market of personal trainers, but the majority of comments focused on accusations that the post and many responses were AI-generated content. The community was more concerned with identifying bots than engaging with the business insights.