agreed, I noticed the max plan doesn't feel max anymore, it can quickly get depleted during hourly sessions, and the week limit seems really limited.

Software startups still work, but only if software is not the point.

Code is now cheap, so the advantage moved into things that cannot be copied by looking, accumulated data, hidden workflows, trust, and judgment earned by staying inside a problem too long.

Big companies copy shapes, not gravity. If your edge is visible, it is temporary. If it only appears over time, you are still early.

Here are mine:

- Build something boring that makes money. Excitement is optional; users are not.

- Use AI less like a chatbot and more like infrastructure, background processes that think while I sleep.

- Go back to fundamentals that compound, graphics, systems, taste.

- Experiment selectively; curiosity without commitment.

- Invest in people, not “networking.” Fewer pings, more real conversations.

- Protect focus like equity.

If you want users, the requirement is sales skills, not product development skills.

What about simply providing value?

At the very least one must connect to people who would find it valuable (either inbound or outbound), and the value has to be communicated to the prospective buyers. People make their decisions based on how they perceive the product, not based on your view. And the value big enough to overcome friction involved in purchasing, including soft factors like people trusting you with their money. There might be habits and other pieces of inertia that has to be overcome also, and why would they pick your thing over the alternatives. And of course you must be able to charge enough to cover the costs of providing said value.

Fair feedback. Demo, video, and use case tutorials are in the works! stay tuned

Agreed!

One differentiator among others: try finding a stack with full self-hosted auth. Most push you toward third parties! I wanted to own my users.

https://medium.com/@level09/the-stack-that-owns-you-7ff06b26...

Awesome, glad it fits! Will be posting more tutorials and use cases soon. Let me know how it goes

Thanks! Felt like a nice break from the usual generic SaaS aesthetic

Appreciate it! Sometimes the right tool wins over the familiar one :)

Say more on this, your chosen stack?

How far did you have to stray from your “actual stack” for package-ability, for instance?

Neat project - especially as pure FOSS.

This is my actual stack, been using Enferno for years, ReadyKit is just the SaaS layer on top. No straying, more like cleaning up what I already run in production.

Stack choices: Flask for its elegant simplicity without hidden conventions, Vue with Vuetify over CDN to skip build-tool pain (massive productivity and time win btw), PostgreSQL because boring is reliable, Redis (optional) for sessions and caching, and Celery when background jobs are needed (optional too)

Python is having a moment right now, between the AI ecosystem, Astral tooling and a huge talent pool. I think calling it the worst choice is a stretch :)

The real question is not raw speed. It's how fast you ship, how many users you need before performance matters and whether you actually own your stack. Most modern solutions push you toward third party auth. This gives you full self hosted auth out of the box.

Scale problems are good problems to have.

Appreciate it! and congrats on your two! SaaS is indeed a fun ride :)