[wjg]

Hi Michael and Aaron,

I built Supertask (http://supertask.co/) to make web automation easier and more accessible. Supertask allows users to write shareable, composable automations that make testing webapps and repeating complicated workflows a breeze.

Automation scripts are written in a new intuitive language called Flytrap, and are interpreted by a library called Flytrap.js (https://docs.flytrap.io/). Each automation has its own secure url and can be referenced by other scripts, allowing for code re-use.

I'm curious as to your initial thoughts on the product and whether or not my pricing model aligns with what you might expect. Pricing is hard!

Additionally, at this point I wonder about the opportunity cost of putting effort into applying to/going through an accelerator (assuming I could even get into one) since the product is basically built, and the most important thing is gaining initial traction. I lean towards plowing ahead with trying to gain customers. But obviously, it's a daunting road especially as a solo founder with a 9-5.

I am in beta so no one is actually being charged right now.

Thanks for checking it out!

[e-mail] @supertaskco

[samstave]

Been looking for something like this!

Does it basically replace the need for Selenium.

Let me share this with my CI eng from my last co who was using a lot of selenium to test the webapp for QA.

Thanks!

[wjg]

Thanks! That's exactly what I'm shooting for. It is meant to be a substitute for Selenium while making it easier to create and share them! I appreciate the reply and would love to hear your coworkers's feedback, good or bad!

[akharris]

Hi Bill - How many people are using supertask right now?

[wjg]

Just one: me. I've been in stealth mode and I basically "finished" building the website within the last week and have done no advertising (in fact this is the first time I've talked about it online). That leads to the obvious question of how to acquire more customers for a Saas product (which ties to my accelerator question). I'm hoping to gain some insight on the product's broad viability from this post and maybe a ShowHN. People who I talk to in person love the idea and are enthusiastic but none are really in a position to buy it. Thanks for the reply!

[akharris]

I think you should totally do a ShowHN and product hunt. The first test is to just get it in front of people and see what they do with it and what kind of feedback they have. This won't happen magically or automatically. Good luck!

[sharemywin]

for early users you might want to see if people are searching for something your service offers. post an ad and get some users. probably expensive but I would count that as something might not scale just to get initial users.

[wjg]

Yep, a good idea and I'm currently looking at ad rates for the product. Just initial users who can give me some product feedback is my main goal for now. Thanks!