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by k_plankenhorn 22 days ago
The part that resonates with me most is the timing and luck acknowledgement. I built a solo Saas product over the past few months using Calude Code as my development partner. Total cost $600. Launching in 3 days. The tools available now means the barrier to building something has basically collapsed. A weekend in a dorm room in 2020, a few months with AI coding in 2026. Same DNA... find the gap, build the thing and ship it.
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If you don't mind sharing, what's your product? I found that ideas are a dime a dozen, but finding the people who will pay for it is the hard part. AI will more than happily suggest terrible ideas no one would pay for.
It’s call You Have Time. It’s an anti procrastination app that connects to your Google calendar, finds your real free time, and shows you how long you’ve been avoiding each task. The idea came from years of observing people avoiding things they know they need to get done. AI just handled the coding.

You’re correct that people risk shipping pointless ideas when they let AI drive. But when you’re in the driver’s seat… you have the idea, the vision, you know your customer… AI is a tool in your toolkit.

Launching tomorrow for free at app.youhavetime.co. Paid tiers open in a few months. Tomorrow I find out how the idea resonates.

Congrats on the launch! Best of luck. Seems like a neat idea