My indie product received 1,200 auth requests last month. Now I’m trying to figure out what it means.
When I first started developing MindNote, it took the entire development period to reach around 2,000 authentication requests.
Last month alone, the product received 1,200.
For a solo founder building an AI product, seeing that change in the numbers feels encouraging. But it also raises a question: what does that activity actually tell me?
MindNote is a multimodal AI notetaker. The idea is to help people turn information from meetings, voice notes, videos, images, and text into organized, searchable knowledge they can actually use.
The product is live, and I’m continuing to improve it while figuring out how to turn interest into consistent usage and paying customers.
I know authentication requests don't necessarily mean unique users. They could include repeat attempts, returning users, or other activity. I'm trying to understand the signal rather than celebrate a vanity metric.
For founders who have been through this stage:
- What metrics helped you distinguish curiosity from genuine product demand?
- How did you turn early activity into users who kept coming back?
- What would you focus on next: activation, retention, or finding a more specific customer segment?
I'd love to hear what worked for you, especially if you're building a SaaS or AI product as an indie founder.
