Hey all, I'm currently building Lockn, an app that helps you do more and plan less. Rather than planning your whole week, you plan day by day with Lockn.

It incorporates over 10 different productivity methods and has some really cool features.

Its launching really really soon, I just wanted to get a rough sense if any of you would use it 😄

If there are any additional features you would like to see added do drop a comment below! or if there is anything you think you don't like feel free to let me know too!

thanks so much for reading!!

For months, I saw other founders talking about Reddit as this goldmine for early traction, but every time I tried, it felt like walking through a minefield. I'd spend hours scrolling, trying to find relevant threads, carefully crafting replies, only to either get ignored or, worse, instantly flagged for self-promo. It was frustrating, inefficient, and honestly, a bit intimidating. The fear of getting banned from a valuable community was always lurking.

I realized the problem wasn't Reddit itself, but my approach. Most of us just dive in thinking "I need to market my SaaS here," when really, Reddit is about communities, solving problems, and being genuinely helpful. You can't just pitch; you have to earn the right to even hint at a solution.

So, I shifted my mindset. Instead of pushing my product, I focused on:

• Deep Listening: Really understanding the pain points people voiced, not just keywords.
• Community Rules: Treating each subreddit like a unique country with its own laws.
• Authentic Engagement: Participating in discussions where I could genuinely add value, even if it wasn't directly related to my SaaS.

This started to work. I built karma, made connections, and found a few legitimate opportunities to share my insights. But here's the kicker: it was still incredibly manual and time-consuming. Identifying threads with real buying intent among thousands, then drafting a reply that was both helpful and compliant with obscure subreddit rules? That was the biggest bottleneck.

That's why I started using a tool called Karmo. It basically turns Reddit from a time sink into a predictable lead-gen channel. What I love about it is how it watches my chosen subreddits, scores posts by buying intent, and surfaces only the high-value threads. Then, for each, it generates an on-brand reply in the subreddit’s native tone, while checking rules so I don’t get banned. It compresses discovery, drafting, and compliance into one pass, making Reddit actually usable as a growth channel. It even helps generate ban-proof posts for different goals, whether it’s sharing ideas, optimizing for SEO, or making a gentle pitch.

It’s been a game-changer for consistently finding and engaging with potential users without the constant fear of the ban hammer. If you're struggling to make Reddit work for your SaaS, I highly recommend adopting a community-first approach, and tools like Karmo can seriously streamline the most challenging parts.

What strategies have you found most effective for engaging with Reddit communities without crossing the line?

Share your work/SaaS/app.

I'm working on: https://www.weekhack.com/

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Been building Vibemyad - an AI design agent that creates visuals through conversation. No templates, no Canva, just describe what you want and it builds it.

Best way to actually test it isn't internal demos, it's real briefs from real people across different industries.

So here's what I'm doing today: drop your design requirement below and I'll run it through the agent and post the output here in the thread. Everything public so you can see exactly what it produces.

Use this format:

Brand/Company name: What you do (one line): What you need - ad, social post, banner, etc.: Any style preference - minimal, bold, editorial, etc.:

Taking the first 10. Will reply to each with the actual visual output directly in this thread.

(vibemyad.com/sessions if you want to try it yourself)

Genuine Dilemma,

I have been working with agents for close to 2 years, and I love it. I built something that basically detects agent loops, sends you emails with type of loops and the ability to pause writes, in conjunction with shared memory ability between agents and full time stamped agent logs, with cost analysis for each agent and general performance.

However, I am unsure if I am peddling a dead horse? I launched last month with 250 users, and 60 using it regularly, and 20 everyday. However, I built this based of my experience, however I am just unsure, if ultimately anyone cares enough?

Here is the part I cannot resolve. The 20 daily users feel like proof the problem is real and that I built something that actually works. But people also signed up because something about the pitch landed, tried it, and disappeared without saying a word. That silence might be the louder signal. For example this is an email I just got (I accidentally sent a duplicate email lol)

"I don’t mind emails, I just keep getting duplicates. Sorry if I came off rude. I like Octopoda a lot and think it’s without a doubt the best memory management system I’ve used. I’m having to redesign my workflow now that GitHub has decided to inadvertently destroy their Copilot service (lol) but once I find a new agent system I’ll probably use octopoda again. 

Sent from my iPhone"

so stuff like this makes me think I am genuinely on to something in the agent space, however I have given up a lot of time, money and effort to build this!

I love this community, and find it has always been super helpful, and advice, including just fuck it off, or anything is appreciated my friends!

Am I peddling a dead horse and the lovers are an outlier keeping me delusional? Or are the 198 just normal signup noise that does not actually mean anything about the product itself?

Don't know which crowd to treat as the truth right now.

Hey founders, what are you building?

🚀 Built something cool and want more people to know about it?

I created ContactJournalists.com because PR was one of the biggest growth drivers in my own business.

We have a 7 day free trial for you to get stuck in and look around :)

A single feature can do so much more than generate a nice ego boost:

✨ Build high-authority backlinks
✨ Improve your SEO
✨ Increase your visibility in AI search (GEO)
✨ Drive targeted traffic to your website
✨ Build trust with potential customers
✨ Open doors to podcast interviews and partnerships

The problem? Finding relevant journalists and podcasts takes forever.

That’s exactly why I built ContactJournalists.com.

What you get:

📰 Live press requests from journalists actively looking for expert comments and product recommendations

🎙️ Hundreds of podcasts looking for guests

🔎 Searchable journalist database with reporters, bloggers, and editors across dozens of niches

✍️ AI Pitch Helper to help you craft stronger responses

📂 Save contacts and media opportunities to your own lists

📈 Track your submissions in one dashboard

👀 See when journalists save your profile

Who it’s for:

🚀 Solopreneurs
💻 SaaS founders
🛍️ Ecommerce brands
📣 PR agencies
🏋️ Coaches and consultants
🤖 Indie hackers
🏢 Startups and small businesses

If you’re building something and want to get featured in the press, appear on podcasts, and grow your brand organically, it’s designed for you.

🎁 Free 7-day trial
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It takes about 30 seconds to get started.

👉 https://www.contactjournalists.com

Would genuinely love your feedback from fellow founders and marketers. 😊

#PR #SEO #GEO #SaaS #Solopreneur #Startups #IndieHackers #PodcastGuest #BuildInPublic

I’m the founder of https://marketontology.com, if you think you can grow this platform to 1,000+ retained paying users then please message me, there is a significant amount of money to be made. Main customer acquisition channels are currently Google search ads (recently became more effective) and organic Reddit posting (has pretty much stopped working).

Some context: I'm an indie dev who ships small side projects. Every launch, I hit the same wall — the App Store wants polished screenshots per device, per language, and every tool I tried was either $30/month or stamped a watermark on the free output. For something I use twice a year, a subscription never made sense.

So I built the free version I wanted and put it online. No marketing budget, just one Reddit post. Four days later: 150+ users across 9 countries (Turkey, US, India, UK, Romania, Poland, Brazil, and a few more). Small numbers, but real strangers — not friends I begged to click.

Here's what's surprising me so far:

1. The feedback loop is the actual product. Most of what I shipped this week came straight from comments — mobile support, landscape mode, bug fixes. People who use a free tool and then tell you what's broken are worth more than any roadmap I'd write alone.

2. "Free vs paid" might be the wrong frame. My tool is one-shot by nature — people use it during a launch week, then disappear for months. Subscriptions optimize for daily-use products. For occasional-use tools, the right metric isn't MRR or DAU, it's "did someone come back the next time they needed it." I'm still figuring out how to even measure that.

3. Going backend-less was a strategy, not a limitation. The whole thing runs client-side — no accounts, no server, no database for user data. That keeps it private AND means near-zero running costs, which is exactly what lets me keep it free without bleeding money. The constraint is the business model.

What I'm genuinely unsure about: whether "free + good enough" is a viable long-term position, or whether I'm just avoiding the hard monetization conversation. My current plan is to stay free forever on the core, maybe add an optional one-time unlock for power features later — but only once there are enough users to justify it.

Curious how others here think about occasional-use tools. If your product isn't something people open daily, did subscriptions still work? Or did you find a different model?

(Tool's here if anyone's curious — it's free, no signup: launchshots.app)

After months of work, I finally launched Lynqas on App Store & Google Play.

The idea came from being frustrated with how difficult it is for small projects to get meaningful visibility online.

So I started building a platform focused more on discovery, creators and early-stage products instead of pure algorithm chasing.

Still very early, but shipping feels good honestly.

Would genuinely love feedback from other builders.

https://lynqas.com

I sent 200 connection requests last month. Got 4 replies. All of them "not interested."

I thought my message was the problem. Rewrote it 6 times. Still nothing.

Turns out I had the wrong diagnosis entirely. Here's what was actually broken:

1. Your list isn't warm enough.

Cold lists are a numbers game. Warm leads — people who just engaged with a competitor, changed jobs, or raised a round — are already thinking about your problem. My reply rate went 3-4x the moment I switched. Same message, completely different list.

2. You're sending "personalization" they've seen 10 times.

"Your recent post really resonated with me" is not personalization. They know. Everyone says that.

Stop referencing their content. Start sending something they can use. A specific observation about their business. A gap you spotted. A number that's relevant to their situation. If your message requires zero effort to ignore, it will be

ignored.

3. The actual unlock: send them something valuable before asking for anything.

You can generate a quick personalized report in minutes — their LinkedIn presence, where they're losing leads, what their outreach is missing. Send that. No pitch. Just value.

Most people won't do this because it takes effort. That's exactly why it works.

And if you're doing this repeatedly for a specific niche, that report is a product. Package it, automate it, charge for it. It's a micro SaaS waiting to happen.

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The pattern that gets "yes": warm list → useful opener → lead with value.

That's it.

if you’re a founder using Mercury or Brex and still tracking your runway in a spreadsheet this is going to hurt

someone just built a finance OS that puts everything in one place. one business account, one balance. US ACH, EU IBAN, GBP, stablecoins on every major chain. send and receive in 195+ countries. all self-custodial which means you hold your own keys

but the part that got me is the AI CFO. you literally ask it “what’s our runway?” and it answers in real time. cash position, monthly burn, cashflow trends. not from a dashboard you have to dig through. you just ask like you’re texting your cofounder

it also handles treasury automatically. your idle cash earns 4.7% APY. no manual rebalancing. it just sits there working for you

corporate cards with Apple Pay. invoicing. bookkeeping. payroll and bulk payouts to global contractors. Xero, QuickBooks, Stripe integrations. it’s genuinely everything you’d need a finance team for

the wildest part is the AI agents. you can set up vendor bots that auto-pay AWS, Twilio, OpenAI, whatever. with policy controls like “auto-approve anything under $5k.” up to 25 agents on the top plan

pricing: starter is $0 forever. business is $49/month. scale is $99/month. no contracts

for early stage founders who are tired of stitching together 4 different finance tools this is the move

Link here