I needed one feature for my SaaS. 6 hours later I had launched another SaaS

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by astonfred

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astonfred

9 hours ago

Yesterday morning, I was preparing a landing page for a special price offer on my SaaS, the AI Jingle Maker. I thought it would be nice to add a short video greeting in the top right corner of the page, to bring a bit more human touch and explain the details of the offer.

At first, the plan was simple: grab my phone, record a quick video, add it to the app with a circle mask. It would not have taken too long.

But I had a bit of time, so I decided to turn that very specific need into a full SaaS.

It was 12:00, and I had planned to send the newsletter before 16:00. So I had 4 hours to build the product and insert the JS snippet into the head of my promo page to greet visitors.

I finished in time.

Then I spent 2 extra hours making the app multi-tenant, creating the landing page, buying a domain, submitting it to Paddle for approval, fine-tuning a few features, and sharing the product with a couple of friends. Paddle approval was fast, so I did not even have to keep the billing placeholder I had prepared.

6 hours after the initial idea, the product was live and the first users started signing up!

Then I closed my laptop and headed to Soho for a cabaret show.

Just another day in my AI-assisted development journey.

What a time to be alive!