Hey DEV community 👋
I'm William, 58 years old, solo founder of Just Me Media, and apparently a certified Night Owl (thanks, Claude). Most nights around 3 a.m., you'll find me in my house coat, talking to LLMs, describing what I want, and watching them build real software. I call it vibe coding — no syntax battles, just ideas, prompts, and results.
Two months ago I had zero coding experience.
My first project was SportsProphecyApp.com — a free, no-risk sports prediction platform where fans pick winners for sponsor prize draws (no gambling, pure fun). I poured everything into it: learning, failing, fixing, late-night rebuilds. It didn't explode with users (yet), but it taught me the hardest lesson:
Passion is great, but you need to solve a real problem people are already searching for.
So I asked Claude one simple question:
"What’s a painful problem we can solve with a simple tool?"
The answer that clicked: developers waste hours scraping fragile SaaS pricing pages that change constantly and break scrapers.
That night, SaaSPriceDB was born.
What is SaaSPriceDB?
A clean, production-ready REST API that gives you structured, real-time pricing data for 75+ popular SaaS tools — Slack, Shopify, Stripe, Salesforce, Notion, GitHub, Zoom, MongoDB, and more.
Key features:
- Daily automatic updates + price change detection
- No more broken scrapers or manual maintenance
- Free preview endpoint (no signup, 5 sample products): https://api.saaspricedb.com/api/free-preview
- Full public dataset for testing: https://api.saaspricedb.com/pricing/
- Paid plans start low for higher limits and support
Live site → https://saaspricedb.com
Try the free preview right now (no signup): https://api.saaspricedb.com/api/free-preview
API Docs → https://api.saaspricedb.com/docs
It's currently in pre-launch — early access pricing is limited, and I'm actively expanding coverage.
The real story
If I can do this — starting with zero tech background, getting help from Claude, ChatGPT, and Grok to brainstorm, and then Google Antigravity as the true hero that helped bring SportsProphecyApp.com to life — it shows that no matter what time period we're in, determination, the willingness to try new things, fail, and keep moving forward to the next better idea… truly anyone can accomplish their goals.
My advice to anyone starting out (especially later in life like me):
Use the tools. Find more tools. Keep learning.
What you might discover is something totally new that you never knew you'd love doing.
Enjoy the journey — the fails are part of the story.
I'd love your honest feedback, tool requests, or just to hear your own vibe-coding experiences!
Try the free preview, tell me what breaks or what you'd love to see added.
Early testers/collaborators on testing, ratings, social proof, or indie SaaS ideas — say hi! 🦉
Thanks for reading.
The @nightowl is still learning every day. 🦉
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