The "Developer's Curse"
We’ve all done it. We find a cool new framework (maybe it’s Bun, Gleam, or a new Rust library) and we decide to build a SaaS around it. We spend three weeks perfecting the schema, setting up the CI/CD pipeline, and obsessing over 99th-percentile latency.
Then we launch... and the only visitor is the Googlebot.
As developers, our biggest mistake isn't a bug in our code—it's a bug in our business logic.
Validation is just "Unit Testing" for Business
We wouldn't push to production without tests, right? So why do we push entire startups to the market without validating the core hypothesis?
I got tired of seeing brilliant engineers waste months on "Zombie Projects." That’s why I worked on StartupValidator.in. It’s essentially a linter for your startup idea.
The Stack of a Validated Idea
When you’re "Debugging" a startup idea, you need to look at three things:
Market Latency: How long does it take for a user to realize they need your tool?
SEO Indexing: If your landing page isn't hitting Google (like we recently achieved with StartupValidator.in), your "organic" growth is a myth.
The Pivot Cost: If you build a monolithic solution for a problem that doesn't exist, your refactoring cost is 100%.
Why I built this
I wanted a way to programmatically check if a concept had legs. StartupValidator.in analyzes the gaps between your tech stack and the market demand.
Key Features for Devs:
No-BS Analysis: It won't tell you "Great job!" if your idea is saturated.
Go-to-Market Logic: It helps you figure out the SEO and discovery angle before you write your first npm install.
The Challenge: Build Less, Validate More
The next time you’re tempted to spend your weekend building a "Trello for X" or "Uber for Y," stop. Run the logic through a validator first. Save your "coding energy" for the ideas that actually have a chance to scale.
Check it out here: StartupValidator.in
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