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No, that was one of the products I slowly did let die, and kinda modified the product to be open-sourced, cli first tool.

Thanks for the words of support. I will definitely try to be more active on youtube and leverage that.

"The idea is the easy part" is something I knew deep down but was too afraid to admit to myself. It's easier to keep building than to confront that everything after it is the actual work. Took me years and a few dead products to really accept that.

I feel like Im in the process of swallowing that pill.

None taken, I agree with you, and it is a fair point. I need to rethink my approach.

Fair point.

The 90% is relatable, I physically cannot stop building even when I know I should be doing something else. The mode switching is the hardest part, not the marketing itself.

Good reminder that ads can show results fast while SEO compounds slowly, running both makes sense.

The SEO + free tools as a funnel is something I hadn't thought about before.

Not universal for every product but for the right one it's a really clean distribution channel that compounds over time. The "make calls with users" part is universal though, that's the one I keep avoiding and probably shouldn't.

How long before the SEO started moving for you?

I'd love to take you up on that. Sending you a message, do you have an email/linkedin or preferred way to connect?

Platform where technical founders post their live products and marketers pitch to join as co-founders or paid partners. Built it because I kept running into the exact problem in my post. Not live yet but close.

I think I am definitely gonna try the direct sales approach, to try and fill out the platform once its ready.

I've definitely been guilty of building first and hoping customers appear. Funny timing on this post though, because right now I'm actually in the middle of doing exactly what you're describing.

100K MRR solo is insane, congrats.

I think the "Make contact with every customer" hits hard here. I think a bunch of people forget they you talk to people more.

Nothing to say, great advice.

I plan to add ability to deploy additional agent to the env that is being tested, and that one would just grab resource metrics and send back to me while its being tested. :D So you can see your resource usage while tests are running and you can predict how much traffic/usage your platfroms/services can handle