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Solo founder at a cafe table with a panoramic city view, laptop open beside a notebook with referral notes

Your Customer Mentioned a Colleague. You Did Nothing.

How to run a micro-SaaS referral program as a solo founder without viral gimmicks: simple rewards, honest timing, and copy that turns happy users into your cheapest acquisition channel.

July 31, 202624 min read

Solo founder sitting on a park bench in New York with an iPhone showing a subscription screen, face turned away from the camera

iOS

Your Paywall Is a Trust Screen in Disguise

How a solo iOS founder designs paywall screens that feel safe, convert without creepiness, and survive App Review when the product handles personal moments.

July 30, 202625 min read

Solo founder at an outdoor café table in Florence with a laptop showing a database dashboard and an espresso cup nearby

SaaS

My Bolt App Worked Until I Needed a Database

Supabase for micro-SaaS when you build without coding: tables, auth, RLS, storage, and Edge Functions explained for operators who direct AI instead of writing SQL by hand.

July 29, 202625 min read

Solo founder recording a screen demo on a laptop at a café table with an espresso cup and notebook nearby

Marketing

Your Loom Got Three Views. Nobody Replied.

Async Loom outreach for micro-SaaS when cold email needs more than text: permission-first video, ninety-second demos, and where Loom actually belongs in a solo founder sequence.

July 28, 202625 min read

Solo founder at a modern desk with a notebook positioning worksheet, sticky notes with crossed-out generic headlines, and a large monitor showing a landing page draft beside tall windows

Marketing

You Built for Everyone. That Is Why Nobody Bought.

How to nail micro-SaaS positioning as a solo founder before you rewrite another headline: alternatives, best-fit customers, category, and the honest tests that work at low traffic.

July 27, 202624 min read

Solo founder on a terrace desk sketching onboarding screens beside an iPhone, laptop, and large monitor with wireframe layouts

iOS

They Swiped Through Three Slides and Left

First-session iOS onboarding for consumer apps: skip the carousel, earn permissions, and get strangers to one honest win before you ask for anything.

July 26, 202625 min read

Solo founder at a modern home desk with a laptop and large monitor showing a login screen, sticky note nearby, tall windows behind

SaaS

Signup Worked on Localhost. Then Nobody Could Log In.

How to set up auth for a micro-SaaS without coding: Clerk or Supabase Auth, magic links, redirect URLs, protected routes, and the smoke tests that catch broken login before strangers bounce.

July 25, 202626 min read

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Marketing

Your Best Tweet Got Praise. Nobody Signed Up.

How solo founders use Twitter/X for micro-SaaS distribution: fix the profile, reply before you pitch, post founder-led notes, and measure conversations - not vanity likes.

July 25, 202626 min read

Solo founder at a desk with a laptop and large monitor showing a cancel-subscription screen, notebook and sticky note nearby, landscape beyond tall windows

Retention

They Hit Cancel. That Was the Conversation You Skipped.

How solo founders design a saas cancellation flow that saves the right customers, collects real cancel reasons, and runs a win-back sequence without sounding desperate.

July 24, 202627 min read