Chiru_VI

Data Engineer by day ⚡
SaaS Builder by night 🚀
Exploring AI & automation 🤖
From 0 users to first customers

[Chiru_VI @chiru_v2]

Hi!, I’m Chiru,

Currently building:
📰 SignalDesk - discover the signal without the noise
💬 Comment-to-DM automation tool
♟️ Little King Chess

Sharing the journey, product updates, technical lessons, and experiments.

Journey: from 0 users to first customers.

#BuildInPublic

[Chiru_VI @chiru_v2]

Here’s the tech stack and what it costs to get started( most of them i used in my app development)::

→ GitHub — Code & CI/CD: $0
→ Cloudflare Pages — Hosting: $0
→ Cloudflare Workers — APIs: $0
→ Supabase — Database & Auth: $0
→ Render — Backend: $0 / $7 per month
→ Resend — Emails: $0
→ Python + FastAPI — Backend: $0
→ RSS Feeds — News collection: $0
→ Meta APIs — Instagram integration: $0 API access

Built using these tools:
♟️ Little King Chess
📰 SignalDesk
🚀 ReplyPilot

Most have free tiers. Costs increase with usage.

You don’t need an expensive tech stack to start building

[Chiru_VI @chiru_v2]

@ExactlyJosh Good point. Today's AI might end up looking like a prototype compared to what's coming next.

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@abdul_shajeed_ A few people coming back to use it repeatedly would be strong proof for me. Usage says more than compliments.

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Sometimes I scroll through X and wonder if I'm doing something wrong.I see solo founders launching products, getting users, and posting MRR screenshots.Meanwhile, I've spent the last month building, learning, changing direction, and trying to figure out what people actually need.Maybe that's normal.Maybe we're all just seeing the final chapter and not the messy middle.🚀 #BuildInPublic #SaaS

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@abdul_shajeed_ Mostly losing faith in the idea. I realized I was building something I thought people wanted, not something I had evidence they wanted.

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What's one software task AI handles really well today — and one you'd still never trust it to finish without human review?

[Chiru_VI @chiru_v2]

@GabbaBuilds 😅 Glad I'm not the only one.

[Chiru_VI @chiru_v2]

@Seozilla_ai seems the code is only half the journey.

[Chiru_VI @chiru_v2]

Builders:

What's been harder for you?

A) Building the product
B) Getting the first users

Curious to hear real experiences. 👇

#SaaS

[Chiru_VI @chiru_v2]

@sir4K_zen Agreed. I'm starting to realize distribution might be the real product.

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@ClaudioSonnet 😅 Sounds about right. Good to know I'm not the only one throwing versions into the bin before finding the right direction.

[Chiru_VI @chiru_v2]

@ClaudioSonnet That's reassuring to hear. The pivots and dead ends don't get posted nearly as often as the wins

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@AmbroseAbaasa Well said. Complexity is invisible when the solution works. 🚀

[Chiru_VI @chiru_v2]

One thing building SaaS has taught me:

Users don't care how difficult a feature was to build.

They care about how quickly it solves their problem.

The challenge isn't writing the code.

It's creating value.

🚀 #BuildInPublic #SaaS

[Chiru_VI @chiru_v2]

@imfabiokeller Joining #UsersBefore2027 with SignalDesk 📰

By Dec 31, 10 people will use SignalDesk.

I'll spend 30 minutes a day improving the product, talking to users, and sharing progress publicly.

Let's see where this goes 🚀

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@Pushpit07 Agreed. It's easy to hide behind building.

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@sandroieva Haha, exactly. Features are easier than finding people who actually need them. 😅

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@gavinelliott That’s true 😂

[Chiru_VI @chiru_v2]

October SaaS Journey:
✅ OAuth integration completed
✅ CI/CD automated
✅ Production deployment working
✅ Used 100% of my free GitHub Actions compute 😅
❌ Still haven't launched
Sometimes progress is only visible to the person putting in the work.
🚀 #BuildInPublic #SaaS

[Chiru_VI @chiru_v2]

@CleanFix_Dev Probably SignalDesk. It's the one I'm using myself every day 📰🚀

[Chiru_VI @chiru_v2]

Hi!, I’m Chiru,

Currently building:
📰 SignalDesk - discover the signal without the noise
💬 Comment-to-DM automation tool
♟️ Little King Chess

Sharing the journey, product updates, technical lessons, and experiments.

Journey: from 0 users to first customers.

#BuildInPublic

[Chiru_VI @chiru_v2]

@legacycodings AI made building easier. Distribution is still the hard part. 🚀

[Chiru_VI @chiru_v2]

@sir4K_zen Well said. The learning compounds across projects, but traction is probably the best prioritization framework.