Harsh V

AI Enthusiast | AI Builder | Maker of Slidelo

[Harsh V @harsh_v0]

I posted on social media for the first time.

0 views. 0 likes. 0 comments.

It just sat there. Invisible.

So I studied what actually gets engagement.

The answer? Carousels.

But making them? Absolute nightmare.

Here's what happened next 🧵👇

[Harsh V @harsh_v0]

@ionleu https://t.co/2k0DLk7b3H

[Harsh V @harsh_v0]

Building Slidelo (https://t.co/PmZ84rmPk7) around exactly this thesis.
Paste any topic/URL/PDF → finished LinkedIn/IG/TikTok carousel in 30 sec. One-time credits, no subscription.
Curious what others are seeing, real shift or am I overfitting to my own product?

[Harsh V @harsh_v0]

The "AI feature" era is ending.
The "tool collapse" era is starting.
For 2 years every SaaS ran the same playbook: bolt GPT onto an old product, slap "AI-powered" on the landing page, raise prices.
It worked for a minute. Not anymore. 🧵

[Harsh V @harsh_v0]

And "pay once" is quietly making a comeback.
Credits, lifetime deals, one-time packs. Subscription fatigue is real, especially for tools people use in bursts.
Won't replace enterprise ARR. But for SMB and creators? Tide is shifting.

[Harsh V @harsh_v0]

Winning pattern in 2026:
Input box on the homepage. Finished output in under a minute. Then show the advanced stuff once they're hooked.
Not the other way around.

[Harsh V @harsh_v0]

The other shift no one's talking about: the starter-to-power-user gap is killing retention.
Sign up → hit the dashboard → see 14 features, 6 tabs, a "create new project" flow → bounce.
Job takes 30 seconds. Product makes it take 30 minutes.

[Harsh V @harsh_v0]

New IDC data: more buyers now prefer usage-based pricing over subscriptions (42% vs 38%).
Everyone reads this as a pricing story. It's not.
It's buyers being done with stitching 4 tools together and paying $19/month for each one forever.

[Harsh V @harsh_v0]

Buyers stopped paying for "AI features."
They started paying for tools that finish the job.
If your product still needs the user to also open Canva, also open ChatGPT, also open a scheduler, you're not an AI product.
You're a 2019 product with a chatbot on top.

[Steeven @laysteeven]

Today I’m highlighting @harsh_v0 and his product Slidelo.

He is building in public the right way:
not only sharing the product, but also the hard part after launch.

In his Medium post, he explains the real problem behind Slidelo:
creating one carousel used to take him around two hours because the workflow was scattered across too many tools. Slidelo was built to collapse that into one step. ( ➡️ https://t.co/fbYenIpqAo )

Now the product lets people paste a topic, article, URL, PDF, or text and get a written, designed, export-ready carousel for LinkedIn, Instagram, or TikTok in under 30 seconds.

What I also like is that the generated carousel is super easy to edit and personalize to match your own taste.
You get something solid instantly, then you can tweak it until it feels like yours.

That kind of “get what you see” experience makes the product much more practical.

I also respect the honesty:
20 signups, zero paying customers, and still shipping. That is the kind of build in public story more people should share.

Go support Harsh and leave feedback 👇
https://t.co/cR750KdbjO

Product:
https://t.co/XqnqhqVL1T

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