Lucky Hell

I am GREEN as can be and cannot parse the absolutely mammoth amount of posts and conversations out there/on here so wanted to ask the void and see if I get any echos of info/advice back :)

When thinking about turning my first "this might actually work" idea into a real tool and thinking about the stack, my AI said to start with building the pricing page with a waitlist in place of a real paywall etc and do this BEFORE the actual technical steps (supabase, stripe etc) to save hours of work before A/B testing if people use vs would pay for the tool.

It said this is "what most successful indie hackers do - launch free first- (3 spins/day) - this tests: do people use it? share it? do they come back tomorrow? low trust friction you get baseline usage. Then, within weeks, add either: a waitlist paywall ( Unlimited spins coming soon, join waitlist ) or a tiny real purchase option ($3 for 20 spins ..."