... user___1702026e6f946759d1d798a): This is also one of the first things investors look for. A polished demo can attract attention, but if someone cannot quickly understand who has the problem, how painful it is, and why the current alternatives are inadequate, the conversation hits a dead end. Based on my own experience and a friend who works at 1752vc, the strongest pitches often make the problem feel inevitable before they spend much time explaining the product. Comment from Dino Correia ... ... taught me this is a legal docs tool I built after watching US freelancers get quoted 300 to 500 dollars by a lawyer for what is mostly standardised LLC paperwork. That sentence has a person, a bill and an alternative

... launching on PH this week, so full circle. Wouldn't call it "money from that first version" though, that one barely resembled what exists now. Curious how many other people here started completely outside software like I did vs. devs who just found a faster way to ship side projects. Comment from Landon Reid(@galax): My teenage son built a full SaaS on Bolt with Claude. A property zoning tool. Hardest part was the data layer, not the code. Every ... ... money. Vibe coding eliminated the boilerplate, not the thinking. Comment from fzero17(@fzero17): My first vibecoded project was OpenFolder a macOS menu bar app that turns your desktop into a calm personal launchpad. I built it using GitHub Copilot + VS