So I've been building stuff for a while now and honestly my track record with idea validation was.. not great lol. I'd get excited about something, spend weeks building it, and then realize nobody actually wanted it. classic indie hacker mistake right

thats basically why im building ShipSnipe. I wanted something that could scan reddit, hacker news, google trends, product hunt all at once and just tell me is this idea actually worth my time or am I fooling myself again

we're launching in about 3 weeks and I'm genuinely curious what does your validation process look like right now? are you manually scrolling through subreddits? using google trends? just vibe coding and hoping for the best? because thats what I used to do and it cost me months

would love to hear how other builders approach this. still learning a ton and honestly the feedback from this community has been super helpful