u/Still_Vehicle_231

For context, I work at a startup in Singapore. My boss is one of those “guru” supposed legends and is meant to be an expert in UX, design, sales and marketing.

When I joined, I was told that we were weeks away from launching. They had already raised funding so it all sounded pretty solid.

It has now been over 9 months and we still have not launched.

The product is just an appointment scheduling SaaS. It is meant to be simple. Create a booking page, let customers pick a service, choose a time and confirm.

But my boss keeps adding features. Every time we get close, something new gets thrown in. Now it has turned into this strange mix of HR tool, appointment system and bookkeeping platform. It is getting harder and harder to even understand what the product is meant to be and who we are meant to sell to.

At some point I just got fed up and demotivated. I would leave, but the job market is not great right now, so instead of quitting I decided to build a completely separate product in my own time based. It has no connection to the company I work for.

I mocked up some flows in Figma, used Supabase for the backend, and Resend for emails. In total, it costs me roughly $50 monthly to run the entire platform.

I then put out a few blog posts, spent nothing on marketing, and left it alone.

To my surprise, people started signing up and now I actually have paying monthly subscribers.

Which is mad, because this started as a bit of frustration and now it is slowly turning into something real.

For context, I work at a startup in Singapore. My boss is one of those “guru” supposed legends and is meant to be an expert in UX, design, sales and marketing.

When I joined, I was told that we were weeks away from launching. They had already raised funding so it all sounded pretty solid.

It has now been over 9 months and we still have not launched.

The product is just an appointment scheduling SaaS. It is meant to be simple. Create a booking page, let customers pick a service, choose a time and confirm.

But my boss keeps adding features. Every time we get close, something new gets thrown in. Now it has turned into this strange mix of HR tool, appointment system and bookkeeping platform. It is getting harder and harder to even understand what the product is meant to be and who we are meant to sell to.

At some point I just got fed up and demotivated. I would leave, but the job market is not great right now, so instead of quitting I decided to build a completely separate product in my own time based. It has no connection to the company I work for.

I mocked up some flows in Figma, used Supabase for the backend, and Resend for emails. In total, it costs me roughly $50 monthly to run the entire platform.

I then put out a few blog posts, spent nothing on marketing, and left it alone.

To my surprise, people started signing up and now I actually have paying monthly subscribers.

Which is mad, because this started as a bit of frustration and now it is slowly turning into something real.

Any advice on what I should do for marketing would be appricated!

For context, I work at a startup in Singapore. My boss is one of those “guru” supposed legends and is meant to be an expert in UX, design, sales and marketing.

When I joined, I was told that we were weeks away from launching. They had already raised funding so it all sounded pretty solid.

It has now been over 9 months and we still have not launched.

The product is just an appointment scheduling SaaS. It is meant to be simple. Create a booking page, let customers pick a service, choose a time and confirm.

But my boss keeps adding features. Every time we get close, something new gets thrown in. Now it has turned into this strange mix of HR tool, appointment system and bookkeeping platform. It is getting harder and harder to even understand what the product is meant to be and who we are meant to sell to.

At some point I just got fed up and demotivated. I would leave, but the job market is not great right now, so instead of quitting I decided to build a completely separate product in my own time based on what I felt should have been launched months ago. It has no connection to the company I work for.

I mocked up some flows in Figma, used Claude AI to help generate most of the code, Supabase for the backend, and Resend for emails. In total, it costs me roughly $50 monthly to run the entire platform.

I then put out a few blog posts, spent nothing on marketing, and left it alone.

To my surprise, people started signing up and now I actually have paying monthly subscribers.

Which is mad, because this started as a bit of frustration and now it is slowly turning into something real.

For context, I work at a startup in Singapore. My boss is one of those “guru” supposed legends and is meant to be an expert in UX, design, sales and marketing.

When I joined, I was told that we were weeks away from launching. They had already raised funding so it all sounded pretty solid.

It has now been over 9 months and we still have not launched.

The product is just an appointment scheduling SaaS. It is meant to be simple. Create a booking page, let customers pick a service, choose a time and confirm.

But my boss keeps adding features. Every time we get close, something new gets thrown in. Now it has turned into this strange mix of HR tool, appointment system and bookkeeping platform. It is getting harder and harder to even understand what the product is meant to be and who we are meant to sell to.

At some point I just got fed up and demotivated. I would leave, but the job market is not great right now, so instead of quitting I decided to build a completely separate product in my own time based on what I felt should have been launched months ago. It has no connection to the company I work for.

I mocked up some flows in Figma, used Claude AI to help generate most of the code, Supabase for the backend, and Resend for emails. In total, it costs me roughly $50 monthly to run the entire platform.

I then put out a few blog posts, spent nothing on marketing, and left it alone.

To my surprise, people started signing up and now I actually have paying monthly subscribers.

Which is mad, because this started as a bit of frustration and now it is slowly turning into something real.

Anyway, that is my ramble and any advice on what I should do next would be appreciated.

For context, I work at a startup in Singapore. My boss is one of those “guru” supposed legends and is meant to be a expert in UX, design, sales and marketing.

When I joined, I was told that we were weeks away from launching. They had already raised funding so it all sounded pretty solid.

It has now been over 9 months and we still have not launched.

The product is just an appointment scheduling SaaS. It is meant to be simple. Create a booking page, let customers pick a service, choose a time and confirm etc.

But my boss keeps adding features. Every time we get close, something new gets thrown in. Now it has turned into this strange mix of HR tool, appointment system and bookkeeping platform. It is getting harder and harder to even understand what the product is meant to be and who we are meant to sell to.

At some point I just got fed up and demotivated. I would leave, but the job market is not great right now, so instead of quitting I decided to just build what we should have launched months ago.

I mocked up some flows in Figma, used Claude AI to help generate most of the code, Supabase for the backend, and Resend for emails. In total, it costs me roughly $50 monthy to run the entire platform.

I then went ahead and started to get AI to generated blog posts, spent nothing on marketing, and left it alone.

To my surprise, people started signing up and now I actually have paying monthly subscribers.

Which is mad, because this started as petty revenge and now it is slowly turning into something real.

Anyway, that is my ramble and any advice on what I should do next would be appriciated

For context, I work at a startup in Singapore. My boss is one of those “guru” supposed legends and is meant to be an expert in UX, design, sales and marketing.

When I joined, I was told that we were weeks away from launching. They had already raised funding so it all sounded pretty solid.

It has now been over 9 months and we still have not launched.

The product is just an appointment scheduling SaaS. It is meant to be simple. Create a booking page, let customers pick a service, choose a time and confirm.

But my boss keeps adding features. Every time we get close, something new gets thrown in. Now it has turned into this strange mix of HR tool, appointment system and bookkeeping platform. It is getting harder and harder to even understand what the product is meant to be and who we are meant to sell to.

At some point I just got fed up and demotivated. I would leave, but the job market is not great right now, so instead of quitting I decided to just build what we should have launched months ago.

I mocked up some flows in Figma, built the product, used Supabase for the backend, and Resend for emails. In total, it costs me roughly $50 monthly to run the entire platform.

I then put out a few blog posts, spent nothing on marketing, and left it alone.

To my surprise, people started signing up and now I actually have paying monthly subscribers.

Which is mad, because this started as petty revenge and now it is slowly turning into something real.

Anyway, that is my ramble and any advice on what I should do next would be appreciated.

For context, I work at a startup in Singapore. My boss is one of those “guru” supposed legends and is meant to be a expert in UX, design, sales and marketing.

When I joined, I was told that we were weeks away from launching. They had already raised funding so it all sounded pretty solid.

It has now been over 9 months and we still have not launched.

The product is just an appointment scheduling SaaS. It is meant to be simple. Create a booking page, let customers pick a service, choose a time and confirm etc.

But my boss keeps adding features. Every time we get close, something new gets thrown in. Now it has turned into this strange mix of HR tool, appointment system and bookkeeping platform. It is getting harder and harder to even understand what the product is meant to be and who we are meant to sell to.

At some point I just got fed up and demotivated. I would leave, but the job market is not great right now, so instead of quitting I decided to just build what we should have launched months ago.

I mocked up some flows in Figma, used Claude AI to help generate most of the code, Supabase for the backend, and Resend for emails. In total, it costs me roughly $50 monthy to run the entire platform.

I then went ahead and started to get AI to generated blog posts, spent nothing on marketing, and left it alone.

To my surprise, people started signing up and now I actually have paying monthly subscribers.

Which is mad, because this started as petty revenge and now it is slowly turning into something real.

Anyway, that is my ramble.