https://github.com/stockandawe/saas-startup-cto-checklist
Initial setup
1. Domain
2. Email forwarding
3. Landing page on Cloudflare
4. Linked to repo on GitHub
5. Easy to redeploy
User waitlists
https://jrhizor.dev/posts/building-a-waitlist-the-wrong-way/
- dos ans don’ts
- waitlist tools
- true validation
Cost of infrastructure
https://cerebralab.com/Is_a_billion-dollar_worth_of_server_lying_on_the_ground
List of tools / tech for SaaS
- Claude is the best chat AI so far. Their latest model is better than ChatGPT
- Reply io great for sales and support
- MagicSlides – for presentation generation
- Otter – for Zoom followups
- Grammarly – for proofreading
- Frase io – for SEO optimisation
- Hansei – for documents and knowledge base management
Web tech usage trends
https://trends.builtwith.com/country/United-States
Example tech stack for solopreneurs
- React
- Python/Django
- Celery
- plain EC2 + supervisord, no Docker https://www.listennotes.com/blog/the-boring-technology-behind-a-one-person-23/
https://jakelazaroff.com/words/tools-and-services-i-use-to-run-my-sass/
- React
- …
https://anthonynsimon.com/blog/one-man-saas-architecture
- Django
- Redis
- nginx and Whitenoise for static files
- Next.js for landing pages
- Kubernetes + Cloudflare
- ( why K8s )
- AWS
Simplest scalable architecture
https://tableplus.com/blog/2024/03/how-we-deal-with-ddos.html