saasform VS datasette

Saasform: https://github.com/saasform/saasform

I had to prioritize another project (solokeys).

I still really believe both: 1) in an open source alternative to auth0, 2) in combining auth+payments for saas.

However, because they’re two problems, it’s probably best to focus on just one. For me trying to launch Saasform the issue has been to find and onboard customers quickly and at scale.

I also purchased Landkit, but eventually found it very heavy. I then essentially remade it on top of Fresh [1]. Code is here if anyone needs it [2].

[1] https://github.com/cssninjaStudio/fresh

[2] https://github.com/saasform/saasform/tree/main/data/themes/f...

If it's a web saas, we're building Saasform [1] with your use case in mind.

One relevant example is launching your MVP as a serverless API (e.g. on Firebase) + react/vue front end. Just iterate on your core product and features, we handle home page, registration and payments.

For mobile apps I'd recommend Expo [2] and, if you can, stay with their managed flow. If you want to iterate fast, you need to take into account the time to release to the stores and Expo can help with that. Similarly as for the web, I'd look into a serverless API model to start.

For email notifications I'd go with Sendgrid.

I personally never used no-code solutions but different people recommended Bubbles [3].

[1] https://saasform.dev

[2] https://expo.io

[3] https://www.bubbles.io

Starter kit to "transform your project into a SaaS", with auth+payments.

https://github.com/saasform/saasform

Saasform: shameless plug, this is my project, modern (at lease I hope), written in typescript

We are also doing something like that lol. It's a crowded field I see. Of course any cross contamination of PR is more than welcome :-)

I made this exercise to guide myself throught the process of starting from a list of features, summarizing benefits, prioritize them, sparkle some keywords and finally output a marketing page.

Working to make a marketing/public site for a micro-saas I was building, I realized there's plenty of articles about the structure of the landing page, sticky header, include quotes, etc. but there's little on how to actually write the content. I worked w/ different marketing professionals in the past and, though everyone has their own style/processes, the tldr is "talk about benefits, not features".

If you're making a marketing page, I hope you can find it useful too!

Please lmk if 1) the exercise makes sense to you, 2) the format is clear/unclear - what can be improved, 3) should I maybe write an accompanying blog post? other ideas?

For context, I expect to launch a number of micro-saas in the next months, so I wanted to build a repeatable process. I then plan to run all these sites out of config files like this [1].

[1] https://github.com/saasform/saasform/blob/main/data/config/w...

Simon Willison's github would be a great place to get started imo -

https://github.com/simonw/datasette

I'm a fan on simonw's datasette/dogsheep ecosystem https://datasette.io/

I use Anki the exact same way. After a lifetime of learning I have accepted that I will never read over anything I write for myself voluntarily - so my two options are:

1. Write an article so good I can publish it and look it over myself later on. I did this last year with https://andrew-quinn.me/fzf/, for example.

2. Create Anki cards out of the material. Use the builtin Card Browser or even https://datasette.io/ on the underlying SQLite database in a pinch to search for my notes any time I have to.

Were you aware of, or tempted by https://datasette.io/ for creating your solution?

Browsing HN, GitHub and the like we get to see a huge variety of software products and code bases.

I often see products and think - if this product X, got together with Y, it would be pretty cool - kind of like if they had a kid together.

Not too literally, but more on the conceptual level - my level of programming is low.

E.g. Just some....

- pocketable.io & datasette (+with some more charting) [https://pocketbase.io, https://datasette.io]

You might like the Datasette project: https://datasette.io/

I don't think they are desperate for contributions but it's a welcoming environment and a fun project to hack on. You'll learn a lot just from reading the source and the incredibly informative PRs. The creator is a really talented developer with a great blog which shows up on the HN front page often.

Last year I worked through the challenges using VisiData, Datasette, and Pandas. I walked through my thought process and solutions in a series of posts.

> uploads of boring raw excel data and receive a nice UI

https://datasette.io/