Idea Surfr

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I’m sitting here at my desk, looking at the payment dashboard, and I honestly can’t believe it. ScreenSorts hit 20 paying users in just 3 days... I know that might seem like a small number to some, but to me, it’s everything.

This started as just another "is this even a good idea?" post on this sub, and today it’s a real product that people are actually willing to pay for. You guys gave me the reality check I needed. You pushed me to double down on the macOS experience and keep everything local for privacy. Honestly, that’s the only reason this worked. And to my surprise, the app was ranked #12 on ProductHunt 😭

For anyone who missed the original thread, ScreenSorts uses local AI to turn your mac's screenshot graveyard into a searchable database. No cloud, no subscriptions, just fixing the mess.

I just wanted to come back and say thank you 🥹 If I hadn’t posted here and listened to the "tough love" feedback, I’d still be staring at an empty VS Code window.

If you’re currently in the "is this even a good idea?" phase, please keep going. Listen to this community, take the critiques, and just build the thing.

AMA if you want to know about the tech stack or how the launch went!

My simple warning: Be careful sharing your ideas publicly.

My background: I'm a former VC backed founder. Raised $5M for my previous company, vibe coding a new one now, with paying customers.

Case in Point: Last week a representative from Forum Ventures posted on reddit (Here) to pitch your ideas to them.

What they didn't mention is, they will in turn pitch ideas to proven founders who've already made lots of money, through their networks on linkedin (Here).

Why Am I saying this now?
5 years ago, to have simply an idea, no one cared -- why? Because you'd have to go code it yourself, build a team, and raise money. That's hard. So hard < 1% of people could do it with a 90% failure rate.

Now AI is here. Now AI can build it for 1% of the money in 1% of the time. Your ideas you share publicly can get legitimate competition from legititimate people very easily -- including from VC's.

AI

I've said publicly on reddit that from my experience with Forum Ventures, I think they're a very shady organization, and now I'm proving it to you. But I dont think theres anything unorigal about what Im saying. This can go for many orgs and people.

I love the membership model of Costco.

You likely know the magic of Costco is their business runs at breakeven and 90% of profits come from membership fees.

What if there was a more extreme version of Costco with a $1,000 or $10,000 annual fee existed and gut the margins on the products and services offered like Costco

Houses, cars, motorcycles, college, taxes, insurance premiums, vacations