How do you validate your ideas?

Hey Indie Hackers 👋

I’ve been struggling with something that I think many makers/founders know well: ideas are not the problem.

I’ve had plenty of them — probably too many. But here’s the real issue: how do you know which ones are actually worth pursuing?

Because let’s be real: maybe 80% of them are crap… but what if one of the ideas I already threw away (thinking it was crap) was actually the hidden gem? 🤯

In the past, I fell into the classic trap:

– Pick one idea I felt was solid

– Spent 6+ months building an MVP

– Only to realize… nobody wanted it

That failure made me think: maybe what we’re lacking is not more ideas, but a better, faster way to validate them before sinking months of time.

I’m curious how you approach this:

– When you have multiple SaaS ideas, how do you pick the “right” one?

– What’s your go‑to process for validation?

– How do you know when an idea is truly bad vs. just underdeveloped?

– Have you tried tools/methods that gave you clear signals?

Do you guys run into this problem too? How do you usually solve it?