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How we validate idea and making $1000 MRR in 4 month 🙌

We didn’t write a single line of code to validate our SaaS idea.

And that’s probably why Slashit App exists today.

Before building anything, we did manual work.

I saved common replies in notes.
Copied text from old emails.
Kept drafts in random Google Docs.

It was slow.
And a bit messy.

But it showed the real problem.

Then I spoke with freelancers and small agencies.
Designers. Marketers. Developers.

No pitching.
No demos.

I only asked:
→ what do you type again and again?
→ where do you lose time every day?
→ what annoys you about client messages?

The answers were almost the same.
→ rewriting the same messages
→ switching tools too often
→ losing copied text
→ wanting to reply fast but still sound human

That’s when patterns showed up.
Not feature ideas.
Real habits.

Only after that did we decide build Slashit App.

A simple text expander.
Templates, snippets, rewrite sentence with AI and clipboard history.
Nothing more.

Slashit App came from a workflow first.
Not an idea first.

That’s how we validate Slashit App before writing full code.

Here is the website: https://www.slashit.app/

posted to Icon for group Growth
Growth
on December 17, 2025
  1. 1

    I feel like the understated is the highlight here.

    "Then I spoke with freelancers and small agencies." == TALKING TO CUSTOMERS

  2. 1

    Love this approach....starting with real workflows instead of pitching features. Observing habits first, then building a tool to remove friction, is such a smart way to validate before code. Shows that solving actual pain beats chasing ideas.

  3. 1

    the validation wasn’t about speed or volume, but about keeping the sequence tight. Once the order of steps is clear, even small signals start to compound.

  4. 1

    that's really insipiring!

    1. 1

      Thank you. Any other way you validate?

  5. 1

    Workflow first, idea second is such an underrated approach.

  6. 1

    TL;DR: Before jumping into product development, validation is important.

  7. 1

    That's cool! Slashit App illustrates this approach perfectly.

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