Validated the MVP. Now comes the scary part: The Login Wall.

For weeks, my AI bridge (Tasquery) has been the Wild West. 100% stateless, no login required, zero friction. Devs loved it, which perfectly validated the MVP.

But to build a sustainable SaaS, I had to introduce friction. Today, I finally shipped Google Auth.

To keep the "Aha! moment" alive, I actually increased the free character limit (to 1000). But the real workflow firepower is now gated behind a free account:

• 2000 character limits (for long meeting notes)

• 1-click formatted copy (Jira, Slack, Markdown)

• Advanced AI "Refine" actions

The scariest part? I also finally added Google Analytics today. I'm terrified to look at the real-time drop-off now that the wall is up. 😅

Fellow indie hackers: How bad was the initial churn when you first introduced auth to your free tools? Did your power users happily sign in?