The SaaS Mixtape

Alper Topcuoglu

— 1 min read

Mixtapes are created by artists to showcase their ability (skillset) and to create hype for their upcoming projects. Basically, they are promotion material.

I want to use the same strategy for the next SaaS product I will be creating. Before starting on my SaaS product ('the album'), I first want to focus on three (smaller) SaaS apps, of which one might be the demo/teaser of the bigger SaaS product.

"PROJECTS"

I want to demonstrate my ability to develop state of the art SaaS apps by mimicking existing apps and enhancing them with my own artistry.

  • Good Coder Electra Maps
    • Competitors: NA (Energy Companies in NL)
    • Displays a map with information on the electricity grid in the Netherlands.
    • Launch date: 13.01.2025
  • Good Coder Flows
    • Competitors: Airbyte / Fivetran / Shakudo
    • Runs Python (ETL) Scripts with support for Apache Spark and Unity Catalog allowing to be run on either on our infrastructure / BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud) / Hybrid
    • Launch Data: 10.02.2025
  • Good Coder Fade-AI
    • Competitors: Orq.ai
    • Tailor-made LLMs that can be used in production by enterprise.
    • Launch Data: 03.03.2025

I want to approach the development of my 'mixtape' with some rules / conditions.

"THE RULES"

  • Development cycle of max. 1 month.
  • Progress is reported every week (aka "Good Friday Blogs").
  • The backlog and thus the scope of each of these apps are still to be determined. Key requirement is that the apps have to deliver something cool / exciting / entertaining / useful for users.
  • Apps will be presented to "Roundtable Guests".

"TECH STACK"

  • Front-end: Next.js (React) | HTML + HTMX.
  • Back-end: Python + PostgreSQL + S3 | Blob.
  • Users can signup and authenticate. Either with Google or GitHub.
  • Cloud Provider: Azure | AWS.

"ROUNDTABLE GUESTS"

  • A close group of people who can give me feedback.
  • Determine when and how I can share these apps with users online.
  • Determine which platforms (LinkedIn/ Reddit / X / Product Hunt) to share links on.
  • Determine on how to gamify user sign up and how to go viral.

"GOAL"

Although one might think I am setting this up for myself to succeed, I am actually trying to figure out when I will fail with delivering these apps and why. This is will create growth and will be lessons learned for the next mixtape I will be creating.

— Alper Topcuoglu
Good Coder

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