Hacker News with Generative AI: SaaS

Why Kagi launched "no use, no pay" (getlago.substack.com)
Paying for a SaaS subscription you don’t use sucks. Sure, I don’t use that shameful cupboard with the ice cream maker, sous-vide device and electric ham-cutter either, but at least those things don’t charge me again!
SaaS, Business Models, Subscription Services, Software
76 points by AnhTho_FR 2 days ago | 31 comments
Launch HN: Augento (YC W25) – Fine-tune your agents with reinforcement learning (ycombinator.com)
Hi HN, we’re the cofounders of Augento (https://augento.ai/). We’re building Deepseek R1-like fine-tuning as a service. You connect your agent, tell us when it’s right or wrong, and we deliver an LLM optimized for that agent.
Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Startups, AI, SaaS
100 points by lmeierhoefer 2 days ago | 60 comments
Oracle attempt to hide cybersecurity incident from customers? (doublepulsar.com)
Being a provider of cloud SaaS (Software-as-a-service) solutions requires certain cybersecurity responsibilities — including being transparent and open. The moment where this is tested at Oracle has arrived, as they have a serious cybersecurity incident playing out in a service they manage for customers.
Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, Oracle, SaaS
629 points by 2bluesc 2 days ago | 126 comments
Show HN: One-Click GA/GTM Tracking Plan Generator for SaaS Teams (jtracking.ai)
AI-powered JTracking generates expert event tracking plans for Google Analytics (GA) and enables deployment to Google Tag Manager (GTM) in just one click!
Software, Analytics, Marketing, SaaS, Tools
10 points by billyellow 6 days ago | 1 comments
Show HN: We are building the next DocuSign (sgnly.com)
Show HN, SaaS, Electronic Signatures, Document Management
76 points by esaidm 6 days ago | 103 comments
It's five grand a day to miss our S3 exit (world.hey.com)
We're spending just shy of $1.5 million/year on AWS S3 at the moment to host files for Basecamp, HEY, and everything else.
Cloud Computing, Costs, Business, Software, SaaS
12 points by taubek 6 days ago | 1 comments
It's five grand a day to miss our S3 exit (world.hey.com)
We're spending just shy of $1.5 million/year on AWS S3 at the moment to host files for Basecamp, HEY, and everything else.
Cloud Computing, SaaS, Business, Costs
186 points by ksec 7 days ago | 174 comments
"Vibe Coding" is a dangerous fantasy (nmn.gl)
Last week, X exploded when a “vibe coder” announced his SaaS was under attack.
Software Development, Culture, Online Communities, SaaS
7 points by namanyayg 10 days ago | 2 comments
Vibe Coding Is a Dangerous Fantasy (nmn.gl)
Last week, X exploded when a “vibe coder” announced his SaaS was under attack.
Software Development, SaaS, Cyber Security
14 points by susam 12 days ago | 2 comments
Show HN: Cursor Directory – From a 3-hour build to a 250k users/mo community (cursor.directory)
Community Building, Web Development, SaaS, Growth Hacking
50 points by pontusabb 14 days ago | 21 comments
How I Stay Motivated Working on My Solo SaaS (When It Feels Like Nobody Cares) (ycombinator.com)
I’ve been grinding on my solo project—a little app to help remote workers find coworking spots nearby—for months, and some days it feels like I’m yelling into the void.
Motivation, Solopreneurship, SaaS, Remote Work, Coworking
119 points by Sayyidalijufri 16 days ago | 55 comments
Going from an Idea to MVP in Weeks: PromptPanda's Launch(es) (opensaas.sh)
Did you know that most co-founders meet each other through work? Lander Willem met his friend and co-founder Bram Billiet while they were working at the local venture fund. They both shared the love towards LLMs and got the idea to kickstart their SaaS after experiencing the same pain points with managing and versioning prompts.
Startups, SaaS, Entrepreneurship
26 points by Liriel 16 days ago | 4 comments
Tell HN: SaaS Is the New SEO (ycombinator.com)
With advent of modern web and it's centralization, many niche platforms died.
SaaS, SEO, Web Development
12 points by achempion 18 days ago | 4 comments
So you wanna go on prem (2016) (lusis.org)
If you run a successful SaaS platform, at some point someone is going to come to you with the question: can I run it myself?
SaaS, On-Premise, Software, Business
36 points by hackerthemonkey 18 days ago | 7 comments
Launch HN: Sift Dev (YC W25) – AI-Powered Datadog Alternative (ycombinator.com)
Hi HN! We're Kaushik and Ishir. We’re building SiftDev (https://runsift.com/), an intelligent logging tool that understands your observability data in real time, automatically identifies anomalies, and lets you interact with your logs through natural language queries.
AI, Observability, Logging, SaaS, YC
82 points by Akula112233 22 days ago | 56 comments
Ask HN: How do you handle VAT / Sales Tax accounting as B2C SaaS? (ycombinator.com)
Hey! I run a B2C SaaS and I use Stripe for all of my sales (subscriptions).
SaaS, Business, Accounting, Taxes
96 points by throw_1VJ51pMb 26 days ago | 86 comments
Show HN: PG-Capture – a better way to sync Postgres with Algolia (or Elastic) (onrender.com)
Schema-based Change-Data-Capture for Postgres
Databases, Postgres, Search, Open Source, SaaS
56 points by nick-keller 33 days ago | 19 comments
Keeping our free tier sustainable by preventing abuse (geocod.io)
While many SaaS businesses have started to remove their free tiers due to abuse, we are determined to continuing to provide a free tier for our standard service.
SaaS, Business Models, Free Tiers, Abuse Prevention
106 points by thecodemonkey 41 days ago | 46 comments
Ask HN: Small Ideas vs. Big Ideas? (ycombinator.com)
I've been thinking about this one for a while, does it make sense to work on small ideas? Something like a utility a PDF converter or a small game and attempt to make it into an asset generating $10K - $30K in MRR? Or is it better to aim for building something as big as you can?
Entrepreneurship, Startups, Business Models, SaaS
60 points by amukbils 44 days ago | 78 comments
Ask HN: Is SaaS Dead? (ycombinator.com)
It seems like every CRUD application under the sun has been built, and it is difficult to carve out any value that can be productized.
SaaS, Startups, Business, Software
26 points by asdev 50 days ago | 41 comments
Ask HN: What do you run instead of Datadog? (ycombinator.com)
Datadog has turned into an ever loving piece of shit. I am sick of their sales team grabbing us by the ankles and "Accidentally" charging for services we don't use. Now, this morning they changed something with their AWS integration that is causing 10X the API calls against our accounts (and thus, 10X guardduty costs on our end analyzing those API requests).
Software, Monitoring, Cloud Computing, SaaS, Alternatives
13 points by theorlandog 50 days ago | 21 comments
What happens to SaaS in a world with computer-using agents? (docs.google.com)
In this world, simple SaaS products risk commodification, as agents will obfuscate the need for humans to interact with them.
SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Agents
90 points by stephencoyner 51 days ago | 82 comments
The SSO Tax Is Smart Business, and Bad Security (alexgaynor.net)
For years, people have criticized the “SSO Tax”, SaaS companies' practices of limiting single-sign-on to only their more expensive plans, effectively imposing a tax on organizations that care about security.
Security, Business, SaaS, Single Sign-On
5 points by craigkerstiens 54 days ago | 0 comments
Will AI agents eat SaaS? (sandhya.substack.com)
It's eat or be eaten in the age of AI agents and time for SaaS companies to place their big bets.
Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Business, Technology
3 points by kiyanwang 54 days ago | 0 comments
The only guide you'll ever need to implement usage-based pricing (stigg.io)
Don’t get lost in the fine print. Hard limits, soft limits, overages, true-ups, top-ups, auto-upgrades and more. Your product never looked so messy to bill. Time for some good-ol’ house cleaning.
Pricing Models, SaaS, Business, Software
26 points by mooreds 58 days ago | 0 comments
Datadog Dollars: Why Your Monitoring Bill Is Breaking the Bank (oneuptime.com)
Have you ever opened your monitoring bill and felt your heart skip a beat? You're not alone. In the world of digital infrastructure, many companies are experiencing sticker shock when they see their Datadog invoices. Let's unpack why your monitoring bill might be breaking the bank and explore how you can rein it back in.
Monitoring, Costs, Datadog, Cloud Infrastructure, SaaS
4 points by ndhandala 58 days ago | 1 comments
Ask HN: Do the tarrifs impact software/SaaS? If so, how? (ycombinator.com)
Will it be more difficult to sell software or SaaS across the border between Canada and the US?
International Trade, SaaS, Software, Business, Tariffs
34 points by xeckr 60 days ago | 47 comments
Show HN: How I built a SaaS thanks to my wife (pdfbolt.com)
Software, SaaS, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Relationships
10 points by Ametrin 63 days ago | 2 comments
Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email (purelymail.com)
Let's get straight to the point:
Email, Marketing, Pricing, SaaS
310 points by LorenDB 66 days ago | 211 comments
Growing my SaaS from 0 to 4k users in 5 months – what worked for me (ycombinator.com)
When I started out building projects and was looking for advice, I always found that what helped the most was seeing how others had done it before who had actually seen success with the methods they were talking about.
SaaS, Growth Hacking, Startups, Marketing
11 points by felixheikka 67 days ago | 9 comments