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We feel that being able to build is becoming table stakes and the ability to actually get a product …

… We feel that being able to build is becoming table stakes and the ability to actually get a product into people's hands is more important than ever. We built SheetNinja ( https://sheetninja.io ) to force ourselves to learn that side of the business from the ground up. We chose a validated market (sheets-to-api) so we could focus on the "how to find users" problem rather than wondering if the category was useful. It also fits our current "vibe coding" workflow i.e. when we use LLMs or Replit to spin up an idea, a Google Sheet is often the fastest way to handle CRUD without the friction of setting up a traditional database. We are looking for technical feedback on the tool itself and the landing page. We have a lot of visitors but a lower sign-up rate atm. Thanks, in advance! https://sheetninja.io

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The "we chose a validated market so we could focus on learning distribution" framing is really smart and honestly something I wish I'd done earlier. I'm building a workspace/collaboration tool and spent way too long on the product side before realizing the distribution muscle is a completely separate skill that doesn't develop on its own. One thing I've noticed from the sheets-as-backend pattern: the reason people keep reaching for spreadsheets is because the editing UX is instant and familiar.Any tool that wants to replace this for non-technical users needs to nail that "just click a cell and type" experience. That's the hard part honestly.

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the distribution muscle being a separate skill is so underrated. most technical founders assume if you build something good it finds its own audience. it almost never does. sounds like you're learning the hard way which is probably the only way

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