This one hurt to realize.
Spent last few months building impressive stuff:
- Multi-step agent workflows
- Complex API integrations
- Beautiful dashboards nobody asked for
Got reactions like "wow, that's cool" but bank account stayed at $0.
Then I built something embarrassingly simple for a local gym owner.
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New member signs up -> Send welcome email -> Add to WhatsApp group -> Schedule first check-in -> Done.
4 nodes
Took 90 minutes
He paid me $600
Not because it was complex. Because it solved the ONE thing keeping him up at night: new members ghosting after week 1.
๐๐๐ซ๐'๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง
- Solved a problem the client felt that morning
- Took less than 5 days to build
- Client could explain the value to someone else in one sentence
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ?
Cool demos.
No urgency.
No clear pain point.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ง๐จ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ
Stop building to impress other builders.
Start building to relieve one person's specific daily headache.
The simpler, the better.
๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
How many workflows have you built that nobody paid for?
No judgment. I'm at 44. Just trying to figure out if this is normal or if I'm the only one who learned the hard way.
Drop your number below ๐