Building SaaS
Building SaaS as a Solo Full-Stack Developer
Lessons from shipping production SaaS: scope, auth, data models, and monitoring.
Shipping SaaS solo means choosing boring reliability over novelty. The products that last have clear users, constrained scope, and instrumentation from day one.
Start with the data model and access rules. For me that usually means PostgreSQL via Supabase, API endpoints paired with RLS policies, and auth flows that match how operators actually work.
Commit Happens taught me that analytics, uptime, and SEO intelligence belong in the same operational story. Otherwise you rebuild the same dashboards three times.
If you are planning a SaaS MVP, pair product scope with website development and early website monitoring so you learn from real usage.