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German Merlo
German Merlo

Building cool stuff

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Is your app idea actually worth building?

Hey guys. I build a lot, I learn a lot, and I’ve noticed a massive shift.

The "Outsiders" are coming. Managers, lawyers, and even employees who see real problems but don’t know if their solution makes sense as a product. I’ve answered the "Should I build this?" question 100+ times this year.

So, I vibecoded a 'solution'.

It's a <2min filter designed to help you stop overthinking and start shipping. It’s not a complex business consultant; it’s a gut-check for your idea.

Why I built this:

  • The Idea Maze: Most people quit because they don't know where to start.
  • Personal Utility: I use it myself to filter the "magic" ideas from the profitable ones.
  • Launch lessons: I'm sharing all the process so everybody can know about it.

Who it’s for:

The domain experts. The people in sales, law, accounting or whatever who found a "pain" but need a tech-roadmap to solve it. Now they can make it real through AI but sometimes it's nonsense.

What's the output:

A simple scoring based on 6 dimensions that trigger the visitor to look for something new, to keep researching or to start building.

I'm not pretending it's a super complex idea audit tool. It's just a first filter.

Based on first feedback, here are some ideas I could add to the given score:

  • Matchmaking: Connecting ideas with the right coaches or devs.
  • Benchmarking: Researching competitors and industry leaders.
  • ICP Snapshot: one paragraph describing the ideal first user
  • Domain selling: After some suggestion, linking with platforms like Godaddy, Cloudlfare.
  • Actionable Guides: Tailored playbooks based on your specific industry.
  • Validation experiment: a single 48-hour experiment to run before writing a line of code.
  • Gurus' validation: Tech influencers giving feedback to beginners.

I built this for saving my time, but I’m realizing the impact it has for those outside the "bubble."

It's 100% FREE - not looking for profit - build-check.com

Would love your feedback—makes sense?