Building SaaS in public #1

Vergil
2 min readDec 12, 2022

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MVP is live with easy-to-try demo

It’s happening. My first bootstrapped SaaS is live. So let’s recap really quick.

What it does?

Generate Kotlin code for Salesforce objects.

Why?

Because loading data from Salesforce to your webservice is quite cumbersome.

How?

Well… First we need to get salesforce token which we use to load standard or custom objects (or both).
Then select objects from which we want to load the data.
We also need to load it’s fields. This loading happens in client’s browser (postman-like).
Generate — selection is sent to backend where these metadata are converted to Kotlin code, posted to gist and sent back to frontend.

What?

Ok, maybe you get a better perspective if you try it by yourself.
Demo is very easy to use at salesforce.codegen.link/generator
Fell free to play and send me back the feedback.

Is it free?

Kinda. In demo I provide some of the most used standard objects on which you can test the functionality. For most of the users demo functionality will be enough to meet their needs.
Then, when you want to use more specific or custom objects, you can use Free plan where you have 10 tokens (1 token for 1 generated object that is outside of the demo selection). If you need more, check the pricing plan.

What’s next?

  • Fist customers
  • FAQ, manuals, docs, examples, SEO
  • new languages for code generation (Java, almost done, TypeScript, OpenAPI)
  • salesforce integration developers board to promote my clients and help them to get new customers

I love coding, but now I have to do the harder part — marketing.

Wish me luck. I’ll keep you updated about my progress.

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Vergil

I just love modern programming languages, don’t you?