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Show HN: Generate a lot of ad creatives for your SaaS in one click

Posted by total_plus on Sunday May 10, 2026 @07:15AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://zenduxai.com

Hey HN. For SaaS, distribution matters more every day. One channel that consistently brings in users, when it's done well, is paid ads.The problem: today's ad platforms like Meta reward volume and variety. You need a lot of creatives across different angles, messages, formats, and aspect ratios, targeting different ICPs. ChatGPT and Gemini help, but they become a bottleneck when you need that...

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Show HN: Generate a variety of ad creatives for your SaaS

Posted by total_plus on Saturday May 09, 2026 @09:59PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://zenduxai.com

Hey HN. For SaaS, distribution matters more every day. One channel that consistently brings in users, when it's done well, is paid ads. The problem: today's ad platforms like Meta reward volume and variety. You need a lot of creatives across different angles, messages, formats, and aspect ratios, targeting different ICPs. ChatGPT and Gemini help, but they become a bottleneck when you need that...

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Re:Ask HN: Looking for side project ideas on Sunday May 24, 2020 @03:59PM (#23294242)
One side project idea I am working on is a web application starter kit that may be up and running in 30 minutes, with more than 10 fundamental features for every web app. I think it can speed up the time to market of other web app based side projects. It is available at https://turbovar.com/turbovar/index.jsp
Re:Ask HN: Interesting topics for a “Build a web app in Java” book on Monday May 18, 2020 @08:00PM (#23229804)
Makes sense. I have also experienced performance issues in some projects. Thanks for sharing!

Ask HN: Interesting topics for a “Build a web app in Java” book

Posted by total_plus on Monday May 18, 2020 @07:44PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hi everyone, I am software developer with experience in Java. By navigating some popular websites/social media, it is common to come across developers launching books for React, Node, Rust, Vue and etc. But I rarely have seen a Java book launch. I am thinking of writing up a practical Java book that helps developers write a full working web application. Some of the topics I am planning to cover...

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Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project? on Friday May 15, 2020 @09:39AM (#23192013)
I worked on TurboVar EmailBroker, a self hosted email sender application that lets you send emails via 5 popular email API service providers.

With TurboVar EmailBroker you can use a concise and uniform API to send emails using REST requests. If you prefer no-code, you can use a Web UI page.

It was launched this week. Check it at https://turbovar.com/turbovar/emailbroker.jsp

Feeback is welcomed!

Re:Show HN: Send emails via the 5 most popular email API services on Thursday May 14, 2020 @09:42PM (#23187912)
Thanks for pointing out. I was not aware of that guideline.
Re:Ask HN: Do you have any projects you'd like input or collaboration on? on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @09:22PM (#22873476)
I have been working on https://turbovar.com , which is a Java SaaS Template. Input on how to improve the landing page and how to increase customer acquisition would be highly appreciated.
Re:Show HN: Java full-stack starter template for side projects on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @08:32AM (#22413013)
Thanks!
Re:Show HN: Java full-stack starter template for side projects on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @08:32AM (#22413010)
Good questions. On the front-end I use jsp to enable dynamic page generation and have things like headers and footers included dynamically and also for some variables, like the placeholders for url, have their value dynamically set. The main reason I chose jsp for those use cases was because it works well and is simple to understand even if you have had zero contact with jsp before (maybe if you want to use it more heavily, it is not that simple). For other aspects of the front-end I rely on html, javascript and css.

Regarding the front-end framework, I decided to use only Bootstrap because of simplicity. I avoided (for now) to use something like Angular or React because in my understanding it would increase the complexity of the stack and users, in general, would need more time to understand it, what would cause the side projects/SaaS/MVP they were aiming to build take more time to be released.

Since the product is now available to the public, those decisions may change once I gain more understanding of what customers really want. Thanks for you comment and feel free to leave any additional question/feedback.

Re:Ask HN: What's your latest failed side project and why? on Monday February 24, 2020 @04:10PM (#22408488)
Sure. I am aware of some other products with similar premises that are based in other programming languages. I will drop you an e-mail.
Re:Ask HN: What's your latest failed side project and why? on Monday February 24, 2020 @09:50AM (#22404387)
Good question. I am not a specialist in JHpister, but I think that two of the reasons that would drive you to choose TurboVar are: you prefer code over configuration and want more control over the code base; you do not want to learn/use Spring on the server side/back-end;

Feel free to leave any additional question or feedback.

Re:Ask HN: What's your latest failed side project and why? on Sunday February 23, 2020 @03:29PM (#22399323)
My two latest failed projects were a SaaS to help landlords manage their properties, including rent payment management, and an analytics tool that consolidated data from real estate property in a excel so people looking to buy or rent could analyse the options in a more effective way than going property by property in the listing site. Both projects failed because I could not attract users in a consistent way. I could not find any paying user during the 2 months that each project stayed online. Nevertheless, it was a good learning experience and it was one of the motivations to derive the project that I am working now (https://turbovar.com/), which is a full-stack Java Web APP template.