Ilias Ism
@illyism
Shipped SaaS for 10+ years π§ββοΈ @MagicSpaceSEO agency π Learn pSEO: il.ly/pseo π€ Rank Higher on AI results: il.ly/ai-seo π€ Get backlinks: linkdr.com
"If someone reads your blog, subscribes to your emails, follows you on X, uses your free tools, watches your videos, and buys your product for an entire year β what ONE metric in their life or business should massively improve?"
What's yours? π
Prompt-Native Architecture - SaaSBooks
I've been thinking a lot about where software is headed, and I'm convinced we're about to see something entirely new: Prompt-Native Architecture π‘
Right now we ship "complete" apps, but what if we designed software specifically to be transformed by AI?
Instead of coding every feature, build a well-structured foundation with components that understand their own purpose.
Then attach prompt libraries that teach users (or devs) how to evolve the app themselves.
The shipped code becomes just a starting point - a seed that grows differently for each user.
This changes everything π€―
Software becomes infinitely customizable without users knowing how to code.
Want dark mode? Analytics? Just ask and the app can rewrite itself. π
This is "buy once" software on steroids. Not just owning your software, but owning software that can become anything you need it to be.
Plugin/App marketplaces will transform into prompt pack marketplaces.
Value shifts from what the software does today to what it could become tomorrow.
This is why I'm building SaaSBooks as the first accounting platform with Prompt-Native Architecture at its core.
QuickBooks and traditional accounting tools are built on closed, monolithic codebases that require teams of product managers and developers to change.
They're stuck in predefined features, rigid workflows, and expensive development cycles.
SaaSBooks flips the model π
The core is open source, built specifically for AI prompting.
"Connect Google Analytics and track MRR by SEO customers" becomes a 5-second task with good prompts, not a $10k/yr enterprise package or feature request that dies in a backlog.
Intuit: $171B market cap. $14B revenue. $8.5B in operating expenses. 18,800 employees.
Their entire structure is optimized for the old world:
- Fixed features decided by committees
- Development bottlenecked by internal teams
- One-size-fits-all approach to diverse businesses
Where Intuit needs thousands of developers, SaaSBooks creates a platform where:
- Users prompt features into existence
- The community evolves the product in thousands of directions simultaneously
- Zero operating expenses with distributed innovation
No big software company can compete with this model without destroying their own business.
Intuit's massive size isn't an advantage - it's a vulnerability against a prompt-native approach.
Follow along as we build the future of financial software for SaaS companies: github.com/Illyism/saasbooks
quick SEO tip for 2025
how to find all your "2024" pages that need updating:
- open ahrefs/semrush
- go to top pages
- filter "2024" in title
- start updating highest traffic first
screenshot attached for reference πΌοΈ
Growing a Chrome Extension to Millions
How to grow a Chrome extension from 0 to millions of users?
Just finished an SEO audit that shows exactly how:
β’ Free version + link to Web Store
β’ Programmatic SEO (25K+ pages)
β’ Backlinks on listicles
Watch the full roast: seoroast.co/hoverify
How we got backlinks from TechCrunch, ZDNet & Engadget in 24 hours:
1. Built useful tool
2. Sent 10 targeted emails
3. Slid into 3 DMs
4. Wrote 1 blog post
Result: 3x 90DR+ backlinksπ₯
Journalists LOVE covering new platforms early
Need help with strategy? DM me π€
I scraped Pallyy's site and found their top 36 free tool pages getting 90k+ clicks with SEO π₯
Put together a Notion doc with those + 200 more money keyword ideas
Drop your site below & I'll DM you the doc π
I scraped Pallyy's site and found their top 36 free tool pages getting 90k+ clicks with SEO π₯
Put together a Notion doc with those + 200 more money keyword ideas π‘
Drop your site below & I'll DM you the doc!
π§ Running Ads for Clicks gets bots not buyers
Competitors click your ads with botfarms, costing you $$ π
SEO brings real visitors who convert π
Save your budget - focus on high quality SEO traffic instead π
Teaser: How I Used Posthog to Increase My Affiliate Conversion Rate by 20%
Getting $100/day extra with a simple blog? π°
@posthog lets you see exactly where users click.
Use that data to optimize pages & improve CTR π