davidfm

Over the past 7 years I've been building a SAAS. It's good. I have 20 customers all from referral. They think it's good. It has the potential to be huge. Currently, it earns me a low income - bootstrapping it's development.

I'd like to raise VC to grow it. But the last time I did that, it swallowed a year and brought down a 25-man company. I tried hiring a developer but didn't have the cashflow to cover the time recruiting, finding offices and managing. I've tried raising cash from friends / family / clients. That might happen yet, but it's an incredibly slow and time-consuming process.

Can HN help suggest the best route forward?

For ages now I've been looking for this tool, with no success. So I reckon it might be something others would want. Maybe I'll build it. Maybe someone else would like to?

I want to be able to see the bigger picture of the systems I develop. How files connect to each other, the variables they pass, the database tables they update, the functions and classes they use etc. A bit like a database schema but not.

I'd love to be able to zoom in to a line of code or out to show how the api connects externally.

I can picture myself using it on an enormous hi-res touch screen, but guess it should also function on a tablet.

Is there anything like this already or is it something others might use?