Spencer Stevens

Spencer Stevens

indie software studio developer

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Software engineer/Product development in a top 20 private company in US. Building useful apps for everyday life. Currently launching Trove - a calmer money app launching on Google Play & iOS. sablecreeksoftware.com

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1mo ago

What are the strongest signals that validate an idea and show that the product is worth building?

When you build many products based only on a feeling, you eventually realise that the majority of them won t work.

Sometimes it s because the distribution wasn t good enough. Other times, the product itself wasn t good, or people simply didn t need it.

2mo ago

What “low-cost” stack would you recommend for a first-time founder launching a product to save money

AI is a great, cheap foundation we can all agree on that (depending on token usage, of course).

When you re building your first product, and you re not sure if it will work and earn money, the obvious goal is to keep costs as low as possible and avoid burning money early on.

2mo ago

What do you consider when supporting a product in companies? (Question about supporting local tools)

I'm gradually seeing how many people in my circles are calling for more capable alternative solutions for products that originally came from the US.

They are switching, for example,

from ChatGPT to Mistral

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