A few days ago, I read a post on Reddit saying that if you don t reach 200 users for your tool in the first month (in this particular case, the guy was talking about a Chrome extension), then your tool is no good and you should move on.
I was scared for a moment because I definitely don t meet this with my extension (now I m somewhere around 75 users in 5 weeks).
Three of today's launches ship a confident number at the user. How much of this page is AI. How far this repo sits from production ready. How many hours of debt that represents. Different products, same move.
The problem isn't accuracy. It's that nobody can tell you when it's wrong. A linter points at line 40 and you either agree or you don't. A 0-100 score for something unmeasurable can't be argued with, so it never gets corrected, and it trains people to either ignore it or trust it for no reason at all.
I really like seeing how many enthusiastic male founders are here, but sometimes I find myself looking for more female founders and their stories.
I ve personally faced some of the stereotypes around this that women are usually more cautious, don t take as many risks (including business risks), and that the ideal path is to have a stable job and follow a more traditional way.
Most tools store your chat history and search it later. I tried this and it never really worked for me, the model finds an old message but it still does not know what I actually decided.
So I am testing something else. The thing I store is a decision, not a message. Each one has the decision itself, the reason behind it, the date, and a status.
Hi Makers! This thread is dedicated to you if you are: (1) launching soon or recently launched (2) looking for beta users (3) asking for feedback on a landing page First, start by helping out another maker. You can check out their launch, give their product a review or share a comment on their launch post. Once you've helped someone else out, share your product link here and BE SPECIFIC about who your target audience is and how we can help.
i try a lot of AI products and my honest hit rate is low. most of what i install is gone inside a week, and usually not because it was bad. it just never turned into a habit.
the few that stuck have almost nothing in common on paper. the only thread i can find is that they took away a step i was already doing, instead of adding a step i probably should be doing. the ones that asked me to build a new routine all died.
