šŖ Do you use your own product every day?
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For us, RunEvr is the environment where we actually build RunEvr =)
For me, thatās one of the most beautiful parts of having a product - using it while continuing to build and improve it.
We do our everyday calls there, share ideas, chat, store files, do reviews, complete tasksā¦
And all of this is happening inside the same environment weāre building to help other teams do exactly that!
Kind of a mirror within a mirror =D
So Iām curious:
Do you use your own product every day?
Or do you mostly interact with it through the code while building it for further use, or for only users use?
Would love to hear how it works for you
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I think using your own product daily is one of the best ways to find the small things that need fixing you notice problem much faster when you use it yourself
@shivam_kushwaha16Ā Yes! And what's in your case? Do you use your product?
@adanaĀ I donāt have my own product right now but Iām curious to see what others are building and try some new tools
@shivam_kushwaha16Ā That's great ! And do you have some early ideas?
@adanaĀ Not yet honestly I am mostly busy with my agency work where I focus on personal branding and marketing on linkdin I am quite active on Product Hunt though and I am learning a lot from networking and seeing what other founders are building Hopefully I will build something of my own soon
I am on LinkedIn every single day, having an audience of 11k people. I do not wanna have my account restricted and the only way to have an overview of my LinkedIn engagement is to have SafeLimit installed.
So yes, I use it every second of my life I am on the platform :D
@busmark_w_nikaĀ Thatās lovely! Do you do changes from your own experience? Once you feel something isnāt that convenient, do you rush to change it? =)
@adanaĀ For now, I only changed something when LinkedIn changed something in their code, because my tool is dependent on their code. But I can see my results. I am not restricted anymore :D
@busmark_w_nikaĀ Thatās the goal - to see the real result =)
@adana yes, every day! Most of my products started because I got tired of paying for something, so I'm the first user by default. Trello was the big one. Once our team passed a certain size the bill jumped all at once, so now we're on Pinateca. And every web service I use opens through Kagemusha. When something bugs me, I'm usually the one who notices it first lol
@hisashispaceĀ Thatās great! Thatās an irreplaceable feeling - using something youāve built yourself.. And even better when you see many people doing the same... not even talking about people paying for it =D
@adanaĀ of course it's nice when people pay. But for me it's not really about the money, it's that people liked the thing I put out there enough to say so. The freelance marketplace I've run for 22 years doesn't even take a commission, it runs on ads and some paid members.
Around 15 years ago, when the internet wasn't that great and nobody said "digital nomad" yet, I was working in a cafe in Tokyo and overheard the women at the next table recommending my service to each other. Honestly that made me happier than being praised to my face āŗļø
@hisashispaceĀ that's the best feeling when you see your product being used out there in the wild. What product are you working on now?
@adanaĀ @hisashispaceĀ That is super cool!
My product Maxisnap was originally just a tool I made for myself and a few friends who were tired of Monosnap crashing when we had tons of annotation windows open. It spread word of mouth so I put it public. I will consider it a success when any user uses it more than me (just hit a thousand users and not yet a success š).
Lol people kept asking for a macOS version but I use Windows so I put off developing a Mac version for so long because I wouldn't be using it every day, then recently found a friend who uses screen recorders as much as me so built one out that they could use and give me their feedback on.
@chrisdevszĀ Ah, saw āfor Windows and Macā on your landing page š Congrats on that!
For me itās also interesting, so Iāll definitely give it a try. What can I try with the free plan? Will I be able to see most of the possibilities during the free period?
@adanaĀ hey Adana yeah everything except Studio you'll be able to use on the free plan, if you sign up PM me the email you used to sign up and I'll activate your account with a year of Pro Plus subscription and Maxisnap Studio so you can host it on your own website
@chrisdevszĀ Thanks a lot! Iāve just signed up. Iāll take some time to explore and follow up a bit later.
@adanaĀ added a year pro plus subscription and Maxisnap Studio to your account š
Yes, I use Pidgy every day. Honestly it's the best way to test your own product. A lot of our choices came from our own usage.But sometimes we have to remind each other not to get tunnel vision and build it only for us, so it's a two-way street.
In the end, why would you sell something you wouldn't use yourself?
@emma_lagastĀ Thanks for sharing your experience.
The tunnel vision problem exists, youāre right =)
I meant everyday usage - where your product helps you build your product.
I do not necessarily āuse" my product everyday; however, it is āin useā daily. I also test my product daily, but it is costly and I am bootstrapped, so depending on the model, I usually run 3 generations of each tier, some for business use and others for testing purposes.
@jason013Ā What is your product about? Interesting to know =)
@adanaĀ Yes, it is essentially a governed content generation platform. I am building it to be more geared toward regulated industries (Legal, Healthcare, Fintech, etc.). It is live, but I will be launching on PH soon. WriterzRoom
@jason013Ā great! If you'll need any help or advise with upcoming launch, contact me on LinkedIn. Good luck =)
@adanaĀ Will do, thank you!
Yes. Thatās actually why I started building mine.
I often check PC hardware on the second-hand market, and a genuinely good deal can disappear in less than an hour. I wanted a fast way to see whether the price is actually good, compare the hardware with alternatives, and check what similar options cost at retailers.
So I still use the product for the same problem that made me build it in the first place. And I keep finding things to improve because of that.
@andriizavorotniiĀ Thatās great! I have a teenage son who does exactly what your product does for me =DDD
Yes, every day. We drink our own Kool-Aid.
@sanya_singh6Ā That's great =)
What are you building?
@adanaĀ Weāre building the worldās first AI Orchestration Platform for Marketing. It brings people, AI, workflows and data onto one canvas, with humans directing the work and the flexibility to use whichever AI models fit the task.
@sanya_singh6Ā Wow ! Impressive
Absolutely! Using your own product daily gives you a completely different perspective
You start noticing those little frustrations that youād probably miss otherwise, sometimes the best feedback comes from annoying yourself š
@chemseddine_abdallahĀ Yes, you're right! And what are you building?
@adanaĀ Iām working on a video recording and sharing platform. We use it ourselves quite a lot, which is great until you run into a bug you helped ship š
@chemseddine_abdallahĀ Haha =D Does it preserve image quality? Is it possible to zoom in on specific areas?
@adanaĀ Haha, thatās exactly our game! š We support high-quality recording, and you can zoom in on specific areas while editing. Really handy for tutorials and demos
Yes, I do! Dashrendr is a dashboard builder, and we use it to track our own signups, trials and usage. Itās the first thing I check in the morning.
Itās also the best way to find whatās missing. Whenever something feels clunky or I wish a chart did something it doesnāt, that goes straight onto the backlog. If it annoys me, itāll definitely annoy our users.
@paloma_buildsĀ Thatās great! I saw your launch on Google Cloud Run day. Congrats! =)