The Small Improvements That Make a Web App Better

When building a web application, it's easy to focus on the big things.

New features.

New pages.

New systems.

But while developing PromoHub, I've been learning that some of the most valuable improvements can be much smaller.

Improving What Already Exists

PromoHub is a discovery platform for communities, creators, websites, projects, businesses and more.

There are always new features I could build, but I've started putting more attention into improving the things users already interact with.

That means looking at:

A small improvement in one of these areas can affect the experience of the entire platform.

When you're developing alone, it's tempting to measure progress by how many features you've shipped.

But a growing codebase isn't automatically a better product.

I'd rather have fewer features that work well than dozens of features that make the platform complicated.

That's something I'm keeping in mind as PromoHub continues to grow.

I'm still working on new functionality, but I'm also spending more time improving the foundation of the platform.

The goal is simple:

Make PromoHub easier to understand, easier to navigate and more useful for the people who use it.

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For developers building their own products: what's one small improvement you've made that ended up having a bigger impact than expected?