I Built the Product. Made It Open Source. Deployed It Cheaply. Then... 7 Users Signed Up.

Not 7,000.

Not 700.

Just 7.

And somehow, that hurts more than failing to build the project itself.

Everyone talks about building.

"Ship fast."

"Deploy early."

"Build in public."

So I did.

I built a real project, spent hours improving the UI, added features that users actually need, kept optimizing the experience, and even made the source code public because I wanted people to trust what I was building.

Repository:
https://github.com/DeveloperPuneet/Rizzzler-Stable

Live project:
https://www.rizzzler.work.gd/

I wasn't backed by investors.

I don't have a huge audience.

I'm just another developer trying to build something useful with almost no budget, deploying in the cheapest way possible and learning everything along the way.

The hardest part wasn't coding.

It was realizing that building something good doesn't mean people will come.

After all that work...

Only 7 people created an account.

That's the part nobody prepares you for.

Not the bugs.

Not deployment.

Not debugging at 2 AM.

The silence after you launch.

I'm not writing this because I want sympathy.

I'm writing this because I know there are hundreds of developers here who have experienced the exact same thing.

You build.

You polish.

You improve.

You compare your product with others and keep adding features.

Then you refresh your analytics...

Nothing.

If you've ever been in that position, I'd genuinely love your feedback.

Tell me what's wrong.

What would stop you from using it?

What feels missing?

I'd rather hear honest criticism than watch another day go by with zero users.

Maybe this post reaches nobody.

Or maybe someone reading this becomes user number 8.

Either way, I'll keep building.