After building multiple websites and services, and getting 0 users, on any of the platforms (even though they were all 100% free), I realized I had to change my approach.
I saw one problem, developers didnt ever receive any feedback. They were shouting to the void in multiple subreddits, in forums, and got 0 replies. So I saw an opportunity.
Then I DMed people, asking developers what they struggle with, how would they fix it? I crafted up a plan, took notes, and ran multiple experiments.
Throughout these chats, and experiments there were many people interested, whether or not I was working on a solution - I was not. 1 Day, it took me 1 Day to draft up a landing page, and a waitlist with Brevo. Published the website, shared the link, and got my first dopamine hit, in my 3+ years of programming, a user is interested in my product.
Then it became more interesting, how do I hold this? Emailed them, started campaigns, reached out directly, chatted with wayyy too many people. And slowly I got my first 10 users.
I only started programming 3 weeks ago, and I am very happy with my progress so far, because I see organic content, content I did not put into my website.
Developers need to remember this; You are not a developer if youre a solo dev, youre a founder. Talk to people, DM people, as crazy as it sounds;
PROGRAMMING CAN WAIT!!!
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