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Building a SaaS in Public: Bookmark App – Day 1(ish)

20 points by charly1811 6y ago

DeonPenny 6y ago
As someone who is just getting over the hump of actually getting people over a long period of time to use a app and give feedback. I think the best thing I did was find someone willing to talk and test the app outa few times per week. When I talked to users and built and talked it didn't work as well as finding someone willing to look at a half finish product to test the product. I used them almost like product managers and I was a bespoke dev shop. One since they help build it they more usually use it and will tell you what's broken. They are also are super willing to tell others about it since they have skin in the game.
- metabeard 6y ago
  I've previously had a Pocket subscription and switched to Bear Pro to track bookmarks but neither is perfect. I would be happy to offer feedback each week as you build out your app.
  - charly1811 6y ago
    Hi Metabeard! If you're interested in having a chat about your experience with other tools and possibly becoming an early adopter of my app you can shoot me an email at charles@charlesthecoder.dev :)
    - DeonPenny 6y ago
      Dope, also I got this advice from the Mom test. Another thing I got from it is informal meetings work best. Just get a number and call.
      - charly1811 6y ago
        I also read the Mom Test! I'm almost done with the book it's been a great resource to learn from! My telegram is https://t.me/celoubao https://t.me/celoubao we can schedule a call or direct message from there if you want
  - omniscient_oce 6y ago
    I actually started building something like this too, I think it's a pretty common project idea. I ended up finding raindrop.io which I really really like. Maybe you can check it out. The free version is good enough for me at the moment but I'm considering upgrading. I use Pocket to save stuff I'm gonna read later, then if it's a really good resource I put it in Raindrop and categorise + tag it. It also has moodboard if you wanna save images as references.
- charly1811 6y ago
  Thanks for your insight! Finding someone willing to try an half baked product can be hard. how did you do it?

20 points by charly1811 6y ago

As someone who is just getting over the hump of actually getting people over a long period of time to use a app and give feedback. I think the best thing I did was find someone willing to talk and test the app outa few times per week. When I talked to users and built and talked it didn't work as well as finding someone willing to look at a half finish product to test the product. I used them almost like product managers and I was a bespoke dev shop. One since they help build it they more usually use it and will tell you what's broken. They are also are super willing to tell others about it since they have skin in the game.

metabeard 6y ago
I've previously had a Pocket subscription and switched to Bear Pro to track bookmarks but neither is perfect. I would be happy to offer feedback each week as you build out your app.
- charly1811 6y ago
  Hi Metabeard! If you're interested in having a chat about your experience with other tools and possibly becoming an early adopter of my app you can shoot me an email at charles@charlesthecoder.dev :)
  - DeonPenny 6y ago
    Dope, also I got this advice from the Mom test. Another thing I got from it is informal meetings work best. Just get a number and call.
    - charly1811 6y ago
      I also read the Mom Test! I'm almost done with the book it's been a great resource to learn from! My telegram is https://t.me/celoubao https://t.me/celoubao we can schedule a call or direct message from there if you want
- omniscient_oce 6y ago
  I actually started building something like this too, I think it's a pretty common project idea. I ended up finding raindrop.io which I really really like. Maybe you can check it out. The free version is good enough for me at the moment but I'm considering upgrading. I use Pocket to save stuff I'm gonna read later, then if it's a really good resource I put it in Raindrop and categorise + tag it. It also has moodboard if you wanna save images as references.
charly1811 6y ago
Thanks for your insight! Finding someone willing to try an half baked product can be hard. how did you do it?