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Show HN: icantmarket – A verified help exchange for devs who can't market

• pranabsarkar 4mo ago
  OP here. I am terrible at marketing so I started to build a thing for people like me: I Can't Market. The reason is after getting Claude Code/Copilot subscriptions I am working on many projects in my spare time. I am using many of those myself everyday, but can't spread the words and get collaborators and feedbacks which is essential to enhance any project. Verified makers post structured asks (launch / feedback / collab / etc), but posting a second one needs a substantive review on someone else's. Recipient has to mark it Helpful or it doesn't count. No upvotes, no paid placement, no email harvest. Verification is real - GitHub repo admin, DNS TXT, or package provenance. The idea is people like me build things but when it comes to marketing it sucks. This is an attempt to create a habit as well to review others work and interact breaking the silent cycle.
• devdoc83 4mo ago
  This is exactly the problem I'm running into right now. Built something useful, getting organic npm installs, but turning that into actual distribution is a different skill entirely. Signed up.
  • pranabsarkar 4mo ago
    Thank you, Sir!
• stevenalowe 4mo ago
  I am confused by the value proposition here - how are devs that can’t market going to help each other market? Where are the marketers?
  • pranabsarkar 4mo ago
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