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Ask HN: When is it a good time to "Show HN"?
I wanted to post a couple times but as I am still fixing and improving things and never thought that I am ready to post it yet.
- benologist 13y agoThere will always be more work you can do. You need to just draw a line in the sand and everything else can be done later.
- ToniVlaic 13y agoYeah, I am about to draw it soon, lately I have been thinking about the Mark Zuckerberg quote "Done is better than perfect" :-)
- Mankhool 13y agoThat quote is a derivative of a long known anonymous quote, "It's easier to be finished, than to be satisfied". You can call it done whenever you want - or tweak it forever . . .
- kohanz 13y agoIf you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late. - Reid Hoffman
- ToniVlaic 13y agoI have already been embarrassed a couple times lol
- jackgolding 13y agoI hope the same applies for social media or general emails because I'm a serial offender!
- justhw 13y agoAny time will do. Someone analyzed best times and posted an article here a while ago, but I've seen show hn's posted on Sunday afternoons stay on the front page till Monday. Just ship it.
- Belar 13y agoThere is no perfect formula for posting. Some say you should post on Wednesday, 5pm PST etc., but it doesn't mean you will sky-rocket with up votes. Personally I avoid weekends, but HN is hard anyway (At least I had no luck.).
- ToniVlaic 13y agoI am going to give it a try soon and hope for the best! :-)
- woutervdb 13y agoProjects are never done. You'll always be improving, releasing new versions, fixing security issues, making your application/product fit in with the rest et cetera. A good moment to show HN is, I guess, the moment where your potential users can really see what your app will be like when it's near completion, in a way that they will share it with others. And about your "product": good luck!
- ToniVlaic 13y agoThank you!