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I started doing some research, found my way to BuiltWith and have wound up using it pretty regularly now. It's one of those tools I'd never have thought I neede
by rwhitman 11y ago
I started doing some research, found my way to BuiltWith and have wound up using it pretty regularly now. It's one of those tools I'd never have thought I needed until I became dependent on it. I had no idea how much time I was wasting poking around various websites' html source looking for the tech being used.
Very cool to see that its an automated single founder saas success story. Always inspiring to hear stuff like this
- tempestn 11y agoWhy do you regularly need to know what technology various websites are built with?
- rwhitman 11y agoVery mundane reasons, I assure you
- SmellyGeekBoy 11y agoNot sure why you were downvoted for this. I mainly use it out of curiosity as well. It's very occasionally useful as a sales tool ("Hey, look, your competitors are all using Magento so you should too!") but I'd be lying if I said I used it that way on anything like a regular basis.
- rwhitman 11y agoHN has become a tough crowd to please these days... If folks demand a complete answer from me, then here is the super dull list of reasons I use BuiltWith: 1. I have clients that ask me to check out XY thing on a competitor site. A lot. 2. I'm curious about tools other people use so I can learn the tech and recommend for clients 3. When bidding on a project I need to check what platform it's on 4. Doing market research for a side project (assessing e-commerce sites in a particular niche) That's it. Mundane, non-nefarious reasons.