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After I graduated High school. I devoted nearly all of my time to working on a web application aaggregator meant to be a platform where people could discover an
by alanz1223 10y ago
After I graduated High school. I devoted nearly all of my time to working on a web application aaggregator meant to be a platform where people could discover and share web apps. The site would also have hosting capabilities so that you could deploy your project on site. Think of it like a github pages with a featured projects page for interactive content. After launch I posted it on several forums hoping it would catch on with developers but in the end I only ended up having about 10 people register.
In retrospect I attribute my failures to
1) Not being in touch with what people wanted, or gathering feedback throughtout the process. There were a lot of extra features that I implemented which consumed a great deal of time that never even ended up being used.. So I should have launched a MVP and took things from there. I was scared of launching since I beileved my project wasnt ready even though all of the core features were implemented.
2) Lack of marketing/logistics knowledge. After I was done building the site, I truly didnt have the cash or knowledge for giving it the exposure it needed to gain traction. I naively thought that after launch my product would just organically grow itself, by word of mouth without having to put much marketing effort. Very stupid assumption.
3)planning and organization. I took on way too much technical debt for the project to the point where I cant even modify it. I built the site at a time where I was also learning web development and it was my first project ever. I ended up minifying the code, and was not even a Git user at the time. The variable names were lost and I only have the minified output. This is probably my biggest technical mistake.
So in hindsight these are probably the largest factors that contributed to my project being a complete failure, and honestly have discoraged me a bit from following some of my other ideas due to the fear of failure, which might just mean I am more concious of where I spend my time or it might be something that is holding me back. I am not quite sure.
- jtrtoo 10y agoSounds like you learned some truly valuable lessons applicable to future endeavors. That's precisely why you should not be discouraged; you're better prepared than ever before. Good luck, whatever your future holds. :)