I specialize in creating useful apps that help me, first and foremost, and then share them with the world. I have released these two products: https://callmepr

I specialize in creating useful apps that help me, first and foremost, and then share them with the world. I have released these two products: https://callmeprivate.com https://callmeprivate.com https://textmeprivate.com https://textmeprivate.com Working on some apps that I haven't released yet dealing with some telecom API, I got the idea of having a phone number without having a phone number to stop scam callers from calling me. But that evolved, of course... I started a virtual number service that privatizes your phone number with many added options -- basically your phone number can become a very useful piece of software. I released Call Me Private about 3 months ago on Hacker News ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15905375 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15905375 ) and just started marketing it a lot the past few weeks.. so far, I've got about 12 customers or so. Since I've released it ... I've also had a few organizations contact me for some minor customization requests, which I was able to make happen. My early customers are definitely helping the product to evolve more to suit their needs... and what they are asking for.. I usually weigh whether it would be beneficial to that one person ... or many. If its able to help many, I spend more time on it. If just that one person.. I might or might not, depending on the usefulness of the feature.