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It should have a video showing the code the process and the sort of apps it builds. I’m not doing the tutorial. I’m sufficiently interested to give it a 30 se

It should have a video showing the code the process and the sort of apps it builds. I’m not doing the tutorial. I’m sufficiently interested to give it a 30 second video. If that looks interesting I might look at more involved videos about some aspect.

klageveen 8y ago
Hey, that's good feedback thanks. We did a little video/gif of the deployment process (https://alan-platform.com/pages/tuts/getting-started.html#build-it https://alan-platform.com/pages/tuts/getting-started.html#bu...). At some point we'll do a full walk through video, but time-wise it's expensive to do. The flow is pretty bare bones though, so if you're used to a text editor and command line tools it'll be pretty familiar.
- hguhghuff 8y ago
  Well you’ve launched, so you should be meeting the needs of potential customers. In your shoes I’d turn around and make a 1 minute video and upload it to YouTube within 20 minutes, showing what your system is and what these data structures look like. If you have an Apple Mac, the screen recording is built right into QuickTime, just plug your telephone headset into the machine to record some narrative as you go. Seriously, why launch without showing people what it is? 10 years coding, not willing to spend 5 minutes to record it and show us? I’m not interested in reading about the deployment process. Really not. Sell me on what you made.
  - soneca 8y ago
    I disagree with your strategic view for what one should do after launch. I think the focus should be meeting the needs of actual customers. And an intro video for people who are still deciding if they will give a chance is not one of those needs by definition. Right after launch, you want to iterate the product for your actual users. After-launch is not growth phase, is product/market fit phase. Some friction that filters out customers that are not of the early adopter profile might even be desirable. The only exception is if you do not have enough customers to get feedback from, then you work on this sort of thing. An important, if subtle, point is that I am not against sales in this early stage, I am all for it. I am against investment in inbound growth-only tactics. Founders doing early sales can both overcome any deficiency in a landing page, learn about what is the best message, and improve their product along the way.
    - Aeolun 8y ago
      As I understand it, they already have customers, and are trying to promote this to a wide audience though. In that sense trying to appeal to people that would potentially use your system sounds like a great idea.
- grblovrflowerrr 8y ago
  I think a good example to follow for your project is the original Rails announcement video by DHH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzj723LkRJY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzj723LkRJY Maybe you can do a similar app in way less time!

klageveen 8y ago

Hey, that's good feedback thanks. We did a little video/gif of the deployment process (https://alan-platform.com/pages/tuts/getting-started.html#build-it https://alan-platform.com/pages/tuts/getting-started.html#bu...). At some point we'll do a full walk through video, but time-wise it's expensive to do. The flow is pretty bare bones though, so if you're used to a text editor and command line tools it'll be pretty familiar.

hguhghuff 8y ago
Well you’ve launched, so you should be meeting the needs of potential customers. In your shoes I’d turn around and make a 1 minute video and upload it to YouTube within 20 minutes, showing what your system is and what these data structures look like. If you have an Apple Mac, the screen recording is built right into QuickTime, just plug your telephone headset into the machine to record some narrative as you go. Seriously, why launch without showing people what it is? 10 years coding, not willing to spend 5 minutes to record it and show us? I’m not interested in reading about the deployment process. Really not. Sell me on what you made.
- soneca 8y ago
  I disagree with your strategic view for what one should do after launch. I think the focus should be meeting the needs of actual customers. And an intro video for people who are still deciding if they will give a chance is not one of those needs by definition. Right after launch, you want to iterate the product for your actual users. After-launch is not growth phase, is product/market fit phase. Some friction that filters out customers that are not of the early adopter profile might even be desirable. The only exception is if you do not have enough customers to get feedback from, then you work on this sort of thing. An important, if subtle, point is that I am not against sales in this early stage, I am all for it. I am against investment in inbound growth-only tactics. Founders doing early sales can both overcome any deficiency in a landing page, learn about what is the best message, and improve their product along the way.
  - Aeolun 8y ago
    As I understand it, they already have customers, and are trying to promote this to a wide audience though. In that sense trying to appeal to people that would potentially use your system sounds like a great idea.
grblovrflowerrr 8y ago
I think a good example to follow for your project is the original Rails announcement video by DHH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzj723LkRJY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzj723LkRJY Maybe you can do a similar app in way less time!