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Show HN: Site Command – Simple construction management for small teams

3 points by shnuffy 7y ago

shnuffy 7y ago
I spent my evenings and weekends over the past several months building a construction management product for small home builders / general contractors. It's a bit of a niche market, but a friend of mine owns a small contracting company and as I got to learn about his challenges, I realized there wasn't anything purpose-built for companies just like his. I know this is a bit of random product, but I thought it'd be fun to get feedback anyway or share it in case the problem set resonates with anybody :) * I created a demo user for hacker news, so feel free to login and play around: hackernews.sc@gmail.com / icrhtmTBqijtezh9cpYUzVmy In case anybody's interested, the stack is primarily Laravel/Vue/MySQL. I also wrote a blog going into more detail about why I built for this specific niche, happy to share that if anybody wants it! I'd love your thoughts/feedback!
robinhood 7y ago
It's interesting that you share this project to Hacker News. This community probably is not very familiar with this field - I know I'm not :-D That being said, it's refreshing to see an app that addresses this market. Have you validated the idea with general contractors? If so, is the tagline (currently: Simple construction management software for small teams) the right one? I also appreciate that you've indicated a login for our community. Good idea. So I tried the app, briefly: it looks great and super polished. Apart from that, there are some parts of the app that I didn't understand, so I can't comment on them. But good luck with this app, I salute the effort as I know how much it takes to ship something on nights and weekends!
- shnuffy 7y ago
  Thanks! I really appreciate the thoughts and the fact that you tried it out! :) I have validated it with a handful of contractors, but I feel like my reach is limited. I also feel limited by my ability to sell / distribute. I'm a product guy/engineer, so I'm comfortable there, but I have much less experience selling. I'm still not sure about the tagline, I don't feel like I have enough data points one way or the other. It's been a really fun project to work on, and brings me back to when I would work constructions in the summers during university. Again – thanks for trying it out and sharing your thoughts!

3 points by shnuffy 7y ago

I spent my evenings and weekends over the past several months building a construction management product for small home builders / general contractors. It's a bit of a niche market, but a friend of mine owns a small contracting company and as I got to learn about his challenges, I realized there wasn't anything purpose-built for companies just like his. I know this is a bit of random product, but I thought it'd be fun to get feedback anyway or share it in case the problem set resonates with anybody :) * I created a demo user for hacker news, so feel free to login and play around: hackernews.sc@gmail.com / icrhtmTBqijtezh9cpYUzVmy In case anybody's interested, the stack is primarily Laravel/Vue/MySQL. I also wrote a blog going into more detail about why I built for this specific niche, happy to share that if anybody wants it! I'd love your thoughts/feedback!

robinhood 7y ago

It's interesting that you share this project to Hacker News. This community probably is not very familiar with this field - I know I'm not :-D That being said, it's refreshing to see an app that addresses this market. Have you validated the idea with general contractors? If so, is the tagline (currently: Simple construction management software for small teams) the right one? I also appreciate that you've indicated a login for our community. Good idea. So I tried the app, briefly: it looks great and super polished. Apart from that, there are some parts of the app that I didn't understand, so I can't comment on them. But good luck with this app, I salute the effort as I know how much it takes to ship something on nights and weekends!

shnuffy 7y ago
Thanks! I really appreciate the thoughts and the fact that you tried it out! :) I have validated it with a handful of contractors, but I feel like my reach is limited. I also feel limited by my ability to sell / distribute. I'm a product guy/engineer, so I'm comfortable there, but I have much less experience selling. I'm still not sure about the tagline, I don't feel like I have enough data points one way or the other. It's been a really fun project to work on, and brings me back to when I would work constructions in the summers during university. Again – thanks for trying it out and sharing your thoughts!