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Great project! Love the focus on speed as well compared to other web IDE competitors out there. However, that carefree plan 8 lines of code thing seems ridicul

by ndom91 4y ago

Great project! Love the focus on speed as well compared to other web IDE competitors out there. However, that carefree plan 8 lines of code thing seems ridiculous, no? Most of the templates are already longer than 8 lines.. I think if you just removed many of the other "nice-to-have" features like publishing, npm packages, etc. but made it unlimited lines of code / time per day, the free plan would be much more compelling! Also i agree with the other commentors that the logos on the homepage are a bit off-putting. I'd prefix it with "Used by engineers at...", as others have suggested as well. All in all great job though!

ianberdin 4y ago
Thanks for the honest feedback. That is valuable. I agree, this limitation 8 lines and 20 minutes if over, sounds strange. One user from Google suggested me to make just 30 min daily or feature limited. Both of them makes 3 times smaller conversion. Still the same choice: let it be maximum Freemium or focus on paid users who really value the product because I need to work full-time on playcode? A thin line. I do not know. Maybe it is better to take seed round. If anyone has better answer, I wish you tell me.
- robocat 4y ago
  The best talk ever on self-funding (bootstrapping): https://youtu.be/otbnC2zE2rw https://youtu.be/otbnC2zE2rw - some of what he says should be immediately relevant to you. > Maybe it is better to take seed round I would be very cautious about that: 1. search likely to be distracting , 2. do you want to be your own boss, or not? 3. generally investors want you to become a gigadollar business which I would guess is not your goal. Elsewhere you wrote: “I am pretty bad at B2B sales” Perhaps join up with someone who complements your skills that you like working with? Not easy, but I think easier and more flexible than taking money.

by ndom91 4y ago

ianberdin 4y ago

Thanks for the honest feedback. That is valuable. I agree, this limitation 8 lines and 20 minutes if over, sounds strange. One user from Google suggested me to make just 30 min daily or feature limited. Both of them makes 3 times smaller conversion. Still the same choice: let it be maximum Freemium or focus on paid users who really value the product because I need to work full-time on playcode? A thin line. I do not know. Maybe it is better to take seed round. If anyone has better answer, I wish you tell me.

robocat 4y ago
The best talk ever on self-funding (bootstrapping): https://youtu.be/otbnC2zE2rw https://youtu.be/otbnC2zE2rw - some of what he says should be immediately relevant to you. > Maybe it is better to take seed round I would be very cautious about that: 1. search likely to be distracting , 2. do you want to be your own boss, or not? 3. generally investors want you to become a gigadollar business which I would guess is not your goal. Elsewhere you wrote: “I am pretty bad at B2B sales” Perhaps join up with someone who complements your skills that you like working with? Not easy, but I think easier and more flexible than taking money.