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Congratulations on shipping. Looks great! From my limited experience in this space: any two users typically have very different needs and want to see very diff
by akprasad 4y ago
Congratulations on shipping. Looks great!
From my limited experience in this space: any two users typically have very different needs and want to see very different features (mobile? desktop app? themes? integrations? offline?) before they would feel comfortable making the jump.
So my hunch (although I hope you prove me wrong!) is that getting serious growth requires creating a lot of little features and getting all of them right. I found the prospect of this exhausting when I took a crack at it years ago.
On that basis, my feedback is that it would be great if you all decide what you want this app to be. If you want it to perfectly scratch your itch, that would be a wonderful thing, and I think you would see steady growth in a niche market. If you want it to grow massively, long-term I think it needs to be some kind of platform with a killer edge.
For example, I think Obsidian falls in the platform category. Its killer edge is a great UI over plain markdown notes just stored on disk, and it's also a platform for all kinds of extensions on top.
Also: charge more! [1]
[1]: https://www.google.com/search?q=patio11+charge+more https://www.google.com/search?q=patio11+charge+more
- satvikpendem 4y agoYou are absolutely right, as someone also working in this space, I found it too fragmented to generate significant revenue [0]. Even in this current HN discussion, there are many people asking for various features like desktop and mobile support, source code integration etc. Figuring out a way to help solve all of everyone's problems will leave you doing nothing well, and I say this from personal experience. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32313370 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32313370
- chernobai 4y agoThat's very true. Launching a basic MVP is getting harder and harder nowadays as the entire space is much more developed.