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My impression when browsing your site is that your product is in the same space as MS Access. It may be that your target audience is typically not on Hacker Ne

by kentm 4y ago

My impression when browsing your site is that your product is in the same space as MS Access. It may be that your target audience is typically not on Hacker News. I don't want to be critical but do want to give some advice. The fact that most information is embedded in videos detracts from the ability to understand your product. Kicking the tires on technology may be free but it's also a time investment thats competing against other priorities.

didgetmaster 4y ago
I have very limited resources so I have devoted everything I have to make the code as performant as possible and make it easy to import data in a variety of formats. I have little sales and marketing experience so I haven't done enough yet to promote it with proper documentation and other literature. I thought that the videos were the best way to show its speed and flexibility. People can see with their own eyes how to do something and also see it isn't just vaporware. Clearly, by little startup needs a lot of help to compete with the 'big boys' even if the underlying technology is superior.
- YossarianFrPrez 4y ago
  Well, you've got the performant code part down. Now for the part which may seem harder: the somewhat harsh reality is other people won't like what you've done until they can understand what you've created. Duck DB's landing page has a lot of great lessons about how to pitch your idea so that it will land well. For one, notice that it is much more concrete than Didgets': "DuckDB is an in-process SQL OLAP database management system" vs. "A WHOLE NEW WAY TO MANAGE ALL KINDS OF DATA: Beta testers wanted" Any creator will like their idea because they can see the novel value. But other people probably aren't as interested that it's new. They want to know what it is in the most concrete terms possible. One other thing: is anything stopping you from putting the results you showcase in your videos into a table on the homepage?

by kentm 4y ago

didgetmaster 4y ago

I have very limited resources so I have devoted everything I have to make the code as performant as possible and make it easy to import data in a variety of formats. I have little sales and marketing experience so I haven't done enough yet to promote it with proper documentation and other literature. I thought that the videos were the best way to show its speed and flexibility. People can see with their own eyes how to do something and also see it isn't just vaporware. Clearly, by little startup needs a lot of help to compete with the 'big boys' even if the underlying technology is superior.

YossarianFrPrez 4y ago
Well, you've got the performant code part down. Now for the part which may seem harder: the somewhat harsh reality is other people won't like what you've done until they can understand what you've created. Duck DB's landing page has a lot of great lessons about how to pitch your idea so that it will land well. For one, notice that it is much more concrete than Didgets': "DuckDB is an in-process SQL OLAP database management system" vs. "A WHOLE NEW WAY TO MANAGE ALL KINDS OF DATA: Beta testers wanted" Any creator will like their idea because they can see the novel value. But other people probably aren't as interested that it's new. They want to know what it is in the most concrete terms possible. One other thing: is anything stopping you from putting the results you showcase in your videos into a table on the homepage?