For projects that you will ultimately be charging money for, from my own experience, comments on HN in which you describe how you use your project generate a lo

For projects that you will ultimately be charging money for, from my own experience, comments on HN in which you describe how you use your project generate a lot more interest than submissions of your project or articles about your project. This next one might not stand the test of time given that Mastodon is still finding its place in the social media landscape, but right now, Mastodon is a great place to share and build interest in both your paid and free open source projects. The culture is very much open to promotion of "cool stuff you're working on", unlike the majority of established social media platforms. If you're working on something that is quite visual, it's worth looking into TikTok videos as well. There are more than a few pieces of software that I've been turned on to by repeated exposure through TikTok.