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Same boat here. I've yet to find something that I feel warrants full attention. It's sort of opposite to the common SV "throw shit at the wall and see what stic

Same boat here. I've yet to find something that I feel warrants full attention. It's sort of opposite to the common SV "throw shit at the wall and see what sticks" attitude. Maybe I'm just too distractable and pessimistic.

ChrisMarshallNY 3y ago
I have a very definite demographic that I understand very well (being in it, myself), and write software to Serve it. Problem is, no money. I don’t mind, really. But I treat every one of my free, open-source (or proprietary) projects as if I am delivering for a Fortune 50 corporation. Lots of boring bits, but the results speak for themselves. There was a Show HN, some time ago, where someone made a Web site that cataloged existing markets, with insufficient software. It was a good idea, but not for me. I like to be heavily invested in the use cases for my work.
- hyling 3y ago
  I'd love to find that Show HN post. Any help would be much appreciated. I've search for it using a variety of keywords but still can't find it.
  - ChrisMarshallNY 3y ago
    Well, my C. R. S. is kicking in, so I can't remember that well, but the gist was that it scanned ratings sites. I'm not sure if it was just app stores, or also included things like Amazon. It looked for products with a lot of ratings and mediocre levels, which indicated a market that wasn't being satisfied. The middle of the bell curve would be an app that had 10,000 3-star ratings. This excluded products being "hate-bombed," and ones being "gamed." It suggested using the list as a starting point for finding poorly-served markets. It was fairly clever.
    - hyling 3y ago
      Thanks for the details! That's a cool idea. Were you thinking of this one? It was posted 10 years ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5680011 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5680011
      - ChrisMarshallNY 3y ago
        I haven't been on that long, but it may have been reposted.

ChrisMarshallNY 3y ago

I have a very definite demographic that I understand very well (being in it, myself), and write software to Serve it. Problem is, no money. I don’t mind, really. But I treat every one of my free, open-source (or proprietary) projects as if I am delivering for a Fortune 50 corporation. Lots of boring bits, but the results speak for themselves. There was a Show HN, some time ago, where someone made a Web site that cataloged existing markets, with insufficient software. It was a good idea, but not for me. I like to be heavily invested in the use cases for my work.

hyling 3y ago
I'd love to find that Show HN post. Any help would be much appreciated. I've search for it using a variety of keywords but still can't find it.
- ChrisMarshallNY 3y ago
  Well, my C. R. S. is kicking in, so I can't remember that well, but the gist was that it scanned ratings sites. I'm not sure if it was just app stores, or also included things like Amazon. It looked for products with a lot of ratings and mediocre levels, which indicated a market that wasn't being satisfied. The middle of the bell curve would be an app that had 10,000 3-star ratings. This excluded products being "hate-bombed," and ones being "gamed." It suggested using the list as a starting point for finding poorly-served markets. It was fairly clever.
  - hyling 3y ago
    Thanks for the details! That's a cool idea. Were you thinking of this one? It was posted 10 years ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5680011 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5680011
    - ChrisMarshallNY 3y ago
      I haven't been on that long, but it may have been reposted.