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I have the same experience with my product DataGridXL (https://datagridxl.com https://datagridxl.com). I spent a lot of time minimizing bugs and I choose delib
by robbiejs 3y ago
I have the same experience with my product DataGridXL (https://datagridxl.com https://datagridxl.com).
I spent a lot of time minimizing bugs and I choose deliberately to have less features and focus ond speed aan reliability.
But website visitors only see that a competing product has 2x the features (at great cost).
I have a customer with 10 million end users, in one year they have reported only 2 bugs, both bugs fixed within a day.
It's also hard to sell another 12 months of support this way, as it "just works". Bugs and imperfection can actually be a way for users to "bond" with your product.
Another downside is that the product does not have a weekly update cycle, as there is not much to fix.
People on github might think the project is dead. In reality, i spent a long time working on the product foundation, but that has no face value.
- jesselawson 3y agoI got to the end of your post and realized I’d love to hear more about your thoughts around this. Also you must be proud of building something with so little bugs! Thats quite a feat.
- robbiejs 3y agoIt does make me proud, absolutely. Do you have a product yourself? Reach out to me at robbert@datagridxl.com.