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Oh, it looks like we were competitors! I'm the founder of ReadMe.com, and we do API docs (as well as SDKs and more). I don't really know why, specifically, we
by gkoberger 2y ago
Oh, it looks like we were competitors! I'm the founder of ReadMe.com, and we do API docs (as well as SDKs and more).
I don't really know why, specifically, we ended up being successful. I know I also had a lot of false starts – slightly iterating on the core idea until I hit something people were visibly excited about. I also knew it was a hard market, so I put a lot of my time and effort into non-engineering things. Hacker News was always good to us, especially as I was more vulnerable.
I'd love to hear more! I'm going to reach out privately :)
Overall, though, congrats on all the work you put in. It's incredibly hard to start a company and believe in yourself, and you should be proud!
- livearchivist 2y agoThis was super wholesome and made my day
- k0ns0l 2y ago:-)
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- anonu 2y agoYou might have been successful, compared to konfig, because it looks like you had an 8-year headstart. It could be that konfig was a fine idea and well executed, just not at the right time.
- gkoberger 2y agoMaybe, but there’s a number of companies in the SDK space that popped up the past 3 years and are seemingly successful. And there were a number of companies back when we started that are no longer around.
- mdaniel 2y agoSince you're here, I wanted to say that the css transition on readme's login has stuck with me as the strongest branding element I can recall. Kudos to whomever came up with that because it is just excellent
- gkoberger 2y agoAppreciate it! That was one of the first parts of ReadMe I built… and when it got somewhat Twitter popular, it’s how we ultimately ended up launching!