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I started off by solving the issue that I was facing as a tech lead working with 15 people in my team, not everyone was performing at their best and thought thi

I started off by solving the issue that I was facing as a tech lead working with 15 people in my team, not everyone was performing at their best and thought this could solve the issue. Now I want to get similar developers who are facing this issue. I know the problem is real but the right people need to know that this product exists

mmarian 3mo ago
In that case the answer lies within you (such a movie quote!). More seriously, did you apply the solution to your job? Did it work? Did you look for solutions when you had the problem? Where did you look? Where do you usually spend time online or IRL? etc etc
- akarshhegde18 3mo ago
  That’s a good point. I did deploy an early version for my team of developers, and it helped me understand what each one was working on without constant status updates. It also surfaced context that was usually lost across Slack and meetings. The challenge now is that I’m only one data point. I’m trying to figure out whether this pain is common enough outside my own team, and if so, who feels it the most—engineering managers, tech leads, or someone even outside tech (like finance or something). When I had this problem, I mostly looked for better engineering analytics and developer productivity tools, but nothing really gave me how work was actually happening. That’s the hypothesis I’m trying to validate now. Let me know if you know of ways to reach these kind of audience that might potentially use this product
akerl_ 3mo ago
It seems impossible that you know the problem is real but don’t know who the right people are to tell about it.
- akarshhegde18 3mo ago
  I know only few people in my network that I can pitch this product to, but need suggestion to put it out on the net for others to see, gain more traction and visibility that something like this exists if they are already looking for it
  - akerl_ 3mo ago
    I'm saying you're driving backwards down the highway, and you're asking how you can read the signs better because they all look blank.
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    - akarshhegde18 3mo ago
      I think we’re talking about two different problems. I know who my initial users are—that’s how I got the prototype to where it is today. What I’m trying to figure out now is distribution beyond my personal network. Once you’ve validated with the people you already know, how do you find the next 100 developers who have the same problem but don’t know you yet? That’s the part I was hoping to get advice on.

mmarian 3mo ago

In that case the answer lies within you (such a movie quote!). More seriously, did you apply the solution to your job? Did it work? Did you look for solutions when you had the problem? Where did you look? Where do you usually spend time online or IRL? etc etc

akarshhegde18 3mo ago
That’s a good point. I did deploy an early version for my team of developers, and it helped me understand what each one was working on without constant status updates. It also surfaced context that was usually lost across Slack and meetings. The challenge now is that I’m only one data point. I’m trying to figure out whether this pain is common enough outside my own team, and if so, who feels it the most—engineering managers, tech leads, or someone even outside tech (like finance or something). When I had this problem, I mostly looked for better engineering analytics and developer productivity tools, but nothing really gave me how work was actually happening. That’s the hypothesis I’m trying to validate now. Let me know if you know of ways to reach these kind of audience that might potentially use this product

akerl_ 3mo ago

It seems impossible that you know the problem is real but don’t know who the right people are to tell about it.

akarshhegde18 3mo ago
I know only few people in my network that I can pitch this product to, but need suggestion to put it out on the net for others to see, gain more traction and visibility that something like this exists if they are already looking for it
- akerl_ 3mo ago
  I'm saying you're driving backwards down the highway, and you're asking how you can read the signs better because they all look blank.
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  - akarshhegde18 3mo ago
    I think we’re talking about two different problems. I know who my initial users are—that’s how I got the prototype to where it is today. What I’m trying to figure out now is distribution beyond my personal network. Once you’ve validated with the people you already know, how do you find the next 100 developers who have the same problem but don’t know you yet? That’s the part I was hoping to get advice on.