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Re:Ask HN: How do you generally build a product? by terminalserver on Thursday May 06, 2021 @04:14AM (#27060417)
Think of a product name. Buy the domain name. Launch a cloud linux server, install web server, database, application server. Configure it all up to talk to each other. Build the user creation and auth system. Implement email system for user emails. Start building the hardest bits of the application first, try to get a minimal end to end implementation of the system, iterate over the minimal version improving stuff until it’s holding together as a full application, tune, polish, do the deployment stuff.... domain name, google analytics, backups, open the firewall launch. Wonder how the fuck to get users, shut it down, build something else.
Re:Ask HN: How do you generally build a product? by hnnnnnnng on Thursday May 06, 2021 @09:29AM (#27062900)
I agree. Acquiring users is harder than building the product. I have done this many times.
Re:Ask HN: How do you generally build a product? by tr1ll10nb1ll on Thursday May 06, 2021 @04:34AM (#27060528)
That's what I've been doing, not even kidding, and I'm not so sure this is the right strategy because this has got me to abandon some nice ideas.
Re:Ask HN: How do you generally build a product? by bm1362 on Thursday May 06, 2021 @11:43AM (#27064973)
You can just skip all this: create a landing page with a “Coming Soon” mock-up and sign up form.

Buy some ads, tweet and then wait to see if it’s worth working on.

Re:Ask HN: How do you generally build a product? by kirso on Saturday May 08, 2021 @07:42AM (#27086220)
This :) Basically start from the end of this submission and you will get there in no time...