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Re:Ask HN: What's the best way to get developers to try a ne... by Kepouick on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @04:10AM (#33798518)
I would suggest that they develop and use the tools themselves. There won't be any better and diligent testers. Once customers join in they would have zillion of requests/ideas and then they have to sort between all of them to keep the product sound.
Re:Ask HN: What's the best way to get developers to try a ne... by e_zr on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @04:20AM (#33798565)
Thanks! You're 100% right and I believe they are doing that. My understanding is that they've had a version 1 of product in the market and now they are now rolling out a new SDK version. They were asking for my help in finding ways to get beta testers for that...
Re:Ask HN: What's the best way to get developers to try a ne... by Kepouick on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @04:54AM (#33798811)
Would probably start off from customer base then. It takes time to test and report issues, so they would probably have to think to some incentive. If customer base it too low, then the question is rather how to attract new customers...