I stay motivated as a solo-creator

Re:I stay motivated as a solo-creator by packetlost on Thursday October 05, 2023 @05:39PM (#37784621)

Same boat here. I've yet to find something that I feel warrants full attention. It's sort of opposite to the common SV "throw shit at the wall and see what sticks" attitude. Maybe I'm just too distractable and pessimistic.

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Re:I stay motivated as a solo-creator by ChrisMarshallNY on Thursday October 05, 2023 @09:13PM (#37786180)

I have a very definite demographic that I understand very well (being in it, myself), and write software to Serve it.

Problem is, no money. I don’t mind, really.

But I treat every one of my free, open-source (or proprietary) projects as if I am delivering for a Fortune 50 corporation.

Lots of boring bits, but the results speak for themselves.

There was a Show HN, some time ago, where someone made a Web site that cataloged existing markets, with insufficient software.

It was a good idea, but not for me. I like to be heavily invested in the use cases for my work.

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Re:I stay motivated as a solo-creator by hyling on Friday October 06, 2023 @07:54PM (#37797803)

I'd love to find that Show HN post. Any help would be much appreciated. I've search for it using a variety of keywords but still can't find it.

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Re:I stay motivated as a solo-creator by ChrisMarshallNY on Saturday October 07, 2023 @06:48AM (#37800628)

Well, my C. R. S. is kicking in, so I can't remember that well, but the gist was that it scanned ratings sites. I'm not sure if it was just app stores, or also included things like Amazon.

It looked for products with a lot of ratings and mediocre levels, which indicated a market that wasn't being satisfied.

The middle of the bell curve would be an app that had 10,000 3-star ratings.

This excluded products being "hate-bombed," and ones being "gamed."

It suggested using the list as a starting point for finding poorly-served markets.

It was fairly clever.

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Re:I stay motivated as a solo-creator by hyling on Saturday October 07, 2023 @09:41PM (#37807110)

Thanks for the details! That's a really cool idea. Do happen to remember roughly when it was posted or any keywords I should search for?

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Re:I stay motivated as a solo-creator by ChrisMarshallNY on Sunday October 08, 2023 @06:50AM (#37809413)

I haven't been on that long, but it may have been reposted.

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