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Re:Oh shit, my app is successful and I didn't think about ac... by jakey_bakey on Monday March 18, 2024 @01:41PM (#39747452)
That’s fair; I might have been a little gung-ho with this introductory flavour text
Re:Oh shit, my app is successful and I didn't think about ac... by zymhan on Monday March 18, 2024 @03:32PM (#39748908)
I think your post has personality, as it is written.

Just my unsolicited, non-expert advice: don't make your writing more generic just to appeal to a wider audience.

Re:Oh shit, my app is successful and I didn't think about ac... by financypants on Monday March 18, 2024 @04:11PM (#39749361)
You won't stop until everybody is reading your blog
Re:Oh shit, my app is successful and I didn't think about ac... by jakey_bakey on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @03:16AM (#39753586)
HAHAHAHAHA, nice one
Re:Oh shit, my app is successful and I didn't think about ac... by jakey_bakey on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @03:21AM (#39753602)
Totally agree, I intend to keep writing as my hobby so definitely wouldn't want to take the fun out of it by removing my own voice!
Re:Oh shit, my app is successful and I didn't think about ac... by huqedato on Monday March 18, 2024 @01:52PM (#39747617)
Moreover, the target "audience" of an app is always specified before the design phase, in the Business Requirements Document and such and it's a defining element for the development. I've read/wrote hundreds of such documents in my career, yet I've never seen one that sets its target audience as 'everybody'.
Re:Oh shit, my app is successful and I didn't think about ac... by bhaney on Monday March 18, 2024 @01:56PM (#39747680)
> the target "audience" of an app is always specified before the design phase, in the Business Requirements Document

I could feel my soul leaving my body while reading this

Re:Oh shit, my app is successful and I didn't think about ac... by HeyLaughingBoy on Monday March 18, 2024 @04:29PM (#39749616)
TBF, if you don't understand the people that you're writing your app for, you're probably not going to be very successful.
Re:Oh shit, my app is successful and I didn't think about ac... by jakey_bakey on Monday March 18, 2024 @02:34PM (#39748154)
If your startup has a Business Requirements Document, you launched too late
Re:Oh shit, my app is successful and I didn't think about ac... by justinclift on Monday March 18, 2024 @04:29PM (#39749612)
Or it's founders have been working at IBM a bit too much... ;)
Re:Oh shit, my app is successful and I didn't think about ac... by DANmode on Monday March 18, 2024 @10:18PM (#39752337)
Or you're not consumer-facing?
Re:Oh shit, my app is successful and I didn't think about ac... by lelandfe on Monday March 18, 2024 @01:57PM (#39747695)
You're needlessly rebutting a jokey introduction to an article.

I'd also wager few apps have everyone in the world as active users, which is the next sentence in the article.