Re:Getting to Two Million Users as a One Woman Dev Team
by crossroadsguy on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @01:44AM
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It’s cyclical. Once the StoryGraphs and Hardcovers of today are big enough to be not bothered about some users with refined UX taste they’d do the same. This repeats.
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Re:Getting to Two Million Users as a One Woman Dev Team
by bwb on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @06:06AM
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nah, not for them, passion runs StoryGraph and Hardcover. Amazon runs Goodreads and they are never around :)
Re:Getting to Two Million Users as a One Woman Dev Team
by elric on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @11:08AM
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Passion used to run Goodreads. Then Amazon acquired it.
Re:Getting to Two Million Users as a One Woman Dev Team
by HardcoverJeff on Thursday December 19, 2024 @06:39AM
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I don't think it is Amazon so much as sheer number of users.
When you have 20K (like Hardcover), it is much easier to be focused on each of them (or at least small groups of them) than when you have 20 million - much less a few multiples of that number.
As we grow, even Hardcover will have to evolve. This noted, I know this team (including myself, to be clear). Adam is truly focused on innovation and dev excellence. Ste, our lead designer, always has his eye on UI/ UX improvements and listening to what our users want/ how our users are using the site. As for myself, I'm the data/ social media guy - always looking to make our data as solid as possible and looking to use social media as effectively as possible. :)