Ask HN: How do you know what you're working on is worth working on?

Re:Ask HN: How do you know what you're working on is worth w... by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @09:04AM (#46288595)

As others have said, you don't know.

But start with you: Are you building it because you want to build it, or because you want it? Are you in love with it as a project, or as a product? Is it something you want to use?

Then, when you have it as a just-barely-usable thing, give it to a few people who have the same need. Get their feedback. Does it actually help them? If so, then you may have something.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you know what you're working on is worth w... by ideavo on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @12:15AM (#46298517)

I want to build it because I want it. In love with a building my own company, and I’ll actually use it. It’s something I want to work on, trying to get more and more users because it’s community driven.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you know what you're working on is worth w... by ideavo on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @12:16AM (#46298524)

So yeah, I do think it solves a great issue at hand. It solves mine atleast. But it’s community driven, it’s not possible to make it effective with 3-4 users, need at least 30-40 people.

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