Notes & guides
Clear, practical guides for building and launching developer products.
Notes & guides
Launching a startup is only the beginning. After the launch-day traffic disappears, you still need places where potential users can discover your product weeks or months later. That is where startup directories can be useful. A good…
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Launching an indie product can feel like the finish line. You spent weeks or months building the product, fixing bugs, designing the landing page, and getting everything ready. Then launch day arrives and suddenly you need screenshots,…
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Product Hunt is still one of the most recognizable places to launch a new software product. But it shouldn’t be the only place you depend on. For an indie maker, a single launch day can be unpredictable. You may be launching alongside…
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You have built your SaaS, fixed the obvious bugs, prepared the landing page, and finally reached the point where other people can use it. There is just one problem. Nobody knows you exist. This is normal for many first-time founders and…
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Building a developer tool takes time. Getting people to discover it can take even longer. You might have created a useful API, CLI, browser extension, database utility, open-source library, AI coding tool, monitoring product, or…
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Every programmer needs more than a code editor and a programming language. Writing code is only one part of software development. Developers also need reliable tools for debugging, version control, testing, deployment, collaboration, and…
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You finished the first version of your side project. The landing page is live, the main features work, and maybe you’ve even fixed the bugs you promised yourself you would deal with later. Then comes a surprisingly difficult question:…
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Building a developer tool is often the easier part. Getting the right developers to actually discover it is where things become difficult. You can spend weeks polishing an API, CLI, browser extension, open-source project, monitoring tool,…
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