Thoughts on building in public.
My brother and I have been talking about this new webapp we want to build. We're both learning how to design (me) and code (him) properly.
Our goal was to release an alpha by the end of summer that way we would be able to design it properly at least have something that is "nice" before launching it to the public.
However, seeing this Twitter thread https://twitter.com/mikaelcho/status/1270743623391424513 by the founder of Unsplash really got me thinking.
Do we REALLY need to have a "good" app before launching? We were scared that 1) nobody would like our app if it was minimal and had bad UI 2) someone might copy it and make it better.
In the end, we know that there is a demand for this webapp and building in public will force us to really dedicate time to make it better. As long as it fills the main job-to-be-done, some users will be able to enjoy it. Worst comes to worst, we'll have 0 users that use it.