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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8881622
It's still running today, though the user-base has stabilised around a dedicated core of users, and not seeing much/any growth.
EDIT: holy shit, I just checked the stats, 7k unique users over the last two months. It's doing better than I remember.
Recently I launched my side project[0] via HN. However seem like not much interest on the project. Merely 2-3 people sign up and no activity after sign up. I dont know what to do with it and now I am not motivated to improve it. :( [0]: https://www.docsapp.io/
I think you could make better use of the demo too by scrapping the placeholder text and instead using it as a 'how to' guide for the platform itself - not only would this be useful in itself for your customers, but it'd help show off what it can do. I tend to prefer demos that show the product in a real-life situation as it helps me more in understanding how I might be able to get value from it.
Also I actually find the "No Credit Card Required" a bit scary (although that could just be me) - perhaps something more like "Get Started For Free"?
[Show HN: Nightchamber, a slow-web social site: nightchamber.com] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8881622 It's still running today, though the user-base has stabilised around a dedicated core of users, and not seeing much/any growth. EDIT: holy shit, I just checked the stats, 7k unique users over the last two months. It's doing better than I remember.
In 2013 we show HN'd Kraken.io Image Optimizer: https://kraken.io while still working at our day jobs. Three years on and gazillions of iterations later, we're in profit, have received significant funding, and are serving thousands of paying customers and tens of thousands more free customers. We have since comfortably left our day jobs, and have built a technology stack we can be proud of. I expect we will still be…
I've always wondered how apps like yours (single isolated feature done well, available many other places for free) get customers. I've only built things which are niche-based so it's easier to find customers, but with your type of project it feels to me like gaining traction would be quite difficult. I always want to learn from people who have taken something so simple (not downplaying your efforts, just the 'concept'), and made it stick.
A few months ago I have launched http://lumiverse.io (a website where you can publish and discover educational videos). Since the launch I had other priorities, so the traffic slowly trickled down, now it's consistently at around 100 visitors per day. I'm planning to get back to it soon with new ideas and improvements, hopefully it will take off.
In 2013 we show HN'd Kraken.io Image Optimizer: https://kraken.io while still working at our day jobs. Three years on and gazillions of iterations later, we're in profit, have received significant funding, and are serving thousands of paying customers and tens of thousands more free customers. We have since comfortably left our day jobs, and have built a technology stack we can be proud of. I expect we will still be…
That's quite cool. Would you mind explaining something to me? Where do you find customers? I've always wondered how apps like yours (single isolated feature done well, available many other places for free) get customers. I've only built things which are niche-based so it's easier to find customers, but with your type of project it feels to me like gaining traction would be quite difficult. I always want to learn from…
It gave us a boost of initial interest and feedback, which was awesome – the effects of which I summarized here [1]
Two years after Show HN we went through Techstars. Now we are a 10-person team. Thanks HN!
[1] https://medium.com/routific/what-61-points-on-hn-did-for-my-...
[Show HN: Nightchamber, a slow-web social site: nightchamber.com] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8881622 It's still running today, though the user-base has stabilised around a dedicated core of users, and not seeing much/any growth. EDIT: holy shit, I just checked the stats, 7k unique users over the last two months. It's doing better than I remember.
I love Nightchamber!
Feel free to point more people towards the site! We could do with some new blood.
No comments at all on my "Show HN" thread! ;-)
But it's not that surprising since it's a new Java web framework (and it's still in beta).
The development goes very well though! WebSockets are now fully supported. Version 1.0.0 will be released in a couple of months.
If you are a Java developer and a Guice fan, please have a look. We are looking for new ideas and contributors.
We now power over 300 production applications, raised funding and have gathered a pretty awesome team: https://getstream.io/team/