Customers.
Talk to them.
Learn from them.
Iterate based on what they say and/or do.
Market to them using their words.
Ask HN: What is your favorite tool to build web startup?
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Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite tool to build web startup?
#32Customers. Talk to them. Learn from them. Iterate based on what they say and/or do. Market to them using their words.
Absolutely the best answer. People tend to focus on tools, not the goal
Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite tool to build web startup?
#33My Favorite is Django/React/Material Design.
Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite tool to build web startup?
#34Nowadays startup ideas that revolve around users problem are the most popular ones.
Take Uber, for example, they had a simple idea, but since it solved people’s problem, it became famous. Also, you don’t necessarily have to launch a global business start small to try to come up with a solution that will help the local and then you can make it big if you want
for ideas I have to say now launching a business is easier then ever there are so many options now you can start a salon and allow people to book your services from apps, you can also start a logistics business or taxi service, etc.
you can also get ideas for your business through this website here are some Profitable Business Ideas at Low Cost:https://cabstartup.com/10-most-profitable-transportation-bus...
Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite tool to build web startup?
#35If it fits your budget I think it's better to apply to the professionals to save both time and money. Based on my own experience I can suggest this web design service https://breakthruweb.com/. They have over 20 years of experience in website design, development and marketing. Their team provides web development and marketing services at affordable prices and they constantly stay in contact with the client from start to finish. Personally, I'm completely satisfied with their work, I got my website done quickly and they took into account all my wishes and requests.
Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite tool to build web startup?
#36The thing that often gets misunderstood is that there's no magic technology that gives a massive competitive advantage here. If you pick Django/Python, PHP/Laravel, Rails, Node, Go, Java, whatever... you end up the same place. Keep it simple, since it will change if your business experiences growth anyways. Pick what you know, or what you want to hire for. How do you create value for your customers and offer them som…
Use the tools you are used to. I doubt there is much advantage in any particular stack. They seem to catch up to each other. Ruby has some kind of type checker nowadays (can't recall the name). .NET has dynamic types if you need them etc. etc. I like the idea of using Haskell but really I can never be more productive than using my "home stack".
I think you're talking about Sorbet: https://sorbet.run/
Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite tool to build web startup?
#37I built two multi-million $ companies with Wordpress and HTML/CSS/JS scrapping. It doesn't really matter. Users don't care about your underlying tech. Tech advantage exists, but it's certainly not tied to a specific programming language. Understanding your user is key, and executional excellence and overdelivering, not technology.
Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite tool to build web startup?
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agree on the single file components for Vue, they're amazing. Agree on the React, I found a lot of overhead to do even the most simple things, maybe I still not grasp the beauty around it.
I think it's because Vue is opinioned, just like Rails, therefore dev's happiness(?)&productivity is one of the main goals of these frameworks. In case of React, there are a lot of libs you can choose from, I'd probably use React in more heavy JS application - think some games or something like draw.io (don't know how to call it). To be honest, I don't have enough experience to back up my claims, so take it with a gr…
dev's happiness & productivity seems like a good metrics to compare on JS frameworks.