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Re: Show HN: Alan – a low-code application platform

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Post by klageveen »

shakna wrote: post #10

> See it with your own eyes I'd love to. You need to show it on this page. Even if a screenshot (or screen capture, or some code) is pretty useless, it helps give the right context, and tells me this is actually a thing, and not just a hope. This [0] should be front and center. [0] https://alan-platform.com/pages/tuts/helloworld1.png

Thanks for the feedback! Luckily you found the tutorial :) It's indeed a real thing, so a screenshot has been added!

Re: Show HN: Alan – a low-code application platform

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Post by soneca »

hguhghuff wrote: post #9
klageveen wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey, that's good feedback thanks. We did a little video/gif of the deployment process ( https://alan-platform.com/pages/tuts/getting-started.html#bu... ). At some point we'll do a full walk through video, but time-wise it's expensive to do. The flow is pretty bare bones though, so if you're used to a text editor and command line tools it'll be pretty familiar.

Well you’ve launched, so you should be meeting the needs of potential customers. In your shoes I’d turn around and make a 1 minute video and upload it to YouTube within 20 minutes, showing what your system is and what these data structures look like. If you have an Apple Mac, the screen recording is built right into QuickTime, just plug your telephone headset into the machine to record some narrative as you go. Serio…

I disagree with your strategic view for what one should do after launch.

I think the focus should be meeting the needs of actual customers. And an intro video for people who are still deciding if they will give a chance is not one of those needs by definition.

Right after launch, you want to iterate the product for your actual users. After-launch is not growth phase, is product/market fit phase. Some friction that filters out customers that are not of the early adopter profile might even be desirable.

The only exception is if you do not have enough customers to get feedback from, then you work on this sort of thing.

An important, if subtle, point is that I am not against sales in this early stage, I am all for it. I am against investment in inbound growth-only tactics. Founders doing early sales can both overcome any deficiency in a landing page, learn about what is the best message, and improve their product along the way.

Re: Show HN: Alan – a low-code application platform

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Post by shakna »

klageveen wrote: post #13
shakna wrote: post #10

> See it with your own eyes I'd love to. You need to show it on this page. Even if a screenshot (or screen capture, or some code) is pretty useless, it helps give the right context, and tells me this is actually a thing, and not just a hope. This [0] should be front and center. [0] https://alan-platform.com/pages/tuts/helloworld1.png

Thanks for the feedback! Luckily you found the tutorial :) It's indeed a real thing, so a screenshot has been added!

Awesome. Good placement, too.

Re: Show HN: Alan – a low-code application platform

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Post by soneca »

I am not sure I get it right, but is this supposed to be a modern MS Access?

If it is, I think it is a very welcoming innovation. I believe there are a lot of use cases in business that are currently under-engineered into Excel or over-engineered into complete web apps, SAP or salesforce applications.

BTW, it is a mystery to me why MS Access itself, that is still around, lost this post.

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