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Re: Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]

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Post by myth_drannon » Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 2:43 PM UTC

The app is hugged to death by HN...

Re: Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]

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Post by Jamustico » Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 2:43 PM UTC

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Re: Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]

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Post by bovermyer » Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 2:44 PM UTC

cynicalsecurity wrote: post #4

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I doubt "support" is all that necessary for an app of this type, as you yourself mentioned.

Making something that millions of people use and appreciate? That's worthy of praise.

Re: Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 2:44 PM UTC

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Re: Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]

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Post by quesera » Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 2:46 PM UTC

cynicalsecurity wrote: post #4

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Uh. So you're saying that this person made a smart decision by building a thing which is valued by users, and which they are able to create and support as a single individual?

So what is your complaint exactly?

Re: Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]

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Post by skizm » Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 2:46 PM UTC

jumperabg wrote: post #8

Pretty nice, 1 dev 3 team members in total and 1 million users? Are there any other products with such a small team and a huge userbase? Does this scale and when the business requires more coding and technical debt comes how do they manage it?

Instagram and WhatsApp (pre-acquisition) were both pretty legendary for how small their teams were vs how many users their apps had. Instagram had 13 employees, and WhatsApp had 55 employees at the times of their sales.

Re: Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]

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Post by skrebbel » Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 2:46 PM UTC

Looks like a pretty cool app! "Amazon-free Goodreads" is a pretty good pitch. I'm curious how freemium model works out for them though, I could imagine a lot of people thinking the free version is good enough for them.

Re: Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]

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Post by cyral » Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 2:46 PM UTC

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Re: Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]

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Post by cactusplant7374 » Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 2:47 PM UTC

jumperabg wrote: post #8

Pretty nice, 1 dev 3 team members in total and 1 million users? Are there any other products with such a small team and a huge userbase? Does this scale and when the business requires more coding and technical debt comes how do they manage it?

Basecamp has always been a good example of that.

Re: Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]

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Post by soneca » Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 2:48 PM UTC

skrebbel wrote: post #17

Looks like a pretty cool app! "Amazon-free Goodreads" is a pretty good pitch. I'm curious how freemium model works out for them though, I could imagine a lot of people thinking the free version is good enough for them.

I am curious of more about the business as well, but I imagine even a very small proportion of paying users could be sufficient to maintain a 3-people team with that scale