New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Is scratching your own itch a solution looking for a problem?
Ask HN: Is scratching your own itch a solution looking for a problem?
3 by codazoda | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I build a lot of things to “scratch my own itch”, which is often recommended by resources I see on HN. As an example, last year I created an analytics tool for my own websites so that I don’t have to compromise my users privacy. It logs info about my site but never my users. But, now I’m trying to describe the main pain point, and it’s starting to feel like I built a solution without a problem. After all, does anyone else care so much about their users privacy that they would use this system and give up some of that user data? If not, and I have to change my marketing angle, doesn’t it become a solution in search of a problem?
3 by codazoda | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I build a lot of things to “scratch my own itch”, which is often recommended by resources I see on HN. As an example, last year I created an analytics tool for my own websites so that I don’t have to compromise my users privacy. It logs info about my site but never my users. But, now I’m trying to describe the main pain point, and it’s starting to feel like I built a solution without a problem. After all, does anyone else care so much about their users privacy that they would use this system and give up some of that user data? If not, and I have to change my marketing angle, doesn’t it become a solution in search of a problem?
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