Reminds me of "Good Software Takes Ten Years. Get Used To it." by Joel Spolsky.
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/07/21/good-software-take...
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/07/21/good-software-take...
I'm working on an app that will be released in the next few months (we don't have a definite ship date, yet).
It's based on two servers that I wrote. One, I wrote eleven or twelve years ago, and has become a world standard; but only in the last three years. Since it's a specialized demographic, the numbers are quite small, for "world standard."
The other server is one that I wrote, about four years ago. It took me seven months. It's a very good general-purpose application server. I wrote it for practice, but it's also ideal for the app I'm writing.
I've been working on the frontend app for over a year. It's really, really good. I deliberately took my time, because we went through a lot of "MVP" stuff, during its development.
The rest of the team seems to think it will take the world by storm, when it's released, but I don't think it will.
That's fine with me. I don't mind a slow burn. I've written software that lasts decades.
I think that the general Quality of the app will be phenomenal. I spend a great deal of time “polishing the fenders.” This is stuff like making sure that popovers are pixel-perfect, Dark Mode is supported, it’s localizable and accessible, and has various fast animations for “flourish,” etc.
We know the target demographic well, and all indications are, that it will be well-received.
But I don’t think it has much monetary potential, which I feel is fine. We’re a nonprofit, anyway. It will be funny, because a free app will have a level of refinement that leaves many money-making apps in a cloud of dust.
Time will tell. More will be revealed…
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(Thanks. I’ll get on it. I may need to do a fairly significant site upgrade. I’ve been avoiding it.
Other websites have full lorem ipsum pages or have someones dubious web shop selling crystals running in a subfolder.
(Idea for webmasters: set up a few scheduled search for <words that should not be on your website> site:<yourwebsite.example>)
After they figured out it was their server, they never went back and renamed the directory.
This chart is a good example of having no traction for years and then growing exponentially. We usually hear about a company once it hits the inflection point so it seems like an overnight success.
Imagine this was money instead, where the final result was $1B and after the first 2 years it was only $1M.
$1M is only "no traction" in relation to $1B. In absolute terms it's pretty damn good.