Hacker News Reader

Comment by michaelmcmillan | Hacker News Reader

This to me, is not a sideproject which belongs on HN. This is a landingpage with a mailinglist. I see it says "Copyright © GigYard 2013. All Rights Reserved" on the bottom. In four(++) months a sideproject should be more than this, at least when posting it as a "Show HN".

I totally understand that a sideproject entales a lot of work in regards to creating a business plan, doing market research etc. The thing is, we who click your link don't really see that. We see the product. Which in this case, is not there.

I hope you appreciate direct criticism, please don't take it personally.

edit: clarification & typo

View on HN

Sideproject implies probably working nights and weekends. How many calendar days it takes to complete something shouldn't have any bearing on how appropriate a project is for a Show HN post.

Thanks evlapix for building this and good luck with the project.

You're completely missing my point. It is not the fact that he has used 4 months to get where he is that I'm criticizing, it's the lack of product he's showcasing.

I agree with this. Show HN side projects shouldn't be landing pages. Everyone has a landing page.

Maybe you're right. I could had titled it.. "Show HN: GigYard - My first landing page".

You're absolutely right. I made the rookie mistake early on of focusing entirely on the app before getting any market feedback. The copyright issue you pointed out is evidence of that.

I do have a ton of the app built. I'd actually be done if I hadn't made a silly mistake a while back while migrating computers and having to redo a bunch of work.

As a side project though, the amount of work I accomplish in 4 months is something that is entirely unique to my situation. And in this cas I'm terrible at marketing copy, design, etc. So I'm proud of what I've accomplished.

Thanks for your feedback!

I disagree. Many of the posts on HN deal with marketing, copy, and focusing on business messaging vs technology as that's the difficult area for many.

Viewing the results of a fellow technologist's efforts in this area is very useful to those of us who similarly struggle. The feedback here from copywriters and people with layout issues is fantastic.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com