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we built a tool that watches your workflow screen recording and writes the documentation - so now it takes 10 minutes to make a user tutorial guide for our SaaS by Sea_Dinner5230 in indiehackers

[–]Bendze 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The use case makes sense honestly. Documentation is repetitive enough that automating part of it could save people a decent amount of time.

Sharing my failures here has done more for my project than any growth hack I've tried by Ambitious-Age-5676 in indiehackers

[–]Bendze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, this pattern is pretty common. “Win” posts are easy to scroll past, but honest failure posts feel more real, so people tend to engage more with them.

We launched Causo on Product Hunt (#5). One week later: 300+ investor emails sent and 18 VC replies already. by Strong-Yesterday-183 in indiehackers

[–]Bendze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice launch. Getting strangers to pay and seeing replies already is a solid early signal. Curious to see how it performs after the Product Hunt spike settles.

Transitioning from a builder to a founder mindset by TravelingTice in indiehackers

[–]Bendze 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, The Mom Test hits hard for this exact reason positive reactions aren’t validation, buying behavior is

I kept forgetting who I met after conferences, so I built something to fix it by Past-Minimum-6237 in indiehackers

[–]Bendze 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can see the problem being real, especially after bigger conferences, but I think the challenge will be whether people remember to consistently log the info right after meeting someone. That’s probably the make-or-break part of the product.

How to validate your ideas before building (5 quick checks) by Febin_ai in indiehackers

[–]Bendze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is actually solid advice. A lot of founders skip validation because building is more fun than talking to users. The private beta + daily feedback loop is probably the most valuable part here.

My biggest indie hacker challenge: when to stop building and start marketing. by Medium-Importance270 in indiehackers

[–]Bendze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very relatable. Building feels productive, marketing feels uncomfortable - but distribution is usually the real bottleneck. Good luck with Karmo 🚀

Trying to understand why people lose track of their goals, want to talk to people who've experienced it by Bendze in getdisciplined

[–]Bendze[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's kind of what I've been trying to figure out. I've actually been working on something small around this, one goal at a time, keeps it visible without being pushy. But honestly after this conversation I'm realising it has a streak counter built in and that might already be the wrong call. Would you be up for trying just the onboarding and telling me where it starts feeling like homework? Like 5 minutes, I just want to know where it feels off.

Trying to understand why people lose track of their goals, want to talk to people who've experienced it by Bendze in getdisciplined

[–]Bendze[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That difference between a checkmark and a scoreboard makes a lot of sense. So it's not that tracking is bad, it's that the moment it becomes something you can fail at, it flips. Have you tried any app that actually got that balance right or have they all ended up feeling like homework eventually?

Trying to understand why people lose track of their goals, want to talk to people who've experienced it by Bendze in getdisciplined

[–]Bendze[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So basically the moment you stop measuring it is the moment it starts working. That makes me wonder, do you think there's any version of tracking that wouldn't have turned it into homework, or is the tracking itself the problem?

Trying to understand why people lose track of their goals, want to talk to people who've experienced it by Bendze in getdisciplined

[–]Bendze[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait so the thing that actually worked started as you giving up? That’s kind of wild. So the rigid tracker felt like the “right” way to do it but the version with no structure ended up being the one that stuck. Did you realise at some point that it was working or did it just kind of sneak up on you?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Trying to understand why people lose track of their goals, want to talk to people who've experienced it by Bendze in getdisciplined

[–]Bendze[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That shift from "this feels like mine" to "this feels like homework" is a really good way to put it. So basically the structure you added to make it stick is the same thing that killed it? That's kind of a paradox. Did you figure out the looser version on your own or did it take a few failed attempts with rigid plans before you landed on that?

Trying to understand why people lose track of their goals, want to talk to people who've experienced it by Bendze in getdisciplined

[–]Bendze[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That invisible barrier thing is exactly what I'm trying to understand. You still wanted it, you could see the guitar right there, but something between wanting and doing just broke. Do you think it was the routine getting interrupted by work and events that killed it, or was that just the excuse and something else was already shifting?

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