A solo developer can build products but cannot find customers
A developer is confident about solving problems and shipping working products but feels stuck when trying to find customers. Over the past few weeks, , Reddit, unsolicited direct messages, and email have produced no clear response. It is unclear whether the approach is wrong or whether results normally take this long.
The developer wants concrete experience from who started with no knowledge and no budget: what first drew a response from a stranger, how long any promising sign took, what proved to be wasted effort, and which tools helped. No tested solution or outcome is provided yet.
Key points
- The developer can build and release products but struggles to find customers.
- Several weeks of , Reddit, direct messages, and email produced no clear response.
- The starting conditions are no experience and no money to spend.
- The main questions concern the first outside response, time to results, wasted effort, and useful tools.
- No concrete answer or successful result is included yet.