Ask HN: The following steps for my project

2 pointsceritium1y ago1 comments

During the last few months, I have worked on Babelfu, a translation service on top of Github.

I released the first version as open source and shared it on Hackernews. I got several signups, but nobody seemed interested in setting up a project.

I implemented some "public repos" where I set up some open-source projects as demos and maybe got some visits via SEO. I was also working on exposing some CLDR datasets that are ready for download, but I don't enjoy doing that, and I am unsure if someone would find it helpful.

I want to implement many features, but I don't know if it's worth it if no one uses them. My time is limited; I have a full-time job and two kids.

So, I need to decide on what to focus on:

- Promote the project

- Create SEO content (which I dislike)

- Think of some viral feature

- Update the open-source version with my latest changes.

What do you think? What would you do?

The site is: https://babelfu.com

1 comments

codingdave1y ago

> I got several signups, but nobody seemed interested in setting up a project.

Before doing anything else, you need to resolve the discrepancy between your expectation that your product is ready for production vs. the reality that people looked at it and decided not to use it. So your next step is to build less and talk more - figure out what people really need.

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