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I'm in a situation many probably recognize in that the existing codebase has quite a few areas where it can be improved (lack of testing, overly complex architecture, a hard-on for static classes and methods everywhere, no monitoring).

Unfortunately I see myself as a rather average developer on a code-level and would like to improve my programming and designing skills. I've read the book A Philosophy of Software Design and enjoyed it thoroughly but so far it's the only resource that I found that touches on this specific area of software development.

I use Youtube channels like Nick Chapsas (recommendations welcome) to stay aware of new developments in the C# world and inspiration of replacing bulky implementations with cleaner ones.

What other tools or resources can I use to autonomously improve my designing skills in order to make maintainable software?

I've been a developer for around 10 years now and still feel very lacking on a technical level, mostly due to bad choice in companies where most of the problems are of the organizational kind (processes, teams, incompetent people).

Even though I am quite unsure of my actual expertise I want to start contracting, but not as just another developer. I want to add value by improving development processes, cutting crap from the lifecycle where possible, and optimize on a more organizational level.

So far I have bought a few technical books and am looking out for some more non-technical ones: * Pragmatic Programmer * Clean Architecture * Designing Data-Intensive Applications * Accelerate

What else would help me in finding help to be more than just another developer / contractor?

Where do you find people to validate your idea / MVP and get feedback from? I've been building something over the past year that primarily scratches my own itch and I'm getting ready to use it myself but I was wondering how I could see if other people are interested in this as well.

I've read about landing pages and MVPs so that's kinda what I did: I've made something small, usable, that solves a single problem with myself as my user persona (i.e. scratching my own itch).

The problem I'm running into now is that I can't seem to gather any useful feedback and I don't know where to get that feedback, or how to get it. There are a few people registered on my site but none actually active enough for me to try and reach out to them.

How do you get feedback on your project / MVP without spamming HN or reddit in the hopes that one or two people leave a comment?

P.S. A fiverr clone for product owners or analysts might be what I'm looking for here.

I've been working on my small project for about 9 months now. It's slowly coming together but the progress has slowed down considerably. Not so much due to technical debt or pesky problems, but rather something more annoying: I don't know what feature to work on or what direction to take the project. Of course I'm eating my own dog food, but my own use-case gets me only so far. How did you get a product that interests people? Ideally I'd like to charge money for this, but I think I'm still far from that point in time / functionality.

My project is about tracking your net-worth so you can map out your own road to FI / FIRE. So far I have portfolio managing / stock tracking / FI goal setting. I have a rough roadmap that talks about tracking your cash / bank accounts ideally via PDS2, but other than that I'm kinda drawing blanks. The main issue that I have right now is that I don't want to start at adding bank accounts because of all the manual work for the user, at least until I get automated syncing set up but for that I need to register a company etc with each bank. That is a step too far right now because I have only one user: myself.

If you want to check it out and give some constructive feedback, I would hugely appreciate it. Feedback about anything at all: Design, functionality, ease of use, language mistakes, etc. You can find it at https://my.roadto.fi/#/

I've been working on my small project for about half a year now. It's slowly coming together but the progress has slowed down considerably. Not so much due to technical debt or pesky problems, but rather something more annoying: I don't know what feature to work on or what direction to take the project.

Of course I'm eating my own dog food, but my own use-case gets me only so far. How did you get a product that interests people? Ideally I'd like to charge money for this, but I think I'm still far from that point in time / functionality.

My project is about tracking your net-worth so you can map out your own road to FI / FIRE. So far I have portfolio managing / stock tracking / FI goal setting. I have a rough roadmap that talks about tracking your cash / bank accounts ideally via PDS2, but other than that I'm kinda drawing blanks. The main issue that I have right now is that I don't want to start at adding bank accounts because of all the manual work for the user, at least until I get automated syncing set up but for that I need to register a company etc with each bank. That is a step too far right now because I have only one user: myself.

If you want to check it out and give some constructive feedback, I would hugely appreciate it. Feedback about anything at all: Design, functionality, ease of use, language mistakes, etc. You can find it at https://my.roadto.fi/#/