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It sucks when you realize you have built something that users like, but they don't really NEED. I like the good habits analogy - I built several great workflow apps for a Fortune 500 company in the past few years, but discovered most users don't really want the yoke of workflow and there wasn't enough immediate lift to tempt them.

Sorry man. Good call not to waste a year of your life.



"It sucks when you realize you have built something that users like, but they don't really NEED"

That's a great point. There are a lot of intractable problems that everybody wishes could be "solved" but the reason they're intractable is that solving them simply requires working harder. They can't be solved with cleverness they just require doing all of the work, rather than doing as much of the work as you absolutely have to. A ton of "solutions" just shuffle the work around. So it's like you have a clean sink, but if you want to use the oven you have to find another place for the dirty dishes. One pseudo-solution that doesn't actually reduce the work is just as good as another, so there's no NEED to switch.




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