"Devs that struggle with getting users - Youre doing it wrong." from Reddit r/saas, ranked #2. By xerrs_, 2 score, 0 comments. Data from Daily Trends.
Devs that struggle with getting users - Youre doing it wrong.
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- 2
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- r/saas
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- xerrs_
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- 2
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- 0
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- 3/22/2026, 11:31:56 PM
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- 3/23/2026, 12:00:00 AM
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After building various websites, programming many services, and publishing many many tools, and getting 0 users for all, I changed my approach. I hit the 10 users mark after I switched my perspective. Instead of finding users after programming, I searched, while and even before programming a single line of code. First I saw a problem and an opportunity; "Feedback is rare, developers want feedback" Then I started DMing users, finding developers and talking with them about the issue, and howd they fix it. Afterwards I spun up a quick landing page with a wailist API (Brevp, Bun, ExpressJS), and got my first waitlist user. Released a Beta, and upgraded the website based on the feedback. It has been 3 weeks since I wrote my first line of code, and its the first time in 3 years I ever got a User, ever. Change your perspective, dont think like a developer, think like a founder. Find an issue, and then find customers. As crazy as it sounds; Programming can wait!