While building out my last product, I found it really frustrating to easily gather user feedback without having to add another bloated tool to my stack. My idea is to simplify this process by basically being able to turn your GitHub (GH) issues / project board into a public facing roadmap. Simply set up it up once and forget it - everything managed from GitHub, a tool you're already using. Users are then able to add new feature requests which will add an issue to your GH repo. Upvoting features will then add a priority tag to the GH issues and as you work through them, the public board will automatically update.
The target audience is either software solopreneurs or a small group of technical founders that have a profitable product bringing in at least a couple thousand dollars of MRR. I know there's some platform risk here since GitHub could essentially create this feature and render the product obsolete, although it's not a trivial feature so I'm not sure how much it's on their radar. But on the other hand, there's potential to also sell it to GitHub if it starts to gain some traction.
I'm curious about people's thoughts on this product idea and validation recommendations. I'm currently keeping a Google sheet of Twitter indie hackers who I'm DMing one by one, aiming for at least 10 messages per day until at least 100 contacted. In the sheet I'm also keeping track of the sentiment of their response and grabbing their emails for the waitlist if they're interested. I also plan to post to Reddit, Indie Hackers, and some communities on Discord that I'm a part of to gauge additional interest. Any feedback / recommendations is much appreciated!
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