This post and the discussion is great!!! Brings me back to 2 different projects/products that I developed that never made it to market (2009 and 2014). I also kept a log of ideas most of which withered in the light of day but a few persisted. And for each project I went off to live in a cave and code for a year (not recommended). Looking back I absolutely should have shared what I was working on and found support from a community (highly recommended). All of these ideas are excellent. Thank you for sharing them.
Just watched your video, really love the style and openness.
My only suggestion is niche it down a bit. The SQL tutorial guides and features sound great, but the functional list feels a bit like a laundry list. Even here you describe it as a tool for "developers/founders/teams".
Try targeting a specific domain, tech stack, database type, or developer segment (e.g., large B2B teams, small B2B teams, indie devs, or funded startup founders) to stand out. If you pick a clear niche, you can build a stronger SEO strategy around long tail keywords and tailor both the product and the messaging and work out what order to build out features. Even if long term you plan on wanting it to be a tool for all databases, segments etc.
It's much easier to produce content with this in mind, e.g. if you were targetting getting the most out of Postgres you could easily produce a bunch of content for PostgreSQL 18 which formally came out of beta a few weeks ago and has native support for UUIDv7 etc.
Fwiw I’m doing a ton with SQLite atm as a solo dev. If your landing page had said "THE VERY BEST TOOL FOR SQLITE MANAGEMENT TO HELP SOLO DEVS AND SMALL TEAMS MAXIMIZE SQLITE PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY" there’s a good chance I would have signed up for updates but atm it felt a little generic, some of the features I might use, some I definitely would not.
Right now we're totally bootstrapped so it's a combination of:
- Davinci Resolve (free)
- Epidemic Sound (for music and sound)
- ClearAudio.ai for VO processing
I then give myself the whole week to produce the video and honestly that has increased the quality by 10x. I'm not rushing it and can properly spend 2 days putting the video clips together, and another day on just the voice over alone.
Wow, that's a really nice thing to say. I personally don't think so but that means a huge amount to hear. Thank you. One thing I did before jumping into making the video was to look, like really look at other YouTuber's videos. Kind of what I assume the author of the original article did. Look at how other successful people are doing something and copy as much of the execution as possible.
However, recently I decided to try something I'm calling the SaaS Schedule Sandwich.
Each month is split into four weeks:
- Week 1: Build
- Week 2: Market
- Week 3: Build
- Week 4: Video Journal
And so far it's kept me honest and not made me go live in a cave and code for a year.
I actually released the first video journal last week for our new product:
https://youtu.be/cSY-C8oiUU8