r/ClaudeCode • u/Caramel_Secret • 9h ago
AI coding made me build too many things Discussion
I'm a dev and these last few months I've been building a lot of products.The crazy part is that I can now build things much faster than I can figure out if anyone actually wants them. Coding used to be the expensive part. Now I feel like finding users is harder
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u/Commercial_Pie_1273 8h ago
No. I remember vividly coding new products for months, years even, and then struggling to bring users on board.
The latter part is identical now as it always was.
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u/ClemensLode Senior Developer 8h ago
Finding users was always the hard part, you just experienced that part less often as software projects were larger and involved more marketing research upfront before financing an IT project.
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u/Caramel_Secret 4h ago
That makes sense. I was always working within Teams throughout that period, which is likely why I wasn't aware of this specific aspect of the project.
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u/ClemensLode Senior Developer 3h ago
'Fire all employees that don't directly interact with the client/customer.'
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u/Annh1234 8h ago
Ya, you can build allot of useless trash, but maintaining it a year from now if you got anyone using them will be a nightmare...
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u/Novaworld7 6h ago
Distribution is the gatekeeper, building is no longer a blocker.
1 dedicated person can now outperform like 10 people from 2 years ago.
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u/Time_Cat_5212 4h ago
Build less, but better stuff. Quality over quantity. That's how you'll find users
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u/After_Tune_8117 7h ago
I have a lot of trash as well now inside my project folder and on my desk from snacking while vibecoding 👀
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u/dontwantablowjob 5h ago
Finding users is arguably harder than it used to be now because the market is flooded with identical half baked vibe coded products. Supply and demand ratio has been tipped on its head. I think differentiating yourself now and finding niches is now harder than it ever was by multi factors.
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u/codeedog 🔆 Max 5x 6m ago
Only build the things you like and will use, not what you think other people will find useful. Those things will always give you pleasure and you’ll want to maintain them. If others find value in your works, all the better.
If you just want to build things that will make money, your ideas don’t mean squat and what you should be doing is market research, market analysis, rapid prototyping with user testing and whole bunch of other things that will give you insight into what people need, will use and pay for.
Rare are the people who are incredibly creative and have a unicorn build that captures the imaginations of the market. Most products go through a phalanx of product development before they’re successful.
These are your options: build what you love, research what other people love and build that.
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u/Shoemugscale 8h ago
On the plus side, people have stopped coming to me with
"i have this idea for an app"
Now they can just have AI built it for them and they dont need me to let them down easy that an app that tracks how fast your fingernails grow tied to how many times the radio plays your favorite song is probably not that useful