Comment on Ask HN: How do you know if there's a market/need for an OSS project?parentComments−bogdanuOP4yAs a software engineer, you don't have many options other than building yet another tech shovel for your fellow engineers.I would want to build something that actually benefits non technical users. Not sure if it makes sense what I'm trying to say.−h2odragon4yIf you are not one of those users for whom the software is built, how will you know when you're done?−bogdanuOP4yYou don't, it's one of the issues I have, trying really hard to scope the project. I basically try to replicate the features the likes of Greenhouse are selling, obviously on a simpler scale.
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As a software engineer, you don't have many options other than building yet another tech shovel for your fellow engineers.
I would want to build something that actually benefits non technical users. Not sure if it makes sense what I'm trying to say.
If you are not one of those users for whom the software is built, how will you know when you're done?
You don't, it's one of the issues I have, trying really hard to scope the project. I basically try to replicate the features the likes of Greenhouse are selling, obviously on a simpler scale.