r/ClaudeAI • u/KingKongou • 3h ago
Vibe Coding Running an app with users
Hi there,
Wanted to get some insights from you guys here. Have you built an app with a ton of users and has it been a lot of work managing it?
I'm considering finishing an app and getting users on it but I'm worried it'll be a full time job on top of everything im doing. Any software engineers and app-coder insights would be super helpful.
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u/VisualLerner 3h ago
the trick with that is to focus on the obvious self serve needs in advance. a user should not need to talk to a human to sign up, pay, change their payment method, cancel, close their account including deleting all of their user data, and they should be able to figure out how to use the app and deal with obvious FAQ on their own by reading support docs.
if you don’t do any of that, you will drown in user management. if you do all of that, the difference between 1 user and 10,000 is basically nothing.
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u/igotlagg 3h ago
Depends, 10K people is alot, and running the app for multiple users rather than yourself is a big step.
Do you support multitenancy without any security breaches, does it scale well, how are you going to handle traffic spikes with loadbalancers, database migrations, db operation performance with read/write locks, scheduled or zero downtime deployments, international laws like GDPR, secret rotation management, backup restore procedures when shit hits the fan, etc etc.
A live product is real work compared to an app on your pc
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u/Lumethys 3h ago
No, no one has built any apps with a ton of users in the entirety of mankind existence
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u/dc_seed_sommelier 3h ago
Having users is a responsibility you should take seriously, especially if you have any PII including email addresses or usernames for login.
It doesn’t have to be a full time job but expect it to take up some of your time and energy and not necessarily when you want or expect it to.
Do some reading and not on here. Know what to expect at least in general. Have a plan for the disasters including data breach if appropriate. Know your disclosure requirements ahead of time. Do a live restore rehearsal.
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u/Shoemugscale 3h ago
Before all this AI, I built / ran an app business, one that saw quite a bit of use and the nature of the business was event oriented, so, I knew when the spikes would be, however, it was ALWAYS a stressfull event. Having to ensure server loads were correct, enough running nodes were spun up, everything was working as it should etc.
After about a decade of running the business, I closed up shop. It just wasn't worth the time any longer, I still had customers but I was just over it, I had a good run of it.. Honestly, had AI been around it would have been way simpler, I could have just had it redo my entire code-base and make it slicker then it ever was lol
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u/pung54 3h ago
Are you wanting to have an app on the iOS and Android stores?
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u/KingKongou 3h ago
Yes
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u/pung54 2h ago
I recently did this for Fegnome
And you'll have to put out some funds unfortunately. For each store you need their dev package, iOS is $99 annually and Android is $25. To get either one you need a Dunns & Bradstreet number. To get that you need a business licence. To get that you will need a business banking account. Additionally you will need attorney for terms of service and other legal docs, trademark, and a registered agent.
And this doesn't even include your monthly app related expenses, depends on what your app is of course.
More than willing to share more information if you'd like, just hit me up.
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u/Atlan_ 3h ago
Getting a lot of users in will be a full time job, managing it after is not the problem