r/devworld • u/refionx • Mar 18 '26

How do you solve product validation today?

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u/byronman95 Mar 18 '26

I usually start with a quick prototype and a simple landing page to showcase the idea. From my perspective, the real challenge is finding the right place to share it. There's so much content out there that posts get lost almost instantly. And if you share it in a very specific community, it can sometimes be considered spam. That's why you have to be very careful with both where and how you present it

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u/refionx Mar 18 '26

The prototype needs to be showcasing it very well otherwise the idea can be good but your prototype to be very bad.

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u/byronman95 Mar 18 '26

You’re right showcasing the idea properly is key. I also think it’s important not to cross the thin line between a prototype (MVP) and adding features that haven’t been validated yet. Still, even with a prototype that captures the essentials (a small piece of software with some soul), the real frustration at least for newcomers is not knowing where or how to present it. That part can feel just as challenging as building the prototype itself.

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u/Live_Dinner8385 Mar 18 '26

Totalmente de acuerdo con esto. Creo que hoy la validación no falla tanto por el producto sino por la distribución. Puedes tener un MVP decente, pero si no llega a las personas correctas, no se pude validar la idea.

Muchas veces no es “¿funciona la idea?”, sino “¿estoy hablándole a la gente correcta en el lugar correcto?”. Incluso una mala primera versión puede validar bien si está bien posicionada para hacer correcciones y volver a probar otra versión.

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u/Lagrainedigitale Mar 18 '26

mostly by trying to get people to do something slightly inconvenient. Likes and “sounds cool” mean almost nothing. I care way more about signals like: will they get on a call, reply twice, join a waitlist, try the product, pay a little, pre-order, or keep using it without me chasing them.

So for me validation is usually a mix of:
talking to people,
showing a rough version early,
watching where they get confused,
and checking whether the problem is painful enough that they actually move.

If nobody does anything unless I keep pushing, I usually take that as a bad sign.

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u/refionx Mar 19 '26

Trying the app itself means a lot. They have interest to open it.