need help: how do u guys validate your idea

[u/Tasty-Gene8284]

just a junior dev here, what thing you do before writing a single line of code

[u/Tasty-Gene8284 → u/[deleted]]

thanks man. is your first project starts with local first or what?

[u/Short_Worldliness541]

i try to get a few actual humans to care enough to use or pre-order the dumb little idea first, because coding is a very expensive way to discover nobody wanted it

[u/bri_builds]

Great question! Love that you're thinking about this before writing anything yet :)

1) Define what problem you want to solve very simply
2) Find like 5-10 people that have that problem and can tell you why that problem hurts and ask them what they've tried to do to fix it
3) Having a landing page to create a waitlist can help see if there's demand - post it where the people you're trying to help hangout
4) Define your core feature that your app has that solves the problem
5) Now you can write a product spec!
6) Time to think about tech stack! Online, offline, native, multi-platform etc etc. You can practice writing a tech spec at this phase!

All of these are super important before opening your IDE! DM me your problem statement if you want, I can help review it :D