It started as a community that I wanted to find, but couldn't.
It evolved to a more practical 'side-project' app with progress tracking
It's up and running, 85% functional - and I've decided that I'm going for a ProductHunt listing next month.
The Vision:
ProjectNext.App aims to be THE go-to platform for side projects. Short-term hackathons are going to be hosted to cater to 3 groups of people:
- Developers who want to learn new technologies and track the progress with a community of like-minded developers and find their spark for the next long-term project.
- Newer developers who are learning to code and need more structure and resources for success with self-teaching
- Companies that want exposure by sponsoring hackathons can provide incentives (Cash, Memberships, Prizes, etc.) to users who want to opt into them.
In the process - you end up building a portfolio of projects and technologies.
As a brand new platform, I'm trying to figure out the best context and most useful features before presenting it to ProductHunt.
I'd love for any developers who are interested in this concept to join at ProjectNext.App and share with me exactly what would make this platform fun or valuable for you. The 'core functionality' is complete, and after a bit more polishing, I think this can be an enjoyable place to network, and grow.
For anyone interested, I recorded a video of the development process. It's rendering at this moment but once it's done, it will be loaded to ProjectNext.App under the ProjectNextApp page on ProjectNext.App
https://projectnext.app/projects → Project Next App
This is what the Project NextApp listing on ProjectNext.App looks like:
I have to ask - I was toying around with the name "IdeaSpark" as well. I think the more proper name depends on what the primary demographic tends to be once it has more users. I'd love any input on the name as well.
Happy holidays!
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I commented on another one of your post I believe. I recommended trying to find someone to name for you. Did you do that or are you thinking of other names on your own?
ProjectNext I think covers your business better than IdeaSpark. ProjectNext says everything you need to know. Its the place where you will build your next project. Ideaspark I imagine would be a place you can brainstorm and collab with other people. But not a place to build the project just a place to meet and socialize with other people to bounce ideas off of, Unless thats what you are going for.
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Yeah, I agree with that. I've thought about it a bit and decided I liked that name. I had to put a pin in this app for an extra month or 2 to focus on my main project so now that I've put some distance between me and the app - I think I can see it a bit more objectively.
I appreciate the input. That's helpful.
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If you don't mind sharing. What is your main project?
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How is the launch coming man?
Congratulations
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Thanks! I've actually had to put a pin in it for the sake of my main product. I stared onboarding agencies to my debt software and it's been non-stop maintenance, debugging, and integrations ever since. So I hope to launch mid-march now, maybe sooner if things slow down a bit with DebtCollect. I'm still really passionate about Project NextApp but it's got to be placed on a temporary hold while I worry about my paying customers in my private beta first.
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Oh that's cool, currently facing same issue with my app, growing massively and alot of bugs to fixed..
But we got it,
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Awesome! Glad to hear your app is growing.