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Hi,
So I'm currently building a snow forecasting website for ski/snowboard enthusiasts which involves processing and visualising lots of model data. Its been a steep learning curve but i'm getting there and could be at the point of releasing something in a couple of weeks. However it is not perfect. In DeMarco's books he talks about getting something out there and not procrastinating letting the market decide but also about how if you do an excellent job you are likely to have at least good results.
Some of the current problems I'm facing are imperfect algorithms incorrectly forecasting snowfall totals for certain sites...
no log in or user auth pages or no path to monetisation at this point.
messing about too much creating a kind of array based visualisation of temperatures over the whole mountain.
The code is probably a bit messy, gets the job done but its a relatively complex website with multiple views charts etc ingesting vast amounts of weather data.
Would you recommend just releasing something and starting to build up users from scratch / seeing the market reaction or investing more time on a decent product before releasing something?
Has anyone else been through similar processes and can give some tips on how you made it work?
I feel like i'm neglecting the marketing and side of building up a user base which would hopefully naturally lead to steering any product in the right direction if it is indeed something which will have any traction at all.
Cheers,
Adam.
So I'm currently building a snow forecasting website for ski/snowboard enthusiasts which involves processing and visualising lots of model data. Its been a steep learning curve but i'm getting there and could be at the point of releasing something in a couple of weeks. However it is not perfect. In DeMarco's books he talks about getting something out there and not procrastinating letting the market decide but also about how if you do an excellent job you are likely to have at least good results.
Some of the current problems I'm facing are imperfect algorithms incorrectly forecasting snowfall totals for certain sites...
no log in or user auth pages or no path to monetisation at this point.
messing about too much creating a kind of array based visualisation of temperatures over the whole mountain.
The code is probably a bit messy, gets the job done but its a relatively complex website with multiple views charts etc ingesting vast amounts of weather data.
Would you recommend just releasing something and starting to build up users from scratch / seeing the market reaction or investing more time on a decent product before releasing something?
Has anyone else been through similar processes and can give some tips on how you made it work?
I feel like i'm neglecting the marketing and side of building up a user base which would hopefully naturally lead to steering any product in the right direction if it is indeed something which will have any traction at all.
Cheers,
Adam.
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