What does MVP mean?
Indie context: The indie hacker mantra: ship early, ship fast. Stop overthinking and launch your MVP to get real user feedback instead of perfecting in a vacuum.
MVP
💡 The indie hacker mantra: ship early, ship fast. Stop overthinking and launch your MVP to get real user feedback instead of perfecting in a vacuum.
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PMF
Product-Market Fit - the magical moment when your product solves a real problem for a specific market so well that customers actively seek it out and recommend it to others.
Ship It
The act of releasing or deploying your product, feature, or code to production - moving from development to live. Stop perfecting, start shipping.
Launch Day
The day you officially release your product to the public, typically on platforms like Product Hunt, Hacker News, or via a coordinated social media announcement.
Dogfooding
The practice of using your own product extensively ("eating your own dog food") to experience what your customers experience and identify issues before they do.
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