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Ask HN: How do you manage distribution after building?

A developer built a Slack-to-code-fix app that identifies the relevant repository, branch, and worktree from a pasted message, then generates a fix or handoff prompt. After completing the technical build and navigating payment services and terms of service, the developer is now stuck on distribution and validation, unsure how to determine if the tool has value beyond personal use. The developer is seeking advice on how to overcome impostor syndrome and find the next steps to market the product.

read1 min publishedJun 6, 2026

I built a slack message to code-fix app, so that you just paste the slack message and it figures out what repo is it about (down to which specific branch, worktree), providing a fix or hand off prompt at the end.

My goal is to learn about business by actually doing it and got a hard stop, impostor syndrome, at this step of having it almost ready and looking in the wild without knowing how to find if this is really valuable to someone else than me.

I know this is nothing new, but I'd love some human wisdom! What would you do to get unstuck at this point and validate your idea? Or what do you normally do at this point?

ps: this is my shout for help, frustrated after several hours of working through TOS, payments services and all that stuff. Learned a lot but now I look ahead and I'm shocked. So I need to learn what's next

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48430217](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48430217)

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