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Why I think the app sells?

I will be brutally honest – I found a few alternatives to Visual Minipro and they did look better. But all of them had the same fundamental problem: friction.Assuming you even find one of these apps, the first step is to compile them. If you want to keep it up-to-date (if it’s still maintained) – you will have to periodically check for new releases and recompile them.

What kept me going?

I almost gave up working on Visual Minipro several times. The two main reasons I didn’t: Scratching your own itch – I wanted an app like this for myself. I find it useful, and even if no one buys it, I will keep using it. Product/market fit – Visual Minipro is filling a real gap in the market. The XGecu programmers are quite popular and I was surprised they only supported Windows.

How do you know if you are overthinking?

One of the problems with overthinking is that the line between productive analysis and overthinking is thin and easy to miss. However, there are signs of getting there: Although all critical requirements have been satisfied, new requirements are being added. The same topics continue to be discussed repeatedly without reaching any resolution.

What to deal with overthinking?

It is important to understand that the goal of the planning and design phases is not to identify and solve all possible problems. First, it is impossible even to list all the issues. No matter how much time you spend thinking you will miss something. Second, many problems will never materialize, or if they do, their impact will be minimal.