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by danenania 1862 days ago
Great comment. I think this applies for pretty much all products or projects, especially in their early stages. There will always be people who don’t get it or have different priorities. It’s ok. When I showed people early versions of EnvKey[1], it felt like half loved it and half thought it was completely pointless. /shrug. At the time I found it discouraging, but now I see that getting even a single person to genuinely love what you’ve built is a major accomplishment and a really good sign that you’re on the right track.

If you can find one, you can find ten. If you can find ten, you can find a hundred. And so on.

It’s also extremely important to remember that the opposite of love is not hate, negativity, or criticism. It’s indifference. Harsh critics can become some of your best users/customers/advocates if you’re able to learn from them and win them over.

1 - https://www.envkey.com