[sarcasmatwork]

Have private or more limited demo's and take in feedback thru a survey or other means.

Don't take the feedback as personal or attacks, but as advice to make your "thing" better.

>I'm feeling overwhelmed by the thought of self-promotion

Just use a 'Show' tag, you'll be fine.

> I'm also constantly checking how many visitors I have or how many stars I've received.

Why? Spend your time working on the code, or "thing" related like docs and not worry about things you can't really control.

Good luck!

[tinchox5]

Thank you! When I made the project public, I posted it here with Show HN tag, and it went pretty well, with many encouraging comments. I especially liked your point about not worrying about things you can't control. But something is difficult to know what you can control and what you can't.

The post was https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41189637