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I wanted guests to understand how a hostel fitted together before they arrived. Photos showed individual rooms, but looking at each room separately didn’t tell you how the space actually connected. That was the thing I wanted to show. To model the hostel, I initially cobbled things together using SketchUp, dimensions, and photos. Along the way, I tried free tools that weren’t suitable and looked at paid tools that cost way more than I could justify. Eventually, I did what I always do: I retreated into my comfort zone and built something of my own. I’m Daniel, and that hostel project led me to build InktoBrick. You give it a 2D floor plan and it turns it into an editable 3D model right in the browser, letting you look around the space and make changes. Here’s a 30-second edit of the kitchen demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5oO7juSPf8 Getting the code to work was the part I felt safe doing. I’m building this alone. I launched it three weeks ago, and it now has 300 registered users and 10 subscribers, with almost no deliberate promotion. Now I need to put more effort into finding the people who need it. And honestly, this is the part I’ve struggled with throughout my career. On paper, I’m supposed to know what I’m doing. In the past, I’ve built Dondo, Terraes, Octograma, and GEOSAT. I’ve raised US$6 million and went through the YC Fellowship program in 2016. In the startup world, you’re taught to project confidence and “fake it till you make it.” After a decade of experience, I feel like I should have learned how to distribute what I build by now. I lose sleep over it. When I have to start selling, I feel like a failure all over again. People tell me I’m hiding behind perfectionism. They tell me to “just do marketing” or hire someone who can sell. Over the years, I’ve tried those things. I know the textbook advice. I know InktoBrick is only three weeks old. But the anxiety isn’t coming from the last three weeks. It’s coming from years of hitting this same wall and not knowing how to get past it. With this project, I know my use case: I needed to explain a hostel’s layout. But I don’t know how to cross the bridge from my own problem to understanding who else shares it, or how to get this in front of them when they are actually struggling to explain a physical space. I’m tired of pretending I have the answers, so I’m genuinely asking the builders here who have been through this transition. Your project can be completely different from mine. Some people are already finding it with almost no promotion from me. But I don’t know how to make that repeatable. If you built something to solve your own problem, what helped you understand who else needed it and where to find more of them?   submitted by   /u/Dfmarulanda [link]   [comments]

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  • 发布时间：2026/10/17 01:42:19