Original Summary

I built a golf scoring app (yes there are thousands of them) around a first principle of building and running a single or multi day tournament should be as easy as possible, for the dude who wants to get rolling on the way to the course. This is not competing with enterprise solutions, social first apps, or score keeping apps. This is pure event based built for guys and gals who are running a local event or buddy trip. I built it for a buddy's 40th after being forced into other apps funnels, requiring every player to download and activate an app, long confusing menus with 10+ minute setup configs... so we said screw it, let's build something lite that can handle our buddy's 40th ryder cup. And it worked. The MVP and proof of concept was after the trip I had 3-4 people reach out "Hey my buddy wants to use the app, how can he?" This is where it got super tough. Building a bespoke software is easy work. Especially when you're on the ground guiding users. Building something that a stranger can get from signup to completion through an event, with multiple participants. A whole other ball game. I've been building for almost six months outside of my 9-5. 1500+ commits, probably 300+ hours of work and counting, and I think I'm almost to a point where I'm proud of the product, less the re-brand we're currently working on lol. Funnel Stats: 61 Accounts 52 Events Created 384 golfers Added 2,525 Holes Scored (and currently increasing as we speak) $30 Revenue. New "donation" feature to help us keep developing that launched yesterday. What I've Actually learned: 1. Solve the problem. We didn't set out to make this an app, we weren't looking for the next micro SaaS, we just wanted to play golf and have an easy app to use. So we set out to solve the problem we ran into. The deeper I get into building the more and more it's clear that UX is top priority, and that someone is not going to one shot solve this issue. It's so human that it requires a human lens to build a product that works in the hands of real golfers, on the golf course. Deep product knowledge. We have run golf trips since we were in our early 20's. We are all golf nerds and many of my close friends work in the golf industry, so the standard is set high. I constantly monitor events that are running, looking for UX roadblocks, user loops that don't make sense, where we can take out a step, etc. Obsess about the user experience, and they will give that energy back. I can see when a user makes a decision, and things go sideways, I understand instantly the issue they are facing and the thought process they are going through, triggered from the UX. 3. User Feedback. This falls under 2 partly, but constant testing with friends, reaching out to users to see what they liked, what they didn't, features that are missing. These are not only helpful from a building perspective, but they are deep insights into how to market the p

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  • 发布时间：2026/9/27 02:19:53