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Growth · December 22, 2021

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Jig – a tool to define, compute and monitor metrics

Hi HN, 8 months ago, I posted “Ask HN: I built it nobody came, what now?” and got a ton of (not very optimistic) feedback [1]. I took away 3 things: 1. The message wasn’t properly targeted 2. The onboarding experience was terrible. 3. Someone posted some advice to find leads which actually worked, yeah! So here we are. 8 months later. I unfortunately didn’t have a lot of time to put in the tool itself. But I improved the website, improved the onboarding, and got a paying customer who seems to really like the software. So here it is in its current form. Let me know what you think would make…

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Jig is a tool for defining, computing, and monitoring metrics. It allows users to track and measure key performance indicators across their systems. The product is designed for teams that need to establish consistent metric definitions and keep ongoing visibility into their data. The maker has focused on improving onboarding and user experience after initial launch feedback, and reports having acquired a paying customer.

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Hi HN, 8 months ago, I posted “Ask HN: I built it nobody came, what now?” and got a ton of (not very optimistic) feedback [1]. I took away 3 things: 1. The message wasn’t properly targeted 2. The onboarding experience was terrible. 3. Someone posted some advice to find leads which actually worked, yeah! So here we are. 8 months later. I unfortunately didn’t have a lot of time to put in the tool itself. But I improved the website, improved the onboarding, and got a paying customer who seems to really like the software. So here it is in its current form. Let me know what you think would make the tool/website better! [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26734079

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