Indie Developer Advocates 2-Week MVP Rule to Break the Build-in-Silence Trap

A developer behind OpenNomos has shared a personal rule: if a project cannot ship something usable within two weeks, too much is being built. Drawing from a past experience where three months of work went unused, the author argues that early users need one working feature, not a polished product. Their current project, OpenNomos Json, launched with just two tools — a Timestamp Converter and a JSON Parser — and attracted users immediately by solving real pain points. The author emphasizes that fast shipping creates a feedback loop, turning zero users into iterative improvements within weeks, unlike months-long silent builds that often launch to no audience. The key mindset shift, they argue, is resisting the urge to add features before going live and accepting that a rough but functional V1 is more valuable than a perfect unreleased product.