True, but also need to know the basics well of what constitutes good code and how it should scale vs just working code. Too many people relying on LLMs to produce stuff which just about works but give users a terrible experience as it bearly works.
Nice concept. I've definitely seen this play out in practice.
A lot of sites aren't impossible to scrape, but they're steadily getting more expensive. We're having to lean more on residential proxies, headless browsers etc just to get the same data that used to be straightforward...
Looks great! I've had the same issue as you with many projects - so many people leave the marketing till the end so don't beat yourself up about it now. (Hopefully you will have learned a lesson haha!)
Lets look at what you could do:
- Start in one local area - ideally one near you or one that you know. Make it work there and then expand.
- See if you can engage any local groups which might engage with the idea - I could see local city/town facebook groups liking this. Or maybe on nextdoor.com.
- Check out the book "The cold start problem" by Andrew Chen. He goes into many examples of lots of companies that had this issue and how they over came the issue and got their first customers - http://andrewchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ColdStartPr...