Comments by "iorekby" (@iorekby) on "Why you shouldn't code app (all my mistakes) - as a software developer" video.

This is why a lot of FANNG got really big: They were using data in ways people wouldn't before. For example, someone might say "Oh I only use the Web for news". So you might think, cool, maybe I make an app around news and media. But Google know that person is actually using the Web mostly to search model train sets. It's most of their traffic. They don't actually read that much news as it happens. Maybe they are embarrassed about model trains as a hobby, so don't talk about it. So, to Aaron's point, don't just listen to people. Get available data from likes of say, Google trends or other reputable sources. That's usually a much better predictor of what people want. Include users your apps life cycle, of course. But be data driven, not anecdote driven.
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