Ask HN: What's the best way to get developers to try a new devtool?

Ask HN: What's the best way to get developers to try a new devtool?

4 by e_zr | 3 comments on Hacker News.

Some friends of mine founded a devtools startup, building a collaboration tool for dev teams. They asked me for any ideas on how to get developers to try their SDK. I had no ideas of my own so I'm posting here hoping that someone can suggest some strategies/tactics they can use to get their critical, focused batch of beta users. (If you're interested to try it yourself, you can check it out here - https://ift.tt/eiySzNX ) Suggestions welcome and appreciated... Thanks!!



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