Today’s micro-decision: evidence or no evidence?

Today I made a micro-decision (aka: the kind of decision that looks small but somehow eats three cups of coffee and half a morning).

Do I:

• 🚧 Hard-gate evidence → block users until they upload proof.

• 🧾 Invent “Evidence Debt” → let them skip but slap a scary red badge on the step.

• 🪶 Keep it light → just a friendly popup: “No evidence yet?” → [Add Evidence] / [Skip Anyway].

After arguing with myself like two raccoons in a dumpster, I picked 🪶 Keep it light.

Why? Because I don’t want Indie10k to turn into a debt collector.

The whole point is momentum, not making people feel guilty about screenshots.

So… no new “concepts,” no extra red pills, just a nudge and move on.

I can still spy on the data in the backend, but users don’t have to think about it.

This is not that kinda "growth" feature but I feel it has a great impact on the core process of this product. So I make it as Top 2 feature to deliver.

Wait, what was Top 1 then? In case you missed it: https://indie10k.com/tenk6-handbook/index.html