The GummySearch proof of concept was a simple search frontend and an API server that searched Reddit for particular keywords.
Initially, I built it just for myself! I had been marketing the Hive Index (my aggregator of online communities) by searching Reddit for common keywords that folks would include in their Reddit posts when they are looking for online communities for particular niches.
This marketing tactic was so effective for me, but was manual, so I wanted to productize it.
The initial version sped up my own marketing process so that I could spend less than 10 minutes on marketing a day and still effectively spread the word.
Next up, time to validate if this product would work for other indie makers as well.