Holden Chase

This sounds weird but it's happened to me a couple times. The free version is simple and does exactly what I need. Then I try the paid tier and it's stuffed with features, dashboards, and settings I never asked for, and the thing I actually liked gets buried. I end up going back to free or just leaving entirely. Has this happened to anyone else, or am I just picky about interfaces?

Seriously.

5 stars usually tells me nothing.

This is AMAZING.

1 star is often:

Everyone uses AI now. To code. To write. To ship faster. But planning still feels stuck in the old days. Roadmaps get built on guesswork. Marketing means posting and hoping.

I am following spec driven development. I write the specs first. Every feature, every decision, ties back to it. It keeps me from drifting into random ideas mid build. My roadmap comes from that spec, not from gut feeling.

I use the same thinking for marketing. I write down what I'm building, who it's for, and why it matters. Before I post anything.

So I'm curious. How are you planning your roadmap right now? Do you have an actual system, or are you winging it like most of us?