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docheinestages • today at 11:51 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

I strongly recommend not doing this. When I see a mockup demo on a homepage, it signals one or more of the following to me:

- there is no product built yet, just a potentially one-shotted idea

- the creators are insecure or untruthful about what their product could do, hence faking it with a demo

- lack of effort to create real screenshots and walkthroughs of the product


Replies

makoto12 • today at 12:26 PM

This isn't a product though, it's just showing off an interesting idea, and telling you how to do it yourself

senordevnyc • today at 12:00 PM

It signifies none of this to me. I routinely see these on websites with mature existing products.