I can see where you're going but it sounds to me like the entrepreneurial spirit in you has done what it tends to do in all of us: Look for a way to make lemons into lemonade.
But my perspective is that I would probably prefer not to have those particular lemons! My time is valuable to me, and so is my patience. And as a software developer, I spend far more time using other peoples software (IDE, DB clients, etc) than I do using my own.
The best way I can better my products, I think, is to devote as much time as possible to fixing bugs and adding features. Time spent waiting for my IDE to load is time spent not adding value.
Working with end-users all the time has changed my attitude about how valuable developer time is. It's not that I don't think developer time is valuable, it's that I've really seen, with my own eyes, just how many people are affected when developers value their own time more highly than they value their customers' time. All those little inefficiencies and minor bugs and other problems really add up quick.
I, personally, am far less inclined now to spend my coding time on new features, and more likely to spend it on refining what I already have -- and so far I've gotten really positive feedback from customers on that.
But my perspective is that I would probably prefer not to have those particular lemons! My time is valuable to me, and so is my patience. And as a software developer, I spend far more time using other peoples software (IDE, DB clients, etc) than I do using my own.
The best way I can better my products, I think, is to devote as much time as possible to fixing bugs and adding features. Time spent waiting for my IDE to load is time spent not adding value.