AkiraMichi

That and “Cortex” by CGPGrey. Both of these can be quite entertaining and relaxing.

You're right, in that people starting out usually end up undercharging for their product. Though, all I can say without anymore information about your individual case. Is, to take what you find the cost should be and then double it. And if you can, run a A/B test while you increase your products cost to see if people are willing to pay the higher amount. And, if they are. Then increase the price until you find an equilibrium for your product where you don't lose customers because of too high of a cost. But, where you don't either undercharge for it.

Finding this balance will require some work. But, using analytics and A/B testing should help guide you towards the right price point.

No! That is not really how most people calculate how much to charge for a SaaS product. Usually, it comes down to two things.

First, what's the total per-user cost? That includes, servers, storage and even the user acquisition cost. i.e. ads. Second, what is the product worth to the user in terms of it solving their problems. For example, if the product costs $10 and it saves them between $100 to $500 per month. It's something they will likely be fine with. Simply put, it's about the cost-to-value for the customer. How much are they willing to pay to solve their problem. It can be a $1 or even $1000 per-month.

I would advise you to research your potential customers and find out these things for yourself.

Good luck!

I've tried listening to university lectures and varies conferences talks. But, I find them distracting on the road. I've found, consuming really technical stuff to be much easier. When I can give it my full attention.

Personally, I like to listen to podcasts that cover new and upcoming technologies in the field. They could be about high level stuff or even the nitty and gritty, like new language syntax or upcoming improvements to the GC.

Though, I prefer listening to audio books just as much. And, I find them to be a great supplement for professional growth along with podcasts. When I'm not listening to fiction or sci-fi books, which isn't much. I try and listen to books about soft-skills and anything relating to software development that doesn't involve having to read code.

I can't really give you any hard suggestions here. Because, I mostly, work with languages like Ruby & JS/ES6. But, there should be similar options available for at least the JVM, if not the Java ecosystem.

Wouldn't it make more sense to abstract away the analytics code in your app and write it as an independent entity and then just implement an entity gateway for all the providers you want to support?