Ah, thank you! And couldn't agree more! Systems, experiments, iterations... so many aspects transfer right on over.

Takeaways:
- People will always be behind
- Build gentle nudges
- Check your data — there’s gold in the dust

I told myself volume was too low to bother.
Turns out… every signal counts.

Stay diligent. Stay curious. Stay proactive my friends.

More related to your point - I really want to make sharing stories feel better. Thinking a quick win to test is public links with previews. Sharing a story from Supalific can be really rewarding but it’s a lot to drop into a text message. It’s also better read on a purpose-built experience.

Totally agree with you, James! We don’t want sign ups for signups sake!

Next up is a potentially premature in app purchases implementation. I just keep finding the lack of it creating more excuses in me for bigger goals, and I think more often than not teams add it in too late.

Back to the drawing board!

100%! Our products don't get traction by themselves!

Way to make it happen, Mira!

Getting outside of the skillset comfort zone was one thing I was most excited about with indie, but it took a while to really get into the swing of it!

Back to work(flow):
1. iMessage feedback → whiteboard
2. Whiteboard → voice memo
3. Voice memo → transcription
4. Transcription → AI summary
5. AI summary → Linear tasks
6. Tasks → Prioritized + delegated to agents

Next time: polish less, ask more questions 😁

Thanks to agentic development, reworking the experience was a cinch.

If I’d hand-written all the code, the mental gymnastics to keep it would’ve put Cirque du Soleil to shame.

Then the feedback came in:

> The image generation felt unnecessary.

Boom. Weight lifted. Bye Felicia. Or more specifically, bye Monet Memory generator 🗑️🖼️🔥

But with this came many new challenges.

- Long processing times to maneuver experientially
- Potential inaccuracies and poor first impressions.
- Cost (~4 cents an image!) #DoThingsThatDontScale

I started to lose sight of the core flows and mission because of this enhancement.

With just the first 3, the experience felt awfully text-heavy (like this thread!)

So I added visuals. And I miiiight’ve overinvested.

But it was a ton of fun molding it to my liking! Wouldn't it be nice if we no longer had to pull out our cameras in the moment?

Quick context - the product lets you:
1. Capture a written moment
2. Dig deeper into it
3. Build a story around it
4. Generate a visual of it

But one piece of feedback changed the game for me.

Stoked to learn, fail, and grow on this exploration for viability. Shoutout to my peeps joining in on the action 🫶🏻

I've got a few spots left for extra-special takers interested 😁

Launching my first beta feels good! Self-imposed deadlines, milestones, and daily/weekly goals really help, especially with #Linear. Yup, it even slays for personal use.