I’ve decided to stop one of my recent projects after some initial testing and discussions brought to light a lack of value.

I’m not bothered by it though. Built an MVP in Bubble to get to this point, so I’ve only put a few days into it.

Validate first.

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I started playing with @bubble recently to build a quick MVP of a new project. It's my first no-code project, so there was a bit of a learning curve. But probably put 10 hours into a working MVP ready for first testers!

Now I need a project name...
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I started working on a new project, then I stopped and decided to do it right this time. Validate first!

So, I made a quick landing page to start collecting interest. And this time, I'll be my own customer!

I present, My Cosplace
mycosplace.com

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I've been working on 2 additional side projects while trying to find my first customers for Status Tracker and trying to come up with writing points for blogging and an info-product I'd like to make... I keep forgetting to #BuildInPublic though! I'll post some details soon.

I tried a no-code tool for the first time today. Built about 90% of an MVP over a few hours. Not bad!
Hoping to find time to finish it up soon. More info to come.

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My first @ProductHunt launch happened today!

You can see it here
producthunt.com/posts/status-t…

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Looking for suggestions from other @IndieHackers again.

What email service do you use for your project domain emails? I've tried Private Email offered through @Namecheap, but curious what others use.

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Registration is now open to the public on statustracker.app !

I suppose that means I've officially launched it now. I'll be working on publishing announcements and launches on the various platforms in the coming days/weeks. Where should I go first?
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The best thing I’ve done so far for statustracker.app was to #BuildInPublic

I’ve done almost everything else wrong so far, but building in public has taught me that. Now that I know better, I’m doing things I should have done at the beginning.

I reworked the landing page for statustracker.app today. Tried to make it more clear what problem it solves and how it works. Now that I've built the MVP I replaced generic illustrations with real screenshots and mockups from the app.

Feedback anyone?

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I wrote my first of what I hope to many blog post about building Status Tracker. It's a little more focused on the tech side of things this time.

Let me know what you think, and post comments/questions if you have any!

dev.to/rain2o/i-built…

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I finally took some time to create a product page for Status Tracker on IH, and backfilled some of the milestones. This project has been a long time coming. Traction started once I started to #BuildInPublic

If you’re interested in the story - indiehackers.com/product/status…

I… I think I’m ready…

Statustracker.app is in early access currently! Opening up to a few key people for some initial feedback before I open it publicly.

I guess I should probably start doing something with @stat_track_app too.

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My productivity has slowed recently. So publicly setting goals for the weekend

- deploy early access of app for the fractional CTO gig
- finish adding throttling for events in status tracker which are limited per plan
- setup Postmark emails for status tracker
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Today I had some great advice from @ayushtweetshere which really helped me push some things along I have been stalling on.
After some more research I activated my Stripe account for Status Tracker. Working on setting up email service now for notifications.
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Any @IndieHackers who offered early access or private beta for their SaaS, what sort of perks (if any) did you offer your early users? Lifetime discount, extended free trial, etc...?
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Added user notification settings today. And that wrapped up the initial functionality of Status Tracker!

Now I'm working on some of the low hanging fruit I've ignored - Contact form, server setup and config, configure emails, finalize pricing details, etc...
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Worked on the customer's view of an order/job today. Mostly focused on the timeline of status updates. The color & name of statuses are customizable by our clients in the admin.

Had some debate about how to display them. What do you think?|
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If you were given a timeline view of the history of status updates on your order, would you expect it to be Top -> Bottom going from beginning of history at top and latest/current at the bottom, or reverse?
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I've got customized themes working for the customer view of Status Tracker. Companies can provide their brand colors & logo, or use our default branding.

Thinking of adding a "powered by Status Tracker" in the footer or something like that. What do you think?
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