@MidanaApp continues to grow! User count is up to 82, with 17 users having enabled auto-redemption. I'm working on a major re-design of the app itself, with a focus on usability and better feature explanations. #buildinpublic

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Oof. Had 2 P0 issues yesterday. Pretty bad look. On the bright side, though, 10+ new users yesterday and 4 people have opted-in to auto-redeem so far! Starting to feel hopeful that monetization will work for @MidanaApp :D! #buildinpublic

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@MidanaApp is up to ~43 private beta users so far. Got auto-redemption features out yesterday. Starting to think about how I can bundle a set of features into a premium subscription that users might actually pay for. #buildinpublic

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Haven't been great about stand-ups lately, but here's sprint planning for the week! Goals are continuing to invite users to the private beta and start gearing up for public beta. R&D for monetization pathways happening in the background. #buildinpublic

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Trying to keep things light in terms of work attitude :). Yesterday made it through most of my backend CI/CD pipeline with @CircleCI. Today working on email acquisition strategy, auto-redemption, CI/CD for iOS. #buildinpublic

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Did sprint planning live this week haha. Thinking about accelerating my timeline to push to open beta... Trying to get real with myself about what I actually need done for @MidanaApp to be "ready" for that. #buildinpublic #indiehackers #makers

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One of my new users frequently educates new expats on how to play the receipt lottery for an American school. He agrees that @MidanaApp is the best app for non-Mandarin speakers. Feeling validated! #buildinpublic

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A/C issues are becoming a serious problem. Impossible to sleep at night :/. Nevertheless making progress on @MidanaApp. Working towards piloting auto-redemption in a semi-manual way and fixing some bugs today. #buildinpublic

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P0! Lottery results didn't get imported for @MidanaApp yesterday. I literally had one job haha. After I fix that, working on getting a few improvements out the door today. Hoping to get auto-redemption working this week. #buildinpublic

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Oof. Lots of technical hurdles for fixing receipt scanning workflows for @MidanaApp. Thinking I'm going to change the UX to circumvent some of these problems. Need to get a patch out pronto to respond to user feedback. #buildinpublic

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Ended up taking a half day yesterday. Some personal things plus A/C issues :/.

Having trouble getting frame processors to work with @mrousavy's react-native-vision-camera, which I'm hoping will improve @MidanaApp's scanning. #buildinpublic #indiehackers

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Finally solved my laptop performance issues yesterday. The solution? A screwdriver and canned air lol. Opening a bank account and inviting @MidanaApp's 3rd cohort of testers today! #buildinpublic #indiehackers #makers

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Still trying to improve beta testing conversion for @MidanaApp this week! Also working on auto-redemption, one of my more promising monetization pathways. Otherwise, hoping to get some better CI/CD flows in place with @CircleCI. #buildinpublic #makers

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Feedback from @MidanaApp beta testers has been good so far! There just aren't enough of them haha. Will need to re-strategize a little bit next week. Today working on UX improvements and prototyping auto-redemption. #buildinpublic

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Thinking about monetization strategies for @MidanaApp. Right now I want to find ways to monetize that don't hinder growth (i.e. ads aren't an option yet). Working on features that hopefully unlock enough value for people to pay. #buildinpublic

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3 new @MidanaApp beta testers since yesterdays email campaign went out! Hoping for a few more in the next 24-48 hours. Mostly working on bugs and a bit of market research today. #buildinpublic #indiehackers #makers

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New version of @MidanaApp is out with itemized receipt details and a ton of fixes and improvements! Got that out a day earlier than I thought I would ;). Today working on inviting my next cohort of users and scoping out future features. #buildinpublic

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Beta invite email campaigns for @MidanaApp did _really_ poorly last week. Working on fixing that this week and getting a new feature out. Realizing there may not be _that_ many features left to build for this app! #buildinpublic #indiehackers #makers

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Quick demo of progress on itemized receipt details for @MidanaApp! Hoping to wrap that up today. So far out of 20 total invites, I've only secured 1 actual beta sign-up... a little concerning, but will debug this! #buildinpublic #indiehackers #makers

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Sent out Android beta invites for @MidanaApp yesterday! So far 1 person out of 15 has actually opened the email haha... will need to figure out what's going on there. iOS emails go out today! #buildinpublic #indiehackers #makers

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