After spending about a month on the landing page of my Face Recognition API I realised two things: 1 - The actual product in a product launch is a very small part of the entire venture 2 - I should not be left unsupervised with the task of a website design #buildinpublic
Been testing out my #facerecognition API integration in @bubble . So far it looks good. Might create a plugin for it when I launch the API :) #buildinpublic
When you take a 2 day break from your #buildinpublic project, the code starts to look Greek when you're back. Goes on to show the importance of documentation and commenting
Just completed writing the "try it yourself" feature for my face recognition API. Next step is to test a complete flow from registration to payment to exhausting a daily/monthly limit.
Now that I have most of the technical work out of the way for my #facerecognition API, I will now work on setting up the landing page and get organic traffic going. I think blogs on the site would be a good starting point.
It's insane how many non technical tasks are involved in a product launch. Right now I'm working on the landing page for my #facerecognition API and the most off putting task I have on my to-do list is writing a TOS and Privacy Policy document #buildinpublic
I started working on the API from a different angle now. Last night I completed and tested the logic for maintaining a transaction count for the API calls. The rate limiter function is completed. Now, a user may not make more than a fixed number of calls per month #buildinpublic
I get some of the most ground breaking ideas for my #buildinpublic projects during my 9-5. Unfortunately I can't implement them on the spot and by the time I get home a few key points about the idea are gone from my mind. Sort of like a "the moment's gone" thing
Three days in to making a #facerecognition API. The actual recognition part has a very minor contribution to the overall product. Most of the technical stuff comprises simply of API authentication and payment management stuff. This is going to take a while to build #buildinpublic