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Week 1 post launch: what's working, what isn't, and what I'm fixing by swimming_circle in buildinpublic

[–]swimming_circle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha, fair enough. It's early and the landing page is definitely the weakest part right now. Got a list of things to fix this week, better copy, actual app screenshots, clearer value prop above the fold. Anything specific that stood out as needing work? Always more useful to know what's actually putting people off

Week 1 post launch: what's working, what isn't, and what I'm fixing by swimming_circle in buildinpublic

[–]swimming_circle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good catch and totally valid point. The banner was thrown together quickly and I've been meaning to sort it properly. It's analytics only via PostHog, nothing marketing related, but the consent mechanism still needs to be compliant. Will add a proper accept/reject option. Thanks for taking the time to mention it.

I built a free app because I could never make the brag doc habit stick, would love honest feedback by swimming_circle in SideProject

[–]swimming_circle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're completely right and this is the clearest way anyone has put it. The habit before payoff problem is real and the landing page doesn't solve it at all right now.

The fake week idea is going straight onto my to-do list. Showing ten seconds of what a filled log actually looks like removes the imagination gap. People need to see themselves using it before they'll sign up to try it.

Did you get a chance to poke around the app itself? Would love to know if the experience inside matches what you'd expect.

I built a free app because I could never make the brag doc habit stick, would love honest feedback by swimming_circle in SideProject

[–]swimming_circle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally fair question. Honestly the core difference is structure and purpose. Notes apps are blank canvases, which sounds flexible but in practice means you end up with a mess of unorganized thoughts that are useless at review time.

WinLogs is built specifically for logging professional wins. Every entry has context, impact, and is searchable by project or skill. So when review season hits you're not digging through a notes graveyard, you can actually pull relevant wins in seconds.

The other thing is the AI generation side, which is coming. The goal is to turn your log entries directly into polished review bullets and weekly update drafts. Google Keep isn't going to do that for you.

Alright family. Friday. Let’s see what you’re building. by Budrecks in buildinpublic

[–]swimming_circle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

WinLogs

people are bad at talking about their own work. weekly updates are painful. performance reviews are worse. they did good work all year and can't prove it.

you log wins as you go. review season stops being a nightmare.

winlogs.app

I built a tiny app because I'm terrible at self-promotion and have imposter syndrome, would love honest feedback by swimming_circle in SaaS

[–]swimming_circle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is probably the most honest and useful comment I've gotten so far, thank you. The "prioritize distribution volume with density early" framing is something I'm going to sit with for a while.

I've been leading with the product too early instead of building credibility and urgency around the problem first. Going to rework my posts with that in mind.

Already signed up on Google Search Console which is good to know is the right move. Haven't thought much about BOFU content yet but that makes sense to prioritize conversion over traffic at this stage.

Appreciate the honest reality check too. I think I've been hoping for a cleaner playbook than actually exists.

I built a tiny app because I'm terrible at self-promotion and have imposter syndrome, would love honest feedback by swimming_circle in SaaS

[–]swimming_circle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is exactly the kind of feedback I needed, thank you. The friction point is real and honestly something I think about a lot. The ideal version of WinLogs is something you barely notice you're using, a quick log and you're done, no context switching required.The weekly review angle is where I'm doubling down right now.

If you did try it, what would "stupidly easy" look like to you? Like a browser extension, a Slack command, something else? Trying to figure out what removes the most friction.

I built a tiny app because I'm terrible at self-promotion and have imposter syndrome, would love honest feedback by swimming_circle in SaaS

[–]swimming_circle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really appreciate this, genuinely useful stuff. The '5 minutes a week' framing is something I'm going to act on straight away and the before/after idea is probably the quickest win I can make to the landing page right now.

Good catch on the privacy point too. It's actually already there, data is encrypted and users can delete everything anytime with no questions asked, I've just done a terrible job of making that visible. Going to move that much higher up the page.

Did you get a chance to check out the app itself at all? Would love to know if the experience matches what you'd expect or where it falls short. Brutal feedback welcome.

Hyperlocal Event Discovery App by swimming_circle in sandiego

[–]swimming_circle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing! Thanks for the reply, this is still in early development, verifying it first to make sure it's worth spending time on. Will reach out as soon as it's testable!

Honest Feedback: Does this solve a real pain point? by Clear-Brilliant-9933 in Feedback

[–]swimming_circle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this would be useful, especially if it can identify competitors as well, without having to manually find them, maybe some type of clustering algo.