Day 3 of building Conviction in public — and we shipped

I'm going to be honest, day 1 and 2 were mostly admin and setup. Yesterday was the first day where I actually built something meaningful and started to feel like this is real. And then tonight I deployed it.

getconviction.io is live.

That's the headline. A real product at a real URL that anyone can open right now. But let me go through everything that happened yesterday because there was a lot.

The product got a significant upgrade. I added live data integration from CoinGecko directly into the scoring flow. Now when you add a crypto position and enter the ticker, the app automatically fetches real supply and community data and surfaces it at the exact moment you're scoring those criteria. For tokenomics it pulls market cap, fully diluted valuation, the FDV to MC ratio, and circulating supply percentage. If the ratio is too high or supply is dangerously low, it flags it with a warning. For social reach it pulls Reddit subscribers, Reddit activity per 48 hours, and Telegram members, then suggests a score based on what it finds. I had to rebuild the social scoring algorithm midway through because I discovered CoinGecko deprecated their Twitter follower data back in 2023 when the API pricing changed. So the suggested score now runs entirely off Reddit engagement quality and Telegram size plus price momentum as a proxy. That's actually a better signal than follower count anyway.

The app is now running in a real browser with localStorage for persistence. Got it running on StackBlitz first to confirm no errors, then pushed everything to GitHub and deployed through Lovable. The CoinGecko data works correctly in production — SOL, ETH and ARB all pull live data through.

On the content side I built out five X post image templates at 1200x675 — score breakdown card, leaderboard snapshot, hot take quote card, build in public milestone update, and closed trade reveal. All using the same brand system across the board. First posts went live on X across both accounts. Also posted on r/SaaS and did my day 2 update here.

Real numbers right now: email signups 0, X followers building, beta users 0, paying customers 0. None of that bothers me yet because the product works, it's deployed, and the distribution strategy is mapped out. The number I actually care about this week is whether I can get ten people to open getconviction.io, add a real position, and give me honest feedback before they leave.

One thing I realised yesterday that shifted my thinking: I've been framing this as a crypto tool but the core problem — not knowing which position to sell when something better comes along — is identical in stocks, commodities, and options. The scoring criteria are slightly different but the decision engine is the same. That's probably a month two conversation but it changes how big this could actually be.

If you want to try it, getconviction.io is free to start with no card needed. And if you're building something and want to trade notes, drop a comment. Especially interested in hearing from anyone who's been through a beta launch and has thoughts on getting the first ten users.