I went from 270 to 690+ users in one month… here’s what happened

I finally wrote a new build-in-public update after two months of silence.

A lot changed during that time: meeting people who love the vision, getting unexpected visibility, rewriting the product story from scratch, applying to YC, and dealing with a flood of user feedback.

And the craziest part?
Talanoa went from 270 → 690+ users in just a month.

If you’re curious about the whole journey, I wrote everything here:
https://medium.com/@bettercalljohn/i-applied-to-yc-rebuilt-my-product-story-and-watched-growth-take-off-december-update-414af9082c5c