BuhalBu's Kit
A tool for securing the technological edge of your website
The other day I promised you a "peek-inside video" of my app... I'm finally ready with the integration of Lighthouse, so here it is how it's supposed to look a single lighthouse report
P.S. The user interface is still a work in progress...
For the past several days, I've been doing heavy research on making my Twitter presence meaningful.
For starters, I'm pretty new to the platform.
Twitter is not popular in Bulgaria, and until recently, I've been publishing only stuff in Bulgarian, so I used Facebook as my leading platform.
So I needed more info on how things are done on this social network.
The most important insights I found are that if I want to grow my audience fast, I must do the following:
- Create a worthwhile account with a starting set of quality tweets
- Start promoting my tweets with paid advertising
- Continue to publish high-quality tweets
- Engage with my active followers
- Engage with the influencers in my niche
There will definitely be a lot of exposure of myself, and I'm a shy person, but if I strive for my software to be appreciated and used by other people besides me, I need to allow some light to expose my "darkness."
So be it.
P.S. I plan to share a short video of my app in action. Actually, it will be just one of the screens I have been working on lately, not the whole deal.
P.S. If you want, you can follow me on Twitter:
Today I made a screenshot of BuhalBu's home page and saved it in the cloud for future generations. I felt a little bit of nostalgia while doing this.
A few months ago, I started the site with no clear direction, so I manifested it as a blog to share my thoughts on everything "JavaScript." I knew there would be more than blogging, but I didn't know yet what exactly.
Although coding apps was always in my plans...
Fast forward several funny weeks, and now I represent a humble startup.
It has a Great Mission and current goals...
It has written marketing strategy and "big time" promo ideas...
It has a defined business model and planned iterations for the next decade.
It has a badass new logo and a fresh home copy too.
So I'm happy now. Very happy. I can't be sure where it will be five years from now, but it's a hell of a journey. A journey full of new experiences, modern technologies, and big dreams.
And now I'm starting a whole new chapter...
After several days of planning, I've decided to announce BuhalBu's Kit as a "build-in-public project."
I published the announcement on Twitter, LinkedIn, and my blog.
Later I included two more platforms (indiehackers.com and reddit.com), where I'm going to share updates on the progress and other stuff.
The app I’m starting with is called “BuhalBu’s Kit,” and it’s like the services named GTMetrix and Pingdom, but it will be mostly free and/or ridiculously cheap compared to the established solutions.
Plus, it will offer several cool enhancements that will differentiate it even more from everything else on the market.
I will build it primarily for myself.
It’s something I could often use, so it will be a mini success even if it doesn’t sell well.
Otherwise, it will be helpful for bloggers, web admins, SEO specialists, and web developers. I haven’t decided which of them will be my primary customers yet.
BuhalBu’s Kit is a “build in public” project.
That means I will frequently share what I’m doing, how it’s going, and what the progress is.
To build in public is a trendy way to document your path and spread the word, so that’s another thing I’m excited about. As a blogger, I really like to experiment with new styles, topics, and writing stuff.
I plan to share many “behind the scene” details that will become more and more interesting as the project evolves, so stay tuned.
Making apps was always part of my plans.
But coming up with a good idea is hard, and I thought (naively) that having a job is a “low hanging fruit” that I can depend on until I brainstorm something worthy.
It turned out it was just a distraction (in my case) that was consuming all my time and energy so, in the end, I had to find a way to focus on my big goal.
The good news is I came up with many promising ideas in the past few months.
And when (finally!) I decided what I'm going to build, I generated enough confidence to leave my well-paid and cushy position in a prospering software company.
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