Checklist King

Really excited to launch Checklist King after 2 years of hard work and getting over the mental block of getting it finished.

So many lessons for me here. Firstly it really dawned on me part way through this project that I was never going to build anything again without understanding the target market better first. Because I have had a few half built projects, I still committed to finishing and launching Checklist King regardless of whether their was a place in the world for it or not. I needed to do this for my own sanity.

It also showed me how I could adjust things in my life to find the time to get it finished. Some great lessons (A lot from Indie Hackers) like getting up a few hours earlier, sticking with a job while you are still motivated to do it and riding that wave before it subsides etc.

I also learnt Firebase as a suitable BAAS and a lot about PWA's. All in all at the very least a good learning experience.

Now onwards and upwards to learn how to kickstart a SAAS app, see what can come from that, mostly following a LEAN model.

Very excited however it plays out, and it feels great to launch.

Big thanks to cruip.com for the landing page as well, really cool templates :)

I came up with the idea for Checklist King while running a cleaning business with a friend. It was always tricky getting everything done correctly each time, especially when the customers requirements were so dynamic.

Coming from a programmer background, I decided to build it myself, as nothing else on the market at the time quite fit what I was looking for.

The lesson for me here is that building out an app takes a considerable amount of time. It was not my first rodeo, but I definitely underestimated how much juggling with my full time job and regular life it would take to wrap this baby up.