GoAchievo

I’ve been working on improving the landing experience for my project, GoAchievo (a goal tracking + “build in public” style platform).

Instead of keeping everything on one long homepage, I decided to properly structure it.

Here’s what I shipped:

• Created dedicated pages: /about, /faq, /use-cases
• Built vertical use-case pages:

• fitness

• education

• self-improvement

• startup

• creativity & art

• travel

• All pages are available in multiple languages (EN / UK / DE / NO)
• Implemented auto-generated sitemaps covering every language + page
• Added a burger menu to improve mobile UX
• Improved internal linking across the site

The idea was simple:

1. Make it clearer who the product is for

2. Improve SEO structure instead of relying on a single landing page

3. Prepare the project for long-term content scaling

The sitemap now reflects a full structure instead of just a homepage + app.

Would appreciate honest feedback.

App: https://goachievo.com/

Quick update on my project (GoAchievo) - I spent this week improving the foundation of the landing page instead of adding new features.

✅ What I shipped:

• Added themes (cleaner visual consistency across the landing page)

• Enhanced accessibility based on WCAG (better contrast, focus states, keyboard navigation, etc.)

• Moved the landing page to the root path / (instead of being under a separate route)

• Improved SEO (metadata, structure, better indexing setup)

It’s not the most exciting update, but it makes the product feel more professional and easier to trust.

Next step: I want to polish the “first impression” even more and start sharing more real screenshots from the app.

If you’re working on a landing page too - what gave you the biggest SEO win early on?

I just finished a redesign of the Feed page for my side project GoAchievo.

My main goal was to make the feed feel like a timeline of real progress — short updates linked to achievements - instead of a noisy social feed where everything disappears.

What changed

✅ Cleaner Feed layout (more focus on the report/update text)
✅ Achievement context is clearer (so posts feel connected to a goal, not random)
✅ Added a swipeable image gallery (swiper) inside posts (great for progress screenshots)
✅ Better meta info (time, likes, comments) + a simple “Read more” action

I’m trying to keep everything minimal and fast, but still motivational.

If you have 30 seconds, I’d love feedback:

• Does this layout look clear and “progress-first”?

• Would you engage with updates like this (like/comment), or is it still too passive?

• What would you add/remove to make it feel more addictive in a good way?

Discover: https://goachievo.com/launch/

Thanks! 🙌

Current idea: the feed should show wins (reports) instead of generic achievement posts.

So each feed item becomes:

• report text (the actual progress update)

• likes + comments

• linked achievement below

• “Read more” to open details

If an achievement has no report, it won’t appear in the feed — I want the feed to feel like real momentum, not empty cards.

Would you hide “empty achievements” too, or still show them for visibility?

I have just fully redesigned the GoAchievo landing page.

This is not just a visual refresh. It’s more like a small A/B test in public.

My main question was simple but hard:
👉 Can a new visitor understand in ~3 seconds what GoAchievo is and why they might need it?

I realized that before, the idea was not clear enough.

GoAchievo is built around one core belief: "Reach in public."
Sharing your progress publicly is one of the strongest ways to stay consistent.

But then comes the obvious question:
"Why not just use Instagram, Reddit, or X?"

That’s exactly why I redesigned the page.

Social media is built for everything at once:
– vacation photos
– random thoughts
– memes
– life updates

When you post about a goal there, it quickly gets buried.
Your progress is scattered. Your story is lost.

GoAchievo is different.
It’s one dedicated place for your goals and daily steps:

• all updates live in your achievements

• people can easily follow your full journey

• others can support you and give boosts

• your progress stays visible and structured

Now I’m trying to be very honest with myself:

• Are these changes worth it?

• Or was the old version actually better?

If you want to see it yourself:
👉 https://goachievo.com/launch/

I’d really appreciate feedback - especially from a "first-time visitor" point of view.
Does the new version explain what GoAchievo is and why it exists fast enough?

Thanks 🙏

I have been iterating on GoAchievo’s landing page after getting feedback from early visitors.

A few things I tried to clarify:

• It’s free - no pricing page, no credit card, no tiers

• The core idea is public daily check-ins to stay consistent, not another productivity dashboard

I also added a real question someone asked me about pricing and my public reply, just to be transparent about why I’m keeping it free while I focus on learning from users.

I’m still early and figuring this out, so I’d really appreciate honest feedback:

• Do you understand what this is within the first 10 seconds?

• Does anything feel confusing or unnecessary?

• What would make you bounce immediately?

Landing page: https://goachievo.com/launch/

Not looking for praise - critical feedback is way more helpful.

I ran an SEO audit on my landing page and found a surprisingly critical issue: the meta description was missing.

After reviewing the full report, I fixed the SEO by following the tool’s recommendations. It was a good reminder that even basic SEO issues can slip through and silently hurt visibility.

If you want to quickly sanity-check your own landing page, I used www.seoitis.com. It’s simple, but it helped me catch things I had overlooked.

I got early feedback that my landing page was confusing.

Some people thought GoAchievo was:

• a generic productivity tool

• a native mobile app (because of phone screenshots)

• or even a social network

That was on me.

So I reworked the first screen to make three things obvious in under 5 seconds:

1) It’s a web app, not a mobile app
It now clearly says: works in your browser, mobile-friendly, no App Store needed.

2) What you actually do
You don’t “post content.”
You share a 1–3 minute daily check-in to keep a goal moving.

3) Why it’s public
Not for attention, but for accountability and finding like-minded people working on similar goals.

I also added a simple “Day 1” explanation:

create a goal → post one quick check-in → done

Small copy changes, but they completely change how the product is understood.

This kind of feedback is uncomfortable - but extremely valuable.
Shipping early and listening carefully beats guessing in isolation.

If you’re building something, don’t optimize for clever wording.
Optimize for clarity.

Happy to hear more feedback.

Today I added Gzip + Brotli response compression to my backend.

Result: ~30–40% faster responses, especially for JSON-heavy endpoints.

Nothing fancy:

• Enabled Brotli first (when supported by the client)

• Fallback to Gzip

• No app-level changes, just server configuration

What surprised me is how noticeable the improvement was without touching business logic. Smaller payloads = faster TTFB, better UX, and lower bandwidth usage.

If you’re running an API and haven’t enabled compression yet, it’s one of the highest ROI optimizations you can do in under an hour.

Curious:
Do you rely only on CDN compression, or do you still enable it at the app/server level?

Two days ago, I built a new button component to make all server actions clearer for users.
When a user clicks a button, the label is replaced with an animated loader, so it’s immediately obvious that a request is in progress. No guessing. No double clicks.
I rolled this component out across the entire project, and the UI now feels more predictable and calm.

Yesterday, I did the opposite of shipping. I took a break and went to the theater to watch a play.

It was a good reminder: building better products is not only about cleaner components and better UX. Sometimes you need real rest to keep moving forward with clarity and energy.

Back to building today - with a fresher mind.