Why I'm Building App Features Nobody Wants (Yet 👀)

Hi my name is Chris and I build productivity apps (Mogul, Ellie and Luna) 👋

In this video I talk about why I built the new shared lists feature for Ellie even though nobody asked for it :)

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My apps ✌️

Ellie (daily planning app): https://ellieplanner.com

Luna (budgeting app): https://lunabudgeting.com

Mogul (personal CRM): https://mogulnetworking.com

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Aloa (my startup): https://aloa.co

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro / Context on Ellie :)

0:48 - Going over the shared lists feature

1:51 - Why I build features nobody asks for (3 reasons)

3:30 - Planning the feature

4:51 - Technical architecture

6:51 - Implementing the feature

8:19 - Feature flags & analytics (Posthog)

9:58 - Final thoughts and thank you for watching :)

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