Chris

Anyone else enter a crowded market and trying to turn a profit? What has been your marketing approach?

I've been inspired by people like max rozen who built 'yet another' uptime checker, or the guy who made screenshotone, but it isn't clear to me how they marketed their products.

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Products I've made to try and earn internet dollars:

1) A reddit post scheduler - $0.

2) Online solitaire w/ ads - $0.

3) Bank statement to pdf converter - $700 mrr at peak

4) Hosted playwright - $0

5) And the current product: Session recording and product analytics - $0

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Finally finished v1 of the Goals & Funnels feature for scryspell.com

It took a while because I was interview prepping a bunch. Interview loops are sooooo draining.

Next up, letting users click on a goal or funnel and easily watch the associated session recordings.

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THANK YOU to these streamers! Watching people enjoy something I made is the most amazing feeling! Find them on Twitch @uandmeems @zoematthea @sassymomma05 @exalclaw @ends_MEAT @SpaceYeen @Sonoket #indiegames #horrorgaming #gamedev

Play the demo store.steampowered.com/app/4043990/...

Wrote my first blog post:
www.scryspell.com/blog/2025-09...

It's about building my own session recording /analytics app! I figure if peeps don't use mine and don't want to pay for the big ones like FullStory, maybe I can inspire others to make their own affordable version.

#buildinpublic #java

wizard.. survivors?
#gamedev #godot

Excited to get feedback and add more features!
[Join the Scry Analytics open beta](scryspell.com)

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Added the option to pass in a request and response body mask when recording network traffic during a session. Useful for avoiding the storing of sensitive information / pii.

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#java #rrweb #sessionrecording

Built a session recording tool using rrweb + java + postgres:
www.scryspell.com

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i had that same cone for my vasectomy

I think the most important thing is the ecosystem with libraries.
The less code I have to write because someone else already wrote and battle tested it, the better.

The more programming languages I learn, the less important each one feels. My focus is on productivity, and I think the biggest contributor to that is the code you didn't have to write and test, because it already exists. Java you unsexy pal, your eco system is huge and reliable.

#programming #java

It seems weird that saturday sees more activity than like... the entire week combined.

Added some documentation for the recording options for scryspell.com

I originally didn't have syntax highlighting for the code snippets, but wow what a difference it makes.

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Working on the UI for my session recording tool.

Clicking on the event time scrubs the video to that time so you can see exactly what the user was seeing.

For the console and network tabs, it's easy to copy errors or request payloads to paste into a bug.

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My attempt at Boids
#GenerativeArt

Anyone tried centering rrweb's player before? I almost gave up on my session recording app over it lol.
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Launching a privacy friendly session recording tool for indie makers. Automatic event capture, fast replays, simple pricing. Looking for early users & feedback: scryspell.com

#BuildInPublic #IndieHackers #SessionRecording

Why GUIs are built at least 2.5 times | Patricia Aas Or Why I Think Lean Software Development is Wrong

I whole point of agile was to address the heart of software development; Help the customer/product owner/boss/etc figure out what they really want.

I don't think this is unique to software btw. I'm sure any craftsperson who makes bespoke things has the same experience.

patricia.no/2025/05/30/w...

Would anyone buy a web analytics tool that was like, just the session recording part of PostHog? Uncluttered UI, comparable free tier and cheaper pricing.