Hey guys,
Never posted anything here before, but I want to share my first side project success story :)
I think all of you've heard about the hype around Bluesky.
Once in a lifetime, I decided to use an opportunity as an early adopter, and started building my audience there, while simultaneously working on a project related to it (profile analytics, they doesn't have anything at all atm). Bluesky has an open, free API, so it was easy to start with it.
I built a simple one-feature MVP in a couple of days without involving a design step. I just used shadcn/ui components, polished them a bit, and launched. The feature was a heatmap showing your posting streak, similar to GitHub, it is also possible to share it a beautiful image with my watermark on it.
I launched the project last week on Tuesday, promoted it wherever I could - X, Bluesky, Reddit (BlueskySocial), directories, SEO... And as a result got a big user traction!
Project link if you're interested - Bluesky Meter
Top comments (1)