The latest articles on DEV Community by Allan Jiang (@allan_jiang). https://dev.to/allan_jiang https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3883616%2Fe92c3912-31a3-4bcb-ae89-aa1c0d20e695.jpg https://dev.to/allan_jiang en Allan Jiang Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:03:04 +0000 https://dev.to/allan_jiang/i-got-tired-shipping-in-silence-so-i-built-featdrop-4e9d https://dev.to/allan_jiang/i-got-tired-shipping-in-silence-so-i-built-featdrop-4e9d <p>It’s 2026, and I’m working on my second product.</p> <p>I mostly build on my own, and I genuinely enjoy shipping improvements every day. But one thing has been bothering me: almost nobody sees what I’m building.</p> <p>It feels like throwing pebbles into the water and seeing no ripples.</p> <p>I got tired of shipping in silence.</p> <p>I tried adding a changelog page inside the product, but hardly anyone looked at it. I also posted updates on X, but with fewer than 200 followers, nothing meaningful really happened there either.</p> <p>So I built FeatDrop — a public changelog for product builders who want to share progress as they ship.</p> <p>With FeatDrop, you can post multiple updates across multiple products each day, and the home feed is designed to help people discover new product changes from other builders.</p> <p>I think it works especially well for solo founders, side-project builders, and small teams who want to show momentum and make their progress more visible.</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fnrtg07w7oje7ac3g4dxv.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fnrtg07w7oje7ac3g4dxv.png" alt="FeatDrop Home Feed" width="800" height="634"></a></p> <p>One feature I personally love is the update calendar on the profile page. It gives you a monthly view of everything you shipped. To me, it feels like a more human and motivating way to show product momentum than a GitHub graph.</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fbvyrkasyq5xjm26ocue8.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fbvyrkasyq5xjm26ocue8.png" alt="FeedDrop calendar" width="800" height="446"></a></p> <p>That idea was partly inspired by an infographic from ProductCompass.</p> <p>If you’re actively building, I’d love for you to check it out — and I’d be happy to hear any feedback.</p> <p><a href="https://featdrop.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://featdrop.com</a></p> buildinpublic showdev sideprojects startup