From breaking products as a QA… to trying to build ones people actually enjoy

Ria — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:31:32 +0000

Hey everyone 👋

I’ve spent most of my career as a QA engineer.

My job was to find what’s broken.
What doesn’t work.
What might frustrate someone.

Over time, you start seeing patterns.

Not just bugs…
but why products feel hard to use.

A lot of things weren’t “broken” in a technical sense.

They worked.

But they felt:

And that stuck with me.

A while ago, a few of us decided to try something different.

We started DyvenTech — not to build more apps, but to build ones that feel better to use.

After ~1.5 years of learning, building, and iterating together, we shipped our first products.

One of them is KeikoAI.

It came from a simple frustration:

Most journaling or mood apps ask you to log things…
but never really give anything back.

So we built something that:

Another one is MicroWins.

That came from a different problem:

To-do lists constantly remind you what you haven’t done.

So we flipped it.

Log what you did.
Even the small things.

Because those usually get ignored.

Right now, I’m learning a completely different side of building:

Still early. Still figuring things out.

But the goal is simple:

Build products that don’t feel like work.

Would love to connect with others here —
what are you building right now?

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