Hey devs!
For the last three years, my world has been Xcode, Swift, and the App Store's monetization maze. It's been an incredible learning experience, but I've always been curious about the web and the SaaS world—a completely different beast with its own rules.
Today, I'm finally diving in and sharing the start of a new public experiment: mktgrowkit.com.
So, What Did I Build?
At its core, https://mktgrowkit.com is a simple, free suite of marketing calculators (ROAS, CPM, etc.). I built it to scratch my own itch: I needed quick, no-fluff tools to make data-driven decisions for my apps without hitting a paywall or signing up for a complex platform.
The Tech Stack
As a mobile dev, jumping into the modern web ecosystem was fun. Here’s the stack I chose for the MVP:
Framework: Nuxt.js. I chose this specifically for the out-of-the-box Server-Side Rendering (SSR), which is crucial for my SEO-centric strategy.
Styling: Tailwind CSS. It allowed me to build the UI incredibly fast without writing a lot of custom CSS.
Deployment: Vercel. The seamless Git integration and global CDN made launching and iterating a breeze.
Backend: Currently static, but I'm using Supabase for some server-side logic and plan to integrate it more for future features.
The Real Challenge: From ASO to SEO
Building the tool was familiar territory. The real experiment is the challenge I've set for myself: Can I grow this from zero purely through Search Engine Optimization?
No paid ads, no big launch campaign. Just the long, slow grind of content creation, technical SEO (sitemaps, canonicals, Core Web Vitals), and authority building. It's a whole new world compared to the ASO (App Store Optimization) I'm used to. It feels daunting, but as an engineer, I'm excited by the technical challenge of it.
Why Build in Public?
I'm a huge believer in learning from others, so I'm committing to tracking this entire journey in public—the good, the bad, and the ugly. I'll be sharing traffic stats, keyword rankings, technical hurdles, and any lessons learned along the way.
I'd love to hear from other devs who have made a similar jump from mobile to web.
What was your biggest "aha!" moment or surprise?
Any advice on surviving the SEO grind?
If you want to follow the data and see how this experiment plays out, I'm posting all my updates on X (Twitter). I've created this pinned tweet to track the journey: [Link đến Pinned Tweet của bạn]
Thanks for reading!
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