Lately I ve been thinking about how different design challenges look depending on the product you re building.
In theory, design processes often look clean and structured. But in reality, every product comes with its own constraints unclear requirements, edge cases, technical limitations, or simply trying to balance user needs with business goals.
I m currently building a product that blends digital efficiency with human warmth. It s designed to solve a real pain point, but in a way that respects emotion, context, and intuition.
Yigit here! I am developing a personal finance app mainly based on what features I wish an app to have and it is on google play closed test now. Here is a quick summary: The app's main value proposition is being able to keep track of your expenses 'automatically'. The rationale behind is the fact that in my country banking laws restrict individual's access to open banking apis. That is, you cannot have an API access to your bank to exchange information and keep track of your expenses unless you are corporate. According to my research, this feature is available in US and EU but only with certain restrictions in the latter.
I thought it could be sutaible time to ask the community about their needs about such an app and can guide me a long way before I commit further. Would you be so kind enough to answer below questions? Any replies are appreciated and thanks in advance.
Do you use personal finance app?
Could you please share your the most essential must-have features of the personal finance app of your choise and tell me why?
Under which circumstances would you give another app a try?
What would be the ideal price point for such a service in your perspective?
I suppose all startup founders have experience in creating their business model including purpose, target customers, offerings, strategies, infrastructure, sourcing, trading practices, etc. How did you handle it? Did you use some canvas/tool for help? Do you change/update your business vision?
Recently stumbled across this Cursor pro-tip from Ian Nuttall on X: "1. ask it to recommend a folder structure
2. ask it to actually create the folder/files based on that this makes it 10x easier for me to get started and Cursor is more accurate using codebase cos it knows where to update files."
That got me thinking, what other pro tips are people using to generate better code, ship faster, organise your space better, etc. Drop em below:
Fall is one of my favorite seasons, but it's also when most people can start feeling depression and lack of motivation. I decided to start an October achievements chain where other makers/founders/marketer/etc, can tell other a recent goal they achieved. A pat on the back can do miracles sometimes Feel free to tell us your proudest achievement(or put a colleague on the spotlight) in the comments! I'll start: 3 months ago, our SEO monthly visits were around 800-900, and today, we reached out 1.7k organic visits
