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The truth is often easier to share when no one knows who's speaking. Anonymity removes fear, judgment, and pressure, giving people the freedom to say what they really think.
I built a startup from idea to live product in 10 days.
Well, 10 build days. I have a full-time job, so they weren't consecutive. Sometimes a single "day" was spread across several calendar days.
And since the whole journey turned out to be quite a story, I decided to tell it in 10 chapters.
Chapter 1 — It All Started With a Box
My wife and I were rewatching Ted Lasso.
We got to the episode where Nate the Great introduces an anonymous feedback box. A simple way for players to share their thoughts, needs, and frustrations without revealing who they are.
And suddenly, a thought popped into my head.
What if I built something like that, but online? Something anyone could use?
That was it. The idea had found me.
And my brain immediately went into overdrive.
How would it work? What infrastructure should I use? Who could test it? What should the pricing look like? What am I missing?
I was already trying to figure everything out, mostly in my head, with the kind of enthusiasm that makes even infrastructure decisions feel exciting.
No code. No designs. No product yet.
Just an idea, a growing list of questions, and that familiar spark when you really, really want to build something.
All because of a little cardboard box in a TV show.
Chapter 2 — The Plan Was Four Days
I had an idea. And I wanted to start building it immediately.
So I arranged a few days off work.
My original estimate? I'd probably finish the whole thing in about four days.
Quite optimistic, looking back. 😄
With some time set aside, I continued brainstorming.
What pages would the app need? What documents should I prepare? How would users move through the app?
There was plenty to figure out.
But one question kept coming back as I worked through the plan:
Do I really need this for the MVP?
I kept going through the features, looking for anything I could remove entirely or at least simplify for the first version.
Because adding a feature to a plan takes a few seconds. Actually building it is a different story.
And with only a few days set aside, every extra feature meant more work before I could get something usable out there.
So there I was, planning a product while constantly looking for ways to make it smaller.
Four days still sounded reasonable at the time.
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