May 23, 2020, 4:29 a.m.

100DaysOfTechStartup Week 1

Chiffre.io Newsletter

This is an archived post of the first edition of this newsletter that was send on 2020-05-15.

Hey everyone !

Quick update on Chiffre.io: I have joined the #100DaysOfTechStartup challenge on Twitter. πŸŽ‰πŸš€

Turning a side project into a full-time product is hard, especially on the accountability part. It’s a solo project, and I’ll need all the help I can get on that front.

The 100 Days of Tech Startup challenge is an initiative by Simon LH and Simon GB from Denmark, they have setup a Slack channel where entrepreneurs and developers can come and talk about their startup and give each other support and tips. πŸ™

I’m planning to send a weekly summary of my progress on the project on Fridays, via this newsletter and on my Twitter account.

But first off, a quick introduction for those of you who left their email on a cryptic landing page, what is Chiffre.io ?

The short version: A privacy-first, end-to-end encrypted website analytics service.

The “why”: When you want to get traffic and business metrics from your websites and webapps, you need to send this data to a service that will show you nice/insightful graphs. Unfortunately, the big player here (Google Analytics) also uses that to gain some insight about your visitors and your business. There are privacy-friendly alternatives, but none that guarantees that only you can see what happens on your apps. End-to-end encryption means I can operate a similar service, without ever having access to your metrics.

Back to progress report, here’s what I’ve been up to last week:

  • There were some issues on the signup page that needed immediate attention (thanks Simon and J. ! πŸ™)
  • Code-wise: refactoring of the client state, removing a lot of quick’n’dirty code feels good 😊
  • I posted the 100DoTS announcement on:
    • IndieHackers
    • LinkedIn
    • Twitter
  • I added preview graphs on the dashboard for the stats of the previous days: Graph showing 79 events for Chiffre.io on the dashboard

Some stats about the project:

  • There’s now 11 of you signed up for the newsletter πŸ‘‹
  • The MVP has been running for 3 months now, and we’re slowly approaching the 10k events: Public stats: 5 users, 10 projects, 8741 events with a large spike on May 1st

That spike was not due to the announcements (unfortunately πŸ˜…), but it helped me fix an issue with the tracker script to reduce spam and collect better metrics.

Next week, I’m planning to:

  • Work on the landing page, to add some screenshots and features list
  • Send you some alpha invites, so you can try Chiffre for yourself ! πŸŽ‰

Cheers!

FranΓ§ois Best
Founder | Chiffre.io

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