2nd week

Apple finally gave me Screen Time access (but I have 0 Product Hunt followers)

The React Native build for ZenFirst is finally coming together. Both the iOS and Android versions are about 95 percent done and mostly bug-free.

The biggest hurdle by far was getting Apple to approve my request for the Family Controls API. Since ZenFirst physically locks your phone until your morning routine is finished, I literally could not ship the iOS app without this permission.

I applied a while ago and was fully bracing for a rejection. Waking up in London today to an approval email was a massive relief.

I also spent the last few days building out the onboarding walkthrough. It finally feels like a real product when you open it for the first time.

But here is the reality check. Writing the code was the easy part for me.

I set up a Product Hunt pre-launch page a few days ago and it currently sits at exactly zero followers. I have no existing audience and I honestly do not know how to drive any traffic to that page.

It is a harsh reminder that building in a vacuum does not work.

Next week, I need to force myself to stop writing code and figure out how to get at least 50 people to care about this before I hit launch. If anyone has tips on getting those initial Product Hunt followers when starting from zero, I would really appreciate it.