Building PYNGUP Day 3: Landing Page is Live, Beta Process Starts

Building in Public Series - Update from July 4th, 2025

Status update since Monday: Holy shit, we're making progress! 🚀

What happened since my "17 Apps" post

Friday: First post about my failed app experiments
Tuesday-Wednesday: Refined concept and planned landing page
Thursday: Built and designed landing page
Today: pyngup.com is live! 🎸

Implementing my concept confirms: It's more than an app

The concept I've been developing for months is finally taking shape: PYNGUP is a completely new productivity philosophy.

Not just "another to-do app", but:

• ✅ New methodology: Social commitments instead of lonely to-dos
• ✅ Community approach: Peer-to-peer instead of guru dependency
• ✅ Psychology-based: Working with evolution, not against it
• ✅ Anti-perfectionism: Humanly productive, not robotically optimized

The app is just the tool. The philosophy is the revolution.

Landing Page Learnings

pyngup.com has been live since yesterday and I'm already learning a lot:

What works:

• "17 Apps / €487" hook resonates strongly
• "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's PYNGUP" makes people smile
• The rebellious vibe differentiates us from standard productivity apps

What I still need to fix:

• Double opt-in process (technical problem)
• Mobile optimization could be better
• More concrete examples of how PYNGs work

Beta strategy taking shape

Plan for July 14th Beta Launch:

• Personally onboard every beta tester (max. 50 people)
• Private WhatsApp group for direct feedback
• Co-creation: Users help with development
• Document the entire process (Building in Public!)

Why so small? I want real connections, not vanity metrics. Rather 50 enthusiastic early adopters than 500 passive users.

The technical side

What's already running:

• Responsive landing page with rebellion aesthetic ✅
• Domain, hosting, analytics setup ✅
• Email list foundation (except for opt-in bug) ✅

What's coming next:

• MVP app development: Testing Android platform
• Three-bucket system (INBOX/TODAY/TOMORROW) as foundation
• PYNG-sharing features for social commits
• Community features for peer support

Tech stack will be: Vue.js + Supabase (fast, flexible, affordable)

Incorporating community feedback

Interesting reactions so far:

• "Finally someone who's honest about productivity fails"
• "Social commits sound interesting, but how does it work concretely?"
• "Curious if this is really different from other apps"

This shows me: People want authenticity + concrete examples.

What I'm doing this week

Today (Friday):

• Fix double opt-in bug
• Show landing page to first beta testers

Weekend:

• App: PYNG sharing function
• Write first user stories for PYNG system
• Prepare social media content for next week

Next week:

• Continue app development
• Blog more about the methodology (not just the app)
• Build community for beta testing

The biggest challenge: Not overcomplicating

As a developer, I tend to plan too many features. But PYNGUP should be radically simple:

❌ Not: 50 features like Notion
✅ Instead: 3 core functions that work perfectly

❌ Not: Complicated gamification
✅ Instead: Simple social motivation

The art lies in reducing to the essential.

Building in Public Reflection

What I'm learning from building publicly:

• Authenticity works better than perfection
• People want real stories, not marketing speak
• Community emerges through vulnerability, not through success
• Documenting forces me to think clearer

Next post: Probably about app design and first user tests.

Call-to-Action

If you're also fed up with lonely productivity optimization:

• Check the landing page: pyngup.com
• Sign up for beta (once the bug is fixed 😅)
• Share your own productivity fails in the comments

If you know other Building-in-Public founders: Connect me! I love learning from others who report honestly about their journey.

The rebellion continues!

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P.S.: Who else follows Building-in-Public journeys? Please recommend other authentic founders I should follow!