Founder Log Week #2 – First MVP rollout and start of founder blog

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🧠 Weekly Overview

This was the final week of my dedicated sprint to build and ship the first working version of Menuvivo. I took a week of vacation to fully focus on my product. My focus shifted from building backend infrastructure to enabling real user feedback, going public, and activating the first growth loop. While some days were more productive than others, I pushed hard and ended with a blog, public MVP, and a few real user reactions.

It wasn’t perfect, but I now have a working product, a publishing engine, and momentum. That’s a solid foundation to build on

🗓 Daily Execution Summary

Monday – Mar 31

  • Fixed Gradle build and Lambda deployment pipeline
  • Deployed feedback Lambda and connected it with DynamoDB
  • Began integrating API Gateway and CloudFront
  • Took multiple power breaks to maintain stamina throughout a long day
  • Reflection: Hit many snags but patiently debugged and got most of the infra in place

Tuesday – Apr 1

  • Completed full routing from frontend to backend (Postman test → Lambda → DynamoDB)
  • Implemented feedback logic in the React UI
  • Faced an issue with API routing in deployed UI due to Origin headers
  • Finalized backend and pipeline automation
  • Started refining UI logic for feedback collection

Wednesday – Apr 2

  • Solved CORS issue by fixing Quarkus CORS config
  • Finalized frontend feedback chat, persisted conversation and profile data
  • Drafted first founder log
  • Posted MVP preview to SaaS Academy Discord group
  • Tested UI on Android and iOS, prepared for broader rollout

Thursday – Apr 3

  • Fixed backend newsletter consent persistence
  • Added version tracking in feedback
  • Built user profile screen and migrated to Redux
  • Integrated Google Analytics and implemented cookie consent banner
  • Added viral CTA at the end of the feedback chat flow (encourages sharing with friends or family)
  • Full analytics, consent, and event tracking deployed to production

Friday – Apr 4

  • Reviewed Google Analytics data and early feedback
  • Prepared newsletter structure and designed GDPR-compliant unsubscribe logic
  • Set up infrastructure for personal blog using Hugo + GitLab + AWS - faced issues with AWS resources setup
  • Created initial pipeline and automated deployment process

Saturday – Apr 5

  • Worked on my blog’s infrastructure - faced issues with AWS resources setup
  • Preparing to send out the first newsletter
  • Turned Mevuvivo into PWA—works great on Android, but it cost me a lot of time and troubleshooting
  • Translated app to English in response to user comment — deployed in 6 minutes from the comment! That is ultra delivery speed :)

Sunday – Apr 6

🏆 Wins of the Week

  • Working MVP deployed publicly with real users testing it
  • Fully automated deployment pipelines for, frontend, backend, and blog. Super fast delivery possible
  • Feedback collection + email + newsletter consent loop implemented
  • Google Analytics and user tracking set up
  • Blog launched
  • Menuvivo works as a PWA and supports English and Polish

✍️ Lessons & Reflections

  • Focused sprints work — I shipped more in one week than in months of scattered effort
  • Real user feedback (even minimal) is a game changer
  • Staying energized requires balancing output with real recovery
  • Writing founder logs and reflecting helped me stay grounded

“I’m not just building Menuvivo anymore. I’m building myself as a founder.”

🎯 Plan for the next week

Next week I’ll work on Menuvivo in the mornings 1–3 hours a day, goals:

  • start implementation of recipe engine, and building initial base of recipes.
  • send out a newsletter to my waitlist asking for additional feedback.
  • fix any issues raised by early users.