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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I launched Screenity Pro quietly, fixed a few bugs, and overthought everything 🫠 Then I finally posted about it publicly, and instantly regretted it. ...until the next morning 👀 Full story → alyssax.substack.com/p/i-thought-...

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I thought the launch failed, then I woke up

It's been a year since I posted. What could possibly go wrong?

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Imagine Loom, but for storytelling 🎬 I built Screenity Pro for creators who want more than just a screen recording. Make multi-scene edits, zoom on click, switch layouts, add captions and templates — then share it with a link. 👉 screenity.io/pro

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

I finished building Screenity Pro and went to the Alps to relax. Obviously, Chrome broke everything and I started getting 1-star reviews from a mountain hut 🙃 Anyway, it's live. Here's the story → alyssax.substack.com/p/i-launched...

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I launched Screenity Pro (yes finally!)

Also, how a trip to the Alps turned into an avalanche of bug reports

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I got away from London's grey weather to work by the sea 🏄‍♀️ Instead I got caught in a full-blown Atlantic storm with no Wi-Fi, and way too much time to think. Sooo... I ended up rebuilding Screenity. Kinda. 😅 Here’s how it all unfolded → alyssax.substack.com/p/why-i-rebu...

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Why I rebuilt Screenity two months into my new indie life

When a storm knocks you offline, it forces you to rethink everything.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

2024 was chaotic 🙃 I bought a flat, traveled all over, joined a hackathon while recovering from surgery (bad idea), and finally quit my job to work on my own ideas. Here's the full story: alyssax.substack.com/p/buying-a-h...

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Buying a house, quitting my job, and going full-time indie

What happens when you try doing everything at once (spoiler: burnout)

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Just realized I haven’t written on my newsletter in over a year… 🫠 Life and work have been a lot. Trying to put myself first this year—my goals, my projects, and sharing more along the way. Let’s see how that goes 🤞

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 06/07/2023

Soon ✌️(also @ threads.net/@alyssaxuuuu)

Photo of my laptop at the airport with a sneak peek of Screenity‘s annotation features

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 15/05/2023

I've implemented arrows, shapes, & the eraser. I had a UX dilemma: whether to keep tools enabled until manually unset, or automatically switch to a selection tool on every action, showing transform controls. I've seen both, tldraw has a "lock" mode which I like, but I want to surface it better...

Showcasing the cursor tool, arrows, and transform controls.

The tldraw lock functionality to keep tools enabled until manually unset.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 08/05/2023

Oops, found a bug that changes the pen color on every stroke... Guess it's a feature now! 😅🌈

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 04/05/2023

Been working on mapping out more of the features I'm adding to Screenity (not exhaustive) + comparing against other screen recorders. Hard to compete with some of these as a solo indie maker (some features are 💸💸💸), but I'm making it work so far by optimizing costs. What else should I add? 💡

A table of features I'm adding to Screenity, compared to other screen recorders like Loom, Screencastify, Vidyard, etc.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 04/05/2023

Thinking about building a discovery platform for Bluesky like I did for Twitter a while back, to help you filter through users and connect with others who share your interests. Too bad I don't have the time for it right now 🫠

A video still of the old Twitter discovery product I built, showing a list of filters to find users to connect with.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 02/05/2023

I wrote in my newsletter about redesigning Screenity. Read if you're interested in: 🖌️ Keeping visual continuity in an app used by 160K+ 🧘‍♀️ Designing w/ mindfulness at its core 🤔 What if you combined Headspace w/ a screen recorder? alyssax.substack.com/p/redesign-onc…

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Redesign once more, this time with feeling!

Trying to carefully navigate the redesign of Screenity, without losing its essence

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 01/05/2023

It is upsetting. It was the one thing that made it possible for me to pursue my passions, break into tech, move abroad, and connect with likeminded people all over the world. My life would have been drastically different without Twitter.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 30/04/2023

I had a bit of a wild idea for the color picker in my extension... Basically it's a radial menu which can be triggered from anywhere with swatches, and it can also become a full color wheel for specific colors. I've already implemented it with satisfying animations, I'll share more soon!

Radial menu with color swatches spread around a ring, and an eyedropper button on the center.

The radial menu is converted into a circular color wheel to pick specific colors.

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 29/04/2023

Is anyone else sharing what they're making on the platform yet? Trying to find new people to follow to get inspired, a bit tired of all the meta discourse on my timeline 😅

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 28/04/2023

No video or GIF support 😔 I wanted to show the interactions I've made for the toolbar, they're so fun and playful! twitter.com/alyssaxuu/status/165197…

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Alyssa X @alyssaxuu.bsky.social · 27/04/2023

Making a fun little toolbar for Screenity ✨

My laptop screen showing a toolbar I'm implementing for Screenity, with drawing tools and other functionality.

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