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-...

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

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...

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...

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...

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 🤞

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

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...

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

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? 💡

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 🫠

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?

https://alyssax.substack.com/p/redesign-once-more-this-time-with

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.

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!

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 😅

No video or GIF support 😔 I wanted to show the interactions I've made for the toolbar, they're so fun and playful!

https://twitter.com/alyssaxuu/status/1651973043101528064

Making a fun little toolbar for Screenity ✨