My approach to experimental features (and why they don't make it into the product)

Hi my name is Chris and I build productivity apps (Mogul, Ellie and Luna) 👋
In this video I walk through the process of building an AI feature for my app, why I decided to pull the feature last minute and how I think about AI features in general. Hope you guys find it interesting!
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My apps / Startup ✌️
Ellie (daily planning app): ellieplanner.com/
Luna (budgeting app): lunabudgeting.com
Mogul (personal CRM): mogulnetworkin...
Aloa (my startup): aloa.co
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro / what we are covering :)
0:30 - Going over the AI feature
1:37 - High level overview of how AI features work
3:30 - Going through the code (backend API code)
5:19 - How to "optimize" AI to be more accurate
7:02 - Building the AI user experience (frontend coding)
8:52 - Why I scrapped the feature in the end
9:29 - How I think about AI features (as a builder)
12:33 - My first (also failed) attempt at building an AI feature
13:29 - The biggest reason AI is not in Ellie 👀
14:04 - Why I'll still be trying to build AI features
14:24 - Outro and thank you for watching :)
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