Finalizing activity UI, job execution improvements, and onboarding rethink

What I worked on today

• Finalized the detail activity UI, making it clean and easy to understand.
• Implemented an accordion-style interaction, improving usability and readability.
• Updated the landing page hero image to showcase the intuitive interface.

New UI Screenshot

• Gathered feedback from strangers about the landing page, but haven’t planned changes yet.
• Simplified job execution by implementing a general job that chains necessary jobs, keeping track of their status in the database—this makes the system more extendable and scalable.

Onboarding and Monitor Flow Discussion

• Current monitor creation flow requires users to select an analysis type, but for B2B users, this is often repetitive.
• A SaaS company tracking other SaaS pricing will likely use the same analysis type for all monitors.
• Adding an onboarding flow with some questions will reduce unnecessary steps while making monitors, making the process more intuitive and efficient.
• This change won’t affect pricing, subscriptions, or user retention, but will improve usability.

Lessons learned

• User feedback is valuable—even small tweaks can make the product feel much smoother.
• Chaining jobs properly makes the system significantly more manageable and scalable.
• Onboarding is crucial for a frictionless experience, and sometimes revisiting assumptions is necessary.

Challenges faced

• Mentally frustrating to rethink onboarding when it feels like a step backward.
• Concerned about meeting my MVP release goal in early April.
• Still missing diff jobs, notify jobs, and additional analysis types like escape room and restaurant analysis.

What’s next

• Continue improving onboarding while ensuring it simplifies the monitor creation flow.
• Work on diff job and notify job implementations.
• Begin developing new analysis types to expand Spyrate’s capabilities.