Journal for non-technical updates

[nizarmah]

Hey folks 👋🏼 I don't like how my activity dies on this repository, without any explanation.

I realize that what's happening behind the scenes isn't being communicated here. So this is kind of an effort to do that.

I don't know if it's a good idea or not, but I guess we'll find out.

[nizarmah]

Alright, so right now, we're at around 800 downloads on both the Playstore and AppStore. Around 280 of our users are in Ukraine. I'm not sure how this happened.

For the past while, I've been trying to get this into hands in my own region, considering the need. Honestly, I haven't been getting anywhere.

We talked to DistributeAid.org about connecting us with their frontlining partners. They provided us some awesome feedback, which resulted in us working on github.com/igatha/sada-poc.

We've been reaching out to other NGOs and individuals, but with no success. Suddenly, today, we get a response from UNRWA. They seem eager, which means we can make an impact. Let's find out tomorrow.

Regarding technical features, we got our first feature request from Ukraine: #44. I started working on this, and it's still my highest priority on the roadmap. We also got some awesome feature requests from other users as well such as #34 and #43 (coincidentally the issue numbers are mirrors).

I'm finding it difficult to justify spending more time on the code, when I still don't have the early adoption from groups I can work closely with to build something truly impactful.

I need a group on the ground that can let me know what's useful and what isn't. I need a group on the ground that can let me know if a feature helped someone in need, or if it didn't work when it was really needed.

I'm still trying to see if I can find that group. And I guess we'll know tomorrow.