@alexstyl

WIP Wrapped 2025

2025 was the year you kept turning big ideas into real, usable products—mostly by shipping relentlessly on

#paper and backing it up with the kind of unglamorous fixes that make something feel legit. You made a bunch of hard calls (pivots, pricing resets, even pulling features when users didn’t care) and kept moving anyway, which gave the whole year a “build, learn, adjust” arc. Alongside that, you didn’t let life fully disappear: you stacked travel days, walks, museums, onsen/spa resets, and just enough good food moments to keep the grind from turning into a blur.

Completed

✅ 749 todos

Completed per month

✅ 62 todos

Best streak

🔥 568 days

Most active month (143 todos)

⚡ March

Most active day of week

👍 Thursday

Least active day of week

👎 Sunday

Most active project

Paper

41% of your todos

January

January was a big builder month: you shipped a ton of meaningful work on #paper while also keeping life moving with #gym and #move. In between templates, drag-and-drop edge cases, and Stripe/email fixes, you still made time for recovery and good food in Thailand.

You kept #paper moving fast with a steady stream of #changelog ships: new navigation components (BottomAppBar/TabItem, Top App bar), improved styled component previews, and a bunch of new UI building blocks (checkboxes, radio buttons, toggles, progress bars, sliders).
You built out the “start fast” experience in #paper: screen templates, a Screens View, and a flow that makes adding screens easier—plus new templates like Feed/Video Feed, Settings/Search/Social Profile/Product Details, and solid progress on an e-commerce template.
You made #paper feel more real and usable: project saving + a simple dashboard, a “leave without saving” dialog, better mobile screen support, and a “Play” mode so people can try apps without the slow real-device loop.
You did the unglamorous but crucial stability work on #paper: fixing layer reordering, making DnD work reliably for nested groups (and reworking it for edge cases/cancellations), plus chasing down Stripe webhook/access issues and cleaning up email/debug flows.
You improved performance and first impressions for #paper by preloading WASM and fixing that leaky funnel where people weren’t staying long enough for the app to load.
You stayed consistent on health alongside the shipping: regular #gym sessions (including deadlifts again after a long time) and lots of #move time, capped off with a long riverside walk.
You actually took care of yourself too: steam room, massages, an onsen day, and a Korean BBQ night—nice balance after the inevitable “get sick” moment mid-month.

February

February was a real builder month for you: you pushed #paper in a new direction, then kept shipping piece after piece to make it feel like a product people can actually use. In between all that, you still made time for recovery days, good food, and keeping your routines going (#gym / #move).

You soft-launched #paper to the Kotlinlang community and started sending regular product updates to get the new direction in front of people.
You announced the #paper pivot (including removing code exports), then followed it up with a bunch of practical work: docs, templates, and smoother flows for trying apps before committing.
Big milestone: you shipped “Publish to App Stores” in #paper, letting people publish to Apple App Store and Google Play straight from the product.
You went deep on the Google Sheets-powered app builder path in #paper: CRUD endpoints, dynamic lists/grids, filtering, multi-sheet selection, and docs updates to match.
You got a nice little validation moment with kind words from Google’s Siyamed from the Compose team—plus you noticed bigger companies signing into #paper.
You kept your body maintenance in the loop: steady #gym sessions, hit 8x80kg bench for the first time, and balanced it with physio + steam room recovery.
You did some good “life ops” too: fixed your own sites when they went down, renewed forwardemail.net with auto-renew, and even deleted Foodpanda because it was enabling the binge-eat spiral.
You sprinkled in the fun stuff: onsen + massage, an art exhibition, and a few memorable meals (ramen, American BBQ + Asahi, and that matcha cheesecake).

March

In March you bounced between travel mode and serious shipping mode, with Korea (Seoul + Busan) as the backdrop for a ton of momentum. You pushed #paper forward in a big way—desktop, licensing, pricing, and a bunch of gnarly fixes—while still making time for museums, markets, and long walks.

You kicked the month off by getting on a plane to Seoul and basically turned the trip into a mix of exploring and building (#life).
You did the Seoul highlights: Gyeongbokgung Palace, galleries, and the Leeum museum/art tour—plus a steady stream of market food and coffee stops (#life).
You took the train to Busan, dealt with the chaos of Seomyeon by switching Airbnbs, and had those memorable wandering days (getting lost, seaside train home, and that tiny mountain bus ride) (#life).
You launched the #paper concierge service and started importing a customer app to hunt down issues screen-by-screen.
You shipped a bunch of key #paper product/business changes: new credit-based pricing (with nicer defaults for existing customers), bumped plan credits + free trial credits, and sold your first annual license.
You shipped the #paper Mac app, followed up with a mailing list broadcast about the Mac app + price increase, and then went through the Apple dev account/enrollment saga on the side (#life).
You deployed the License Manager (v1.1.0), generated licenses for customers, and handled real production pain—like unblocking a Stripe webhook after a secret mismatch so new customers could get their licenses (#paper).
You pushed #paper toward “works everywhere” by exploring Kotlin/WASM performance and working on making Paper run in the browser, plus you wrote up Kotlin/WASM + Kotlin/JS first impressions (#life, #paper).

April

April was a real builder month: you pushed #paper forward hard (themes, pricing/checkout, docs, and a bunch of reliability fixes) while also shipping a streak of new components in #composeunstyled. In between, you kept life moving too—walks, gym comeback, a spa reset, and a trip that ended with you landing in Greece.

You shipped a full-on run of #composeunstyled releases: Slider (and the “10 days” push), plus Radio Group, Checkbox, Progress Indicator, Text, Button, and a Toggle Switch—and you got the docs over the finish line.
You watched #composeunstyled pass 500 GitHub stars and noted traffic doubling this month, which is a pretty satisfying signal that the work is landing.
You made big #paper product moves: shipped Theme Builder, finished theme code gen (even if not released yet), added a Theme selector (also not yet available), and started laying the groundwork for proper custom themes like the color picker.
You tightened up the business/funnel side of #paper: introduced a new Pro license, tested pricing (then reset when it looked like revenue dropped), added testimonials, started tracking referrers on sales, and automated the “why did you buy Paper” emails to learn faster.
You did a bunch of unglamorous #paper ops fixes that keep everything from falling apart: Stripe webhook signing key issues, checkout fixes (again), monitoring/cron events so you don’t break the funnel, and even catching the “forgot to sign the mac app” mistake quickly.
You took the “craft” side seriously too: moved docs to Mintlify, added a how-to video + a new landing page video, and did customer chats to feed back into docs and onboarding.
On the personal side, you got back to #gym after two months (strength was “butchered,” then you climbed back to ~90% and even tried HIIT sprints), kept #move going, and you also had those small-but-real life moments like prepping eggs/chicken for protein and the classic coffee-shop fail of forgetting your EU adapter.
You made space for life outside the grind: a spa day, cherry blossom walks, and a memorable church moment for Easter (plus those nighttime procession/epitafios vibes).

May

May was a proper builder month: you kept shipping nonstop on #paper while also juggling growth experiments and the messy reality of email deliverability for your presale. In between all that, you still kept #move/#gym going, tracked your cut progress, and squeezed in some very Greece-coded moments.

You shipped a bunch of meaningful #paper upgrades: prompt-based screen generation, Import Design (static -> responsive screens), and screenshot cloning to turn static designs into interactive apps.
You made some clear product bets on #paper: switched to one-time payments with AI as an optional add-on, then even replaced AI features with a mini onboarding when you saw people didn’t care.
You pushed #paper’s go-to-market: spun up a Discord, emailed customers to join, added a #feature-request channel, and kept tightening the landing page (new design, fewer CTAs, faster load, examples section, live preview).
You hit an early revenue milestone with your first monthly subscriber on #paper.
You put in real creator-energy on #composeunstyled: released 1.30.0 and 1.31.0 (CMP 1.8.0 update), shipped a component catalogue app, handled community issues, and even submitted it to the Kotlin Foundation Ecosystem Grant.
You kept #androiddevcareers humming by automating job posting, fixing bugs, and re-enabling email notifications + confirmation emails now that you’ve got customers.
You ran a full presale push (#life / #newproduct): sent multiple batches of emails, answered questions for follow-ups, got a few presales, and fought through getting blocked/unblocked (even vibe-coded a mini email client with Postmark to stay moving).
On the life side, you kept the cut honest (fat loss check-ins + bumping your daily steps goal to 10k), got back to #gym after being sick, and actually lived a bit—city walks, a swim with that unreal turquoise water, and celebrating your nephew’s birthday (cake + pizza).

June

June was one of those classic maker months where you were shipping nonstop while also keeping real-life momentum going. You pushed #uikit and #composeunstyled forward in big chunks, kept #composables humming with infra + marketing tweaks, and still made time for #move and #gym (even a first CrossFit session).