hellopost
We built this for a problem we felt at home: the gap between texting and talking. We wanted a way to see at a glance what everyone is up to and whether they're available.
scope
Product, brand, iOS
role
Founder & designer
AT A GLANCE
0→1
Founder project
Brand, product, and iOS, built from scratch.
2-4
Built for the few who actually share a space.
Live
On the App Store
Organically marketing via Threads, friends, and family.
Challenge
This was the first product my co-founder and I bootstrapped, so the real challenge was finding the smallest testable MVP. We were ruthless and scope and are using this as a starting point to test our beachhead market.
Post once. The house knows.
The whole app is one action. You set a status like heads down or out for the night, and the people you live with see it. Nothing to scroll, no reply expected.
A boundary you don’t have to defend.
Asking a roommate for space out loud feels like a confrontation. A posted status is just a declaration. HelloPost lowers the cost of setting that boundary, so it lands as relief instead of friction.
Made for the house, not the network.
HelloPost is built for the few people who actually share a home. It helps most early, before roommates settle into their own shorthand. First apartments, dorms, and founder houses, where people share a space before they share habits.
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