Nadia Odunayo

Nadia Odunayo, founder and solo developer of The StoryGraph, shares insights from running a book-tracking platform with over 4 million users. She discusses the journey from Heroku to YugabyteDB for scaling, and the technical challenges of in-app purchases across multiple platforms. Nadia emphasizes the significance of user feedback while developing mobile apps with Turbo and the hurdles of app discoverability in a competitive landscape. Through her experience, she highlights the value of the Rails community and what it means to be a solo developer by choice.

Nadia Odunayo, founder of StoryGraph, shares her journey from a solo developer to creating an Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads. She emphasizes the power of customer research in product development and faces technical challenges during rapid user growth. Nadia discusses the balance between profitability and user engagement, innovative features to enhance user experience, and the strategic insights gained from building a community around reading. Her story inspires how startups can thrive through adaptability and listener-centric development.

Nadia Odunayo, founder of StoryGraph, talks about customer research, building StoryGraph, revenue generation through subscriptions and partnerships, technical challenges faced, finding the ideal investor, and the future of the internet. They also discuss migrating to Rocky Linux, the discontinuation of CentOS, and the decision to revamp the plus plan. The speaker reflects on the importance of maintaining privacy, tackling technical challenges, and their own experiences as an avid listener of audiobooks.