Eli Rousso

Design & Technology
New York City

A private journal that stays on your device. Designed, built, and operated solo.

Reached 13,000+ downloads across 118 countries within the first 46 days of launch.^‡
Grew to 750+ paying customers across 82 countries.^‡

Design and accessibility review for developers, built into the way they ship.

More than 7,700 reviews across 4,000 repositories.^‡
Weekly review volume grew roughly fourfold in a month, without paid acquisition.^‡

My independent studio behind Slate, Rams, and my other software.

Built Autobahn, a kanban board that lives in your markdown.
Created Framework: four focused apps for writing, focus, and habits—Void, Protocol, Loop, and Stack.

Sessions

I also work with a small number of founders in focused sessions on decisions that shape their product.

What should you ship? Where does the purchase flow break down? Is an idea worth another month of development?