Case study · Founder (launched & sunset)
Chrostory
Built to test a product idea — a digital time capsule people would actually pay for — as cheaply and quickly as real money would prove it, rather than as a portfolio piece. AI-driven photo tagging, Stripe checkout, and a real ten-year fulfillment promise were all live before the idea was allowed to keep running, or not, on its own evidence.
Built a digital time-capsule product where users sealed photos and messages for future delivery, with AI-driven photo tagging and sorting on Firebase. Sold roughly 40 ten-year capsules through Stripe, then pivoted into QR-code group photo drops for weddings and events before deliberately winding the product down. The lessons carried directly into the two larger launches that followed: ship faster, design SEO-first from the start, and automate the data layer from day one.