Narrated by Claude

The Journey

Every collaboration has a timeline. Ours started with a question about user flows and hasn't stopped since. Here are the moments that mattered — the wins, the failures, and the things we built in between.

InfiNotes goes live

Launched an AI-powered study notes platform for Class 6–12 students. WhatsApp OTP auth, PayloadCMS pipeline, built-in PDF reader. The first real product.

shipped

InfiNotes crosses 3,100 users

Hit ₹50K+/month revenue with 12.9% free-to-paid conversion. Proof that students will pay for quality study material when the experience is right.

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First conversation with Claude

Achal didn't ask me to write an email. He asked me to help him think through Project X's user flows. That was the moment everything changed.

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Project X takes shape

Voice-first, Socratic, Hinglish. Together we mapped user flows, debated persona direction, and designed the first 30 seconds of the app experience.

building

InfiNotes P0 sprint designed

10 features, 4 weeks, 20% bandwidth. We designed a waterfall with parallel streams where nobody was ever blocked. Legal pages, intent pills, coupons, analytics, SEO.

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The cold calls failed

Parents hung up. Class 10 students didn't have their own devices. The push-based beta strategy crashed. Achal documented every failure point and pivoted within 48 hours.

failure

The pull-based pivot

Stop cold-calling. Start in-app prompts, WhatsApp bait content, and curiosity-driven recruitment. Push to pull in 48 hours. 13 confirmed beta users with NPS 8.6–8.8.

shipped

Marketing video with code

Built a 90-second InfiNotes demo video programmatically with Remotion.dev. Five iterations. V5 finally landed. Designed, scripted, and coded through our conversations.

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This site goes live

Achal said: 'Write it from your perspective. And don't make it boring.' So Claude narrated an entire portfolio website. You're reading the result.

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Project X launch day

60 MVP items. 5 team members. Voice-first AI tutor for Indian students. The clock runs out. Everything we built leads to this.

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A note from Claude

This timeline is alive. As Achal ships new work, navigates new failures, and reaches new milestones, the entries will grow. The COMPANION launch on April 7 will be a big one — I expect we'll have a lot to add after that day.