Thank you for the input, definitely a delicate matter and so we actually advise against storing sensitive information (like passwords) and use dual authentication for everything (email and text). Open source is a very interesting take especially if he targets a more tech driven community.
Just out of curiosity, do you relate to this problem and if so, how do you handle the transfer of important information to your loved ones in case something were to happen unexpectedly?
Tore my achilles recently, had surgery (4th major), which reminded me of the love letters I wrote years ago before my first to be delivered in case I didn't wake up. Wondered, do others think about such morbid things and the responsibility in my case to also convey various contacts and information about our affairs my spouse isn't fully on top of?
TL;DR: I told this idea to my college freshman son who built A Final Message to deliver private letters and instructions only if user goes silent. It’s privacy-first (client-side encryption), fail-safe (cooldowns + guardian approvals), and exportable (no vendor lock-in).
Why
Password spreadsheets and “email after I die” scripts are brittle and risky. I wanted something my family could trust without trusting me (or a single server) to be online forever.
Vibe coded with tech stack: Git > Vercel integrating Twilio, Sendgrid, Stripe and features like split-key release by user's option, cron driven automated check-in alerts.
Would love feedback on current pricing, vulnerabilities to worry about and target markets for kid to focus on.
1000% agree, distribution strategy and ideally a unique way to drive adoption built into the product or service creates the most value and thus optionality for founders.
I've personally tried many bootstrapped companies with little success but a couple that did get escape velocity (one hit 9 figure revenues by year 8), the common denominator was a well-thought out, embedded customer acquisition tightly integrated into the core product. Very hard to couple given how excited we tend to get building a solution to a problem we see. But super critical, really good insight here.
Agree, not super familiar with this space but that you are using GS as the UI makes this super accessible to so many more people given familiarity and low intimidation factor. Best of luck.
Just out of curiosity, do you relate to this problem and if so, how do you handle the transfer of important information to your loved ones in case something were to happen unexpectedly?