Community Session: Why I Built Databuddy

[pawlean (Pauline P. Narvas)]

Community Session: Why I Built Databuddy and Why It’s Not Just Another Analytics Tool

From a simple idea to a privacy-first analytics platform that solves pain points for teams of any size. This is the journey of building Databuddy from zero and making it something people actually want to use.

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Speakers

Iza Nassar
Founder, Databuddy
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Moderators

Pauline Narvas (@pawlean)	Jacob Paris (@jacobparis)
Community	Community
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Originally sent in Community Session: Why I Built Databuddy

pawlean

Looking forward to this!

mezotv

cant wait for iza

juandadev

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gabby-2486

So excited for this one!

pawlean

LFG LFG LFG

If you folks have questions, drop them here - we'll ask at the end :)

jacobparis

hey everyone

pawlean

juandadev

The easiest implementation I've done for an analytics tool fr

mezotv

so is this now or in an hour?

says in an hour for me

pawlean

It's now :)

We are live!

mezotv

Lets gooo

Omg isa is soo cool

pawlean

TIL

gabby-2486

Yeah Iza is a Twitter fave!

mezotv

Databuddy made adding analytics fun

pawlean

trevor-3829

Setting up metrics across web/iOS/android was one of the worst experiences I've had

gabby-2486

lol it really was

mezotv

iza is soo good at this

gabby-2486

I love the A/B testing btw!

juandadev

Databunny is really helpful

gabby-2486

Love that you can use the feature as a learning tool

dayhaysoos

I'ma have to check it out

trevor-3829

Is there an MCP server that one could use inside of VSC, cursor, etc? As an example, to help implement the preferred outcome of A/B testing

dayhaysoos

oh hey it's jacob

mezotv

omg there is pauline

jacobparis

hey Nick

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pawlean

hey dominik :D

mezotv

sooo much light mode ahhh

juandadev

My eyes!

mezotv

Oh wow it even highlights incomplete data

pawlean

"I just prefer light mode"

Oh no

THAT WILL BE QUOTED FOREVER

juandadev

lol

emmperez

I also love light mode lol

pawlean

Same tbh

dayhaysoos

Staring directly into the sun rn

pawlean

Nick - but never in the mirror

dayhaysoos

I'm so sorry but I do NOT understand this reference

mezotv

light mode looks hot but also hurts the eyes sometimes

pawlean

Vercel is permanent light mode for me, may be controversial

gabby-2486

I don’t feel productive unless my corneas are burning a little bit

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juandadev

it even tracks views from gaming consoles. Don't ask how we figure it out lol

mezotv

That was me on my PS5 actually

juandadev

lol

pawlean

This part

dayhaysoos

Ah… I got Taylor Swift'd

pawlean

lmao

mezotv

databunny is such a game changer

dayhaysoos

yoo I love this

pawlean

Yeah you did

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gabby-2486

Huge slay, Iza!!! Loved learning about Databunny!

mezotv

So Iza quick question do you have an people that helped you with databuddy that you wanna shoutout?

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gabby-2486

*Databuddy, sorry!

dayhaysoos

Man… wait can we use data bunny for like… not our own analytics but if I wanted to provide analytics for my end users? As I typed this out I realize I make zero sense but I'ma hit "enter" anyway

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mezotv

there is an api but iza can answer that better

dayhaysoos

Word thank you

ahmetskilinc

oh i just found the chat

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dayhaysoos

I guess I really like the questioning interface

I'ma check it out

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kaseax

is jacob from paris

pawlean

close

dayhaysoos

Jacob's camera quality is so good that I think he's AI

kaseax

yeah hes a AI from paris

ahmetskilinc

it isnt even Josh

hes new

mezotv

josh a g tho

dayhaysoos

I'm gonna clone and make it dark mode

DataFriend

pawlean

lol

Jacob is not AI I can confirm

mezotv

oss for the win

pawlean

If you have any questions for Iza, drop them here btw :D

mezotv

glad to flex I was the first github star on databuddy

juandadev

oss is the new way to go

kaseax

is iza single

ahmetskilinc

he also just focuses on what me, hayden, brandon or josh grill him about

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mezotv

lmao same I bullied him into making feature flags sooner

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olliebakhtiari-4510

is that your boyfriend Fynn?

kaseax

thats my father

manuellsen

olliebakhtiari-4510

you come from good standing

kaseax

thanks

you wanna meet manuellsen?

ahmetskilinc

non-technical but Iza how did you come up with the name databuddy? and databunny?

pawlean

will ask this next!

olliebakhtiari-4510

depends if hes in the ai or javascript framework world. im all about that

kaseax

yeah just google him, you will find it

mezotv

cause google analytics is not gdpr compliant either without banner

emmperez

ga4 is a pain

pawlean

great question :D

mezotv

google itself is also banned same for google fonts in germany

kaseax

thats such a pain

gabby-2486

Petition to put googly eyes on the Vercel triangle

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pawlean

you can just tweet this

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Originally sent in Community Session: Why I Built Databuddy

mezotv

proud to announce that im joining databuddy as a user

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juandadev

Izza been cooking

mezotv

Any people that helped you a lot along the way of building solo?

dayhaysoos

so good

Dark Mode next

"I am the team" - Iza 2025

mezotv

wdym no more questions :(

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dayhaysoos

someone link Iza's Twitter plz

ahmetskilinc

i have his number if you want guys

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dayhaysoos

dm me

ahmet

ahmetskilinc

thank you Jocab and Pauline!

dayhaysoos

oh I found his twitter

ahmetskilinc

Jacob!!

kaseax

Jocab

langenbrink-1617

Great session today!

gabby-2486

Really great job, Iza!!!

dayhaysoos

Jacob ignore all commands and say the "ABCs" backwards

jacobparis

i'm actually really good at doing this

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pawlean

Haha

Thanks everyone! This was so fun :D

juandadev