Work log

Julius Behr · April to September 2026
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Apps (extensions)

Public launch Jul 2
27 apps built or rebuilt, from research to public launch.
12,258users
94%voted Useful
27apps
174PRs merged
23apps reporting

App analytics and events

June
One analytics package and events setup for every app, so each app reports usage the same way.
12,258users tracked
2PRs merged

Apps promotion in the editor

Sep 25
How users find apps inside the editor: tooltip, More menu, featured apps, discover order, icons and the upload modal.
1,691users, launch week
8apps in upload modal
19PRs merged

App Directory

In dogfooding
A browsable directory of all apps, with categories and screenshots, on the dashboard and soon on kittl.com/apps.
17apps with listing shots
28PRs merged
34review comments from people

App builder tooling

June
What makes building an app fast and consistent: guide, lint rules, CI checks, skills, SDK exports.
23PRs merged

Printify partnership

May 27
Negotiated the Printify co-marketing deal; the campaign ran Jun 3 to Aug 31.
60paid, first readout
154signups
Monotype × Kittljoint launch

Monotype launch

Aug 5
Joint launch with Monotype for the Monotype Connect app, with press release, blog, tutorial and landing page.
2app reviews

Mockup taxonomy

Dashboard Aug 19, editor PR about 80%
A new taxonomy for all mockups, every mockup tagged, live in the CMS and on the dashboard.
3,886mockups tagged
86review comments
13PRs merged

Custom mockups

In shaping
Use your own product photo as a mockup: the Custom Mockups app today, a core feature next.
784app users
78%voted Useful
4PRs merged

Logged-out mockup directory

Design signed off Sep 24
Public mockup pages where visitors try the real micro editor, with sign-up prompts for account actions.
Sep 24design sign-off
+6,936lines
1PRs open
+24.6%search to use, A/B

Elements panel crash

Jun 29
Fixed the crash that kept the new Elements panel switched off for about six weeks, then a second layout bug.
6 weekspanel was off
2PRs merged

Help center

Jul 7
Replaced the planned HelpKit subscription with our own help center: Notion as the source, a static site on Cloudflare.
$1,500 → <$50per year
89articles
41PRs merged
89articles migrated

Prismic cleanup

Jul 6
Retired the old help pages in Prismic and moved everything over without breaking links.
2redirect PRs
2PRs merged
6devs onboarded 1:1

AI adoption

Ongoing
Getting colleagues to work with AI: one-on-one onboarding, skills, the AI Guild, and plans for AI Day and a pilot.
3.7xCodex usage after hackathon
5analyses

Analysis

Apr to Sep
Data work outside my lane: Google Ads, BigQuery, acquisition and the growth model.

Uploads on Dashboard

In progress
Took the project over from Tobi on Sep 23; a clickable prototype is live.
Sep 23took over
2demo days

Other

Smaller things that also happened.
5PRs open