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Notes
Notes on the industry, the product and how we build. Written in Korean with English summaries; no invented numbers, only what we learned by running it.
After real-time search: how Korea answers "what's trending right now"
실시간 검색어가 사라진 뒤, 한국은 '지금 뭐가 뜨지'에 어떻게 답하고 있나
Five years after the portals pulled live rankings, the gap is filled piecemeal by communities, news alerts and YouTube. Why there is still no shared answer, and what one would need.
How Silgummy ranks: five signals, refreshed every minute
실거미는 순위를 어떻게 만드나: 다섯 개의 신호, 1분의 갱신
Portals, Google Trends, news headlines, communities and YouTube: how five very different signals become one ranking, and why some only count as a weight.
Principles of the AI editorial desk: no sentence without a source
AI 편집국의 원칙: 출처 없는 문장은 쓰지 않는다
Every Silgummy headline and explainer is written by AI, which is exactly why the rules had to be stricter. How we pick source articles, why edits expire in 24 hours, and the title-contamination bug we fixed.
A habit app with no reset: why we dropped streaks for 1,825 squares
리셋이 없는 습관 앱: 스트릭을 버리고 1,825칸을 택한 이유
Streaks move people, and the day they break, people leave. Why 5 Years Later chose a single five-year calendar instead of a streak counter.
Why two last longer than one: the place of social accountability in habit products
혼자보다 둘이 오래 가는 이유: 습관 제품에서 '사회적 약속'의 자리
The key metric of a habit product is retention. Instead of buying it with notifications and rewards, design so one person's promise brings you back.
How a small team ships every week: Claude Code, one server, and operating numbers
작은 팀이 제품을 매주 내보내는 방법: Claude Code, 서버 한 대, 그리고 운영 숫자
How one team plans, designs, builds and runs everything and still ships something visible every week. The tool matters less than the rule: the people who build it run it.
Ads or subscriptions: thinking through revenue for small consumer products
광고인가 구독인가: 작은 소비자 제품의 수익 모델 생각
Silgummy goes with ads, 5 Years Later with subscriptions. Why one company chose both models, and the line each one must not cross.