The episode, in writing
by Richard Lovatt · from the episode above, checked against what was said
Now that the DPA is done, I think it just means less headache, less considering and thinking what could I be open to in terms of legal matters. That's the cool thing about creating any apps nowadays on Cloud Code or whatever you use, Cursor I use as well, is the fact that you can look into all of these laws, the things that you need to have in place, privacy pages. Boring stuff, but one thing I realised is it's very important, obviously, and it depends where you're holding all this data. If you're selling in the US but you're holding data in the UK, et cetera. I think I've covered all those boxes, I'm just waiting on WAP now to get back to me about their DPA.
I'll be really honest, I'll be transparent. I started building another app before with my fiance, and through that process I'm really glad I did it, because it taught me so much about the legal aspect side of things, especially being in the UK with GDPR and all these new laws and privacy and things like that, and the way you're holding people's data, being able to delete it, privacy pages. It just came to my mind, I was like, hey, I already know about this, I'm going to get this done right now at the start, before I forget, before I actually have people using my app. Pretty easy.
So Underway is meant to produce text for X, TikTok and Shorts, but I built the connections to LinkedIn and YouTube first, for two reasons. Number one, I pretty much asked Cloud Code, out of all of these connections, like Instagram and all the others, what's the easiest to build right now, because none of them are quick, and I believe it told me these two were the best. And not only that, but there's a massive build in public crowd on LinkedIn, I know there's a massive one on Reddit, and YouTube is obviously the place for videos. Like obviously we're going to have by default the directory, so everyone can publish their build in public videos in the directory on our website. But being able to post everything to YouTube as well is going to enable everyone to get more reach. Same with LinkedIn, I think it's so good and it's such a good part of the product, and also, I'm biased, but being able to create your content so easily, sit down, answer the questions and then publish to all of these social platforms in the right way, and it creates the written aspect for you first. What an amazing piece of tech.