What is Jots?
Jots is the developer-focused journaling app to accelerate your goals as a developer. Working towards a promotion or improving your technical skills, use Jots to track your progress, reflect, and act. As early adopters, access all our features today for free.
Problem
Developers struggle to track progress toward career goals (e.g., promotions, skill improvement) and reflect effectively using generic journaling tools that lack developer-specific context and actionable frameworks.
Solution
A developer-focused journaling app offering goal-tracking templates, reflection prompts, and progress analytics tailored for technical skill development and career advancement. Example: Track coding milestones, review weekly achievements, and set actionable goals.
Customers
Junior to mid-level software developers aiming for promotions, career changers entering tech, and self-taught coders seeking structured progress tracking. Demographics: 20–35 years old, tech-savvy, active on platforms like GitHub/Stack Overflow.
Unique Features
Specialized templates for developer goals (e.g., "Prepare for Senior Engineer role"), integration with technical workflows, and metrics to quantify skill growth (e.g., lines of code, project completions).
User Comments
Helps break down complex career goals into manageable steps
Templates align with SWE promotion criteria
Free access encourages consistent use
Lacks integrations with GitHub/Linear
UI feels minimalistic but functional
Traction
Launched on ProductHunt (date unspecified); early adopters get free access. Founder @FayezMohammed has 1.3K followers on X. No explicit MRR/user count disclosed; comparable apps like Journyal (5K+ users) suggest niche potential.
Market Size
The global productivity apps market is projected to reach $96.36 billion by 2026 (Statista, 2023). Developer tools, a subset, grew to $41.6B in 2022 (Gartner).
