Launching Dracula UI

It all started 6 months ago.

I was hanging out with Netto Farah and we had this idea of building a new UI library.

We discussed how dark mode was growing and how nobody was focused on helping people build modern, good-looking, accessible dark websites.

We first put together an extremely simple landing page to see if people were interested in this idea.

Before we started building the actual product, we created a survey on Typeform.

The goal was to better understand what technologies people used.

This survey had 1,735 views and 1,018 responses.

Based on those answers, we started building in public.

Every milestone was celebrated on Twitter, LinkedIn, and with our mailing list. ??

We finished the MVP and invited some of our friends to test the product before launching it. 

I can't emphasize enough the importance of feedback from people you trust. ??

Wednesday was launch day! ??

We had everything planned and we scheduled an email to all 2,382 contacts on Mailchimp.

But there was one problem.... 

Mailchimp had a downtime 15 minutes before the email was scheduled! ??

We couldn't access their dashboard, so all the 2,382 emails were sent with **broken links**.

I was extremely sad. ??

After weeks of planning this launch and nurturing the mailing list, something outside of my control happened and there was nothing I could do.

In less than 24 hours, someone already launched the first website built with Dracula UI! ???♂?

Congrats Rick Booth on your new personal site! https://rickbooth.me

Thank you all for liking and sharing with your friends and co-workers. You are awesome!

Let's build the dark mode era together ??

P.S.: If you're curious about Dracula UI, feel free to check it out here: https://draculatheme.com/ui