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6/17/2026
The hardest part of my app wasn't the code. It was the name.

The hardest part of my app wasn't the code. It was the name.

Short summary

Naming 'Quit All' as an 'SOS button for cravings' instead of a 'habit tracker' transformed user understanding and product strategy. The lesson: name the moment users are in, not the feature you built. This reframing put the craving tool center-stage in positioning.

  • •Feature names (habit tracker) tested poorly; moment-based names (SOS button) resonated instantly
  • •Product architecture reorganized around the moment users are in, not around feature lists
  • •Applicable to any app: lead with the user's context, not the builder's feature inventory

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