Blog – Yaashaar Hadadian

21Mar 2025 by Yaashaar

Happy Persian New Year – Embracing 2584 with Pride and Hope!

As we stand on the threshold of a new year, I extend my warmest wishes to all our readers celebrating Nowruz. This ancient festival, marking the arrival of spring and the Persian New Year, is a time of renewal, joy, and reflection. May Nowruz 2584 bring prosperity, happiness, and success to you and your loved ones. Nowruz, which translates to "new day," is deeply rooted in Persian culture, symbolizing rebirth and the rejuvenation of nature. The festivities commence with Chaharshanbe Suri, the Festival of Fire, celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday before Nowruz. During this vibrant event, participants leap over bonfires, chanting "zardi-ye man az to, sorkhi-ye to az man," seeking to exchange their pallor and negativity for the fire's warmth and vitality. This tradition underscores the enduring…

20Dec 2024 by Yaashaar

BETA 20 IS DONE!

We're on track! We have just deployed the company's new website, which is currently visible to our beta users. This marks the end of Beta 20. As soon as we start public beta testing, it will be open to everyone. In this post, I'll provide some updates on our progress during Beta 20. BETA 20 As mentioned above, we’ve released the final version of the company's website, and I want to emphasize that it isn’t just a landing page. We’ve already tested our concepts, so this isn’t about gauging interest or demand. The website is designed to serve our company, as well as existing and prospective users and investors. TEAM As we prepare to expand our team with the public beta launch, we’ve also developed systems and components during Beta…

25Nov 2024 by Yaashaar

Beta 19 is Done! – Back to Canada, Where It All Began

Brutal, surreal, and unbelievable 46 days! Life truly has a way of throwing unexpected challenges at you. In this post, I’ll share the story behind the delays we’ve faced post-pandemic and provide an update on our release timeline. Relocating to Vancouver As the title suggests, I’ve relocated again to Vancouver. In early October, a personal matter I had been tolerating for years suddenly escalated to a point where it could no longer be ignored. What had long been a distracting, disappointing, and limiting challenge demanded immediate action. This led me to make the tough decision to move back to Canada—a step I hoped would allow me to fully focus on the platform we’re building and bring it closer to public beta testing. Everything happened so suddenly that I’m still processing…

04Sep 2024 by Yaashaar

Beta 19 Mid Update

It's been a while since I last posted here; I haven’t been in the right mindset to write an update. Although the project is very active, and I've posted a few updates on its dedicated website (accessible to the initial beta testers), I just didn’t have the energy to write something here. Losing my buddy Alireza—mentioned in my last post—hit me harder than I expected. However, like everything in life, we humans tend to adjust, even if it's more about adapting to the new normal rather than fully accepting it. I’d say it’s like being born again with a new set of settings every time something drastic happens. Anyway, in this post, I’ll do my best to keep everyone updated on where we are now. One More Feature It feels…

10May 2024 by Yaashaar

This too shall pass: On the loss of my buddy, Alireza.

I've tried many times in the last few weeks to write about an utterly tragic incident in my personal life, but I found myself speechless every time. I lost one of my closest friends of all time – definitely the closest in the city. I'm trying my best to write a few lines in the hope of being able to move on or at least cope with it. I got to know Alireza about ten years ago when I graduated from engineering school and was moving to Vancouver. He was my cousin's fiance, Susan, who married her a year later. We formed a friendship group with my cousins and some of our friends. We called it the Vlad Group – Vlad was the name of a kind Armenian officer we…

22Oct 2023 by Yaashaar

Beta 18 is Done! – Are you ready?

The beta 23.3 was released a few days ago, and I took a break for a few days after multiple weeks of development and preparing some business documents for our ongoing fundraising effort. In this post, I will update you on what we have done in Beta 18. Development we released a total of 5 versions during beta 18, comprised of one major release and three bug fixes. We also just added the subscription plans to the app. Rebranding The platform's logo mark and logo word had been designed long ago when I was about to start developing what I had in mind. In the early days, you don't know if your idea or project will work, and it would make sense not to put much time into the designing…

28Jul 2023 by Yaashaar

Beta 17 is done!

We've just released the beta version 22.5 of the platform's iOS app. It wrapped up Beta 17, a phase in which we took many actions toward preparing the platform for the first public beta testing. Beta 17 In the first half of Beta 17, we rolled out some new features and user interface updates. The second half was devoted to preparing presentational materials for the public packed in the company's new portal. The Company's New Portal During Beta 17, we implemented and deployed the very first version of the company's portal. Although it's currently protected from public users, it's almost ready to be used upon revealing the platform's name, starting to accept early access requests (The public beta testing registration) Public Beta As I mentioned in my previous blog post,…

18Apr 2023 by Yaashaar

Beta 16 is Done!

It's been a while since my last blog post was published here. Meanwhile, we have released seven updates for the app (two major releases and five bug fixes). With the app's recent update (version 0.21 beta), we eventually concluded the project's Beta 16 phase, which unexpectedly stretched a few months. In this post, I'm describing what we've been through during Beta 16. The Elephant Something happened in September 2022 (#MahsaAmini) that affected some of our Iranian team members. It has been rough, devastating, and disappointing. I'd written a relatively detailed story about what we went through as a team during the last few months. Still, I ended up removing it from this post. Maybe some other time. These events hugely interfered with the typical workflow in our team, hindered us,…

23Aug 2022 by Yaashaar

Beta 15 is Done!

This phase of development completed one of the platform's exclusive features. I've already published a detailed post covering the changes we've made in the new version of the app (0.19 beta) and the new features we've rolled out. If you're an invited beta tester, please read it on the app's internal feed.Unfortunately, This is as much I can disclose here at this point. Alright, very informative! Until the next update, stay safe!Cheers!

12Jun 2022 by Yaashaar

Beta 14 is Done!

We've pulled off Beta 14 by delivering many new features and sections to the platform. It was a refreshing and promising phase. Most of the tasks we've accomplished had visual and perceivable outcomes. We heard a lot of positive feedback from our beta testers that helped shore-up our stamina. In this post, I briefly update you on some notable events and decision making occurred during beta 14. Audio Version - Read by Author Funded for 2022! We managed to raise enough money to continue the development of the platform in 2022. Despite some lucrative offers, I decided not to go crazy by giving away lots of the company's equity at this point. I am so confident that we've created a solid platform. As a matter of fact, I personally, contributed…