We Killed RedFlag, Our First Shipaton Idea. Here’s Why We’re Building Eligible Instead
The Reality Check Every Founder Dreaded
When you enter a fast-paced hackathon, the most dangerous thing you can do is fall in love with your first idea.
When we joined the RevenueCat Shipathon 2026, our original plan was to build RedFlag—a tool designed around automated risk detection and user alerts. On paper, it sounded like a solid utility. We were excited, drafted some early wireframes, and started whiteboarding how it would work.
Then we sat down and actually stress-tested the concept. And honestly? It fell apart.
Why We Killed RedFlag
Killing a project you’ve already started planning is painful, but as we looked closely at RedFlag, three huge problems stared back at us:
- The Scraping Nightmare: The core features relied heavily on automated web scraping and parsing unstructured data to catch hidden risks. It introduced endless edge cases, fragile setup rules, and a high chance of returning flat-out wrong...
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