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7 points by ponderingfish ↗ HN
When Google forced the switch from UA to GA4, I found myself struggling to understand my magazine's performance metrics (I occasionally edit a magazine along with my full-time job).

So I built a dashboard that pulls GA4 data and presents it in a clean, intuitive interface focused on metrics that actually matter. It made the job of pulling reports and usage stats very simple for my website and greatly improved my daily productivity.

At this stage, it was running on localhost on my machine and during this project, I ended up learning React (coming from a pure C/C++ world).

I showed it to a couple of friends who run small businesses and manage their own websites, and after considering their feedback, I made a few changes to the UX , added authentication, and launched it publicly a week ago.

Based on their feedback, I am currently working on integrations with Google My Business, Merchant Center, and other Google products to create an all-in-one dashboard for small business owners.

All in due time .. could be months away with my full-time job :)

I'd love your feedback on the project! I hope it can make your life easy too.

https://www.scottfish.com

PS: why "scottfish"? Well, my kid plays chess and loves "stockfish" and I am a Piscean, so ... I thought, why not "scottfish" :)

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msephton
It tells me I have "no GA4 properties", which 1) seems impossible given the the transition has already happened, 2) is not true—in fact I have dozens of GA4 properties.

Edit: I logged out and back in again and it is now showing me some but not all of my properties. I sort my properties into folders, and it's not showing everything.

Edit2: the mobile stylesheet/layout has overlapping elements. I'm on iPhone XS and iOS 17 in Safari.

ponderingfish
hi mspehton - thank you so much for logging in and giving it a shot.

1) I haven't tackled this use-case yet - added it to my roadmap. I'll give it a shot tonight itself and hopefully have some working code soon! 2) I'll look into the mobile-view CSS. I made some changes recently and I can see that this has messed up the KPIs and filters.

As a solo dev, I am not sure how to keep UI regressions in check. This is something I need to look into!

Thanks again for your feedback - means a lot!

msephton
For reference I am not seeing any properties/apps from 3 of my 8 "accounts" (I think of them as folders) which means I'm missing 15 properties/apps.
ponderingfish
yes - I seem to have a pagination issue that I am working through. I'll keep you updated. Thank you so much.
ponderingfish
I reverted some of my CSS and I think I've solved the CSS issues for the KPI cards and the datepicker + filter. Hope this improves the experience and thanks for the feedback.
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