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Behind the scenes of LowFlow

The build journal of LowFlow, published as it happens.

Episode 25

Opening LowFlow to many more platforms

Weeks without writing, because I was busy connecting real data sources. Here is where things stand.

Episode 24

After building, you have to show

After months of building in the shadows, it is time to show what LowFlow actually does.

Episode 23

Thinking of LowFlow as plug and play

Install, pick your platform, a few clicks. Whatever can be prepared in advance should be.

Episode 22

Software should be able to explain itself

If I have to explain every feature myself, something is missing from the product. The guide is now part of the journal.

Episode 21

A trader can have several accounts

A trader often has several accounts. LowFlow has to follow them without ever mixing the data.

Episode 20

Watching habits appear

A single day can be misleading. What keeps coming back over time is what becomes visible.

Episode 19

When the history starts to get serious

A few dozen trades pose no problem. The real test comes when the history gets serious and everything still has to stay fast.

Episode 18

Reviewing a day differently

A number tells part of a day. Looking at the whole day, not just trade by trade, reveals what happens between the trades.

Episode 17

Building a trading memory

A number tells part of a trade, rarely the whole story. Screenshots and context keep what memory rewrites.

Episode 16

The trader chooses

A journal can quickly become too prescriptive. LowFlow provides the tools, it doesn't impose a method.

Episode 15

Understanding multiple markets

Every platform speaks its own language. The journal has to translate, not force the trader to adapt.

Episode 14

Not depending on a single data source

Every platform structures its data its own way. A journal cannot depend on a single source.

Episode 13

Building visibility without losing the product

Getting a product known can become a second full-time job. So visibility has to become a system, not a mountain.

Episode 12

Making LowFlow visible

What good is a solid product if no one knows it exists? Visibility gets built too, one piece at a time.

Episode 11

Building the cockpit

A system can work and still leave you in the dark. Automatic never means invisible.

Episode 10

Testing LowFlow like a real customer

A real machine, a real card, a real journey: testing LowFlow like someone who just bought it, not like the one who built it.

Episode 9

Building the customer journey

Every piece can work on its own — and the whole can still be broken. Connecting the steps so the customer moves forward without seeing the machinery.

Episode 8

From project to product: putting LowFlow online

The site, payments, licensing, distribution — the pieces finally connect and LowFlow becomes a real commercial product.

Episode 7

Making the system work for me

Automating without losing control: payment, licensing, and updates become automatic — and the Control Panel becomes mission control.

Episode 6

When LowFlow Had to Be Protected

Becoming a real commercial product changes everything: protecting the licenses, the updates, the infrastructure — without ever turning LowFlow into complicated software to use.

Episode 5

Getting LowFlow to the trader

Turning software into a system that can deliver itself: the client account, the license verified remotely, and why an update is never just a file swap.

Episode 4

When LowFlow could no longer stay entirely on its own

Why staying 100% local wasn't enough once LowFlow became a real product to distribute — the birth of the Control Panel, and the separation between the trader's data and the infrastructure needed to manage accounts, licenses, and updates.

Episode 3

From HTML to App: turning LowFlow into a real application

Moving from an HTML journal to a real Windows application: choosing a hybrid app over Electron, keeping the trader's data separate from the application, and why selling a product ended up requiring a server and an API.

Episode 2

The prototype: when the journal became a real tool

Turning the idea of the journal into something practical enough to actually be used — context, screenshots, statistics that were never imposed, and the moment the prototype started outgrowing what a simple HTML project could handle.

Episode 1

At first, I just wanted to build my own trading journal

LowFlow didn't start as a company. At first, I just wanted to build my own trading journal — something that actually matched the way I worked.

Risk Disclosure: Futures and forex trading contains substantial risk and is not for every investor. An investor could potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. Risk capital is money that can be lost without jeopardizing ones' financial security or life style. Only risk capital should be used for trading and only those with sufficient risk capital should consider trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

CFTC Rule 4.41 - Hypothetical Performance Disclosure: Hypothetical performance results have many inherent limitations, some of which are described below. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown; in fact, there are frequently sharp differences between hypothetical performance results and the actual results subsequently achieved by any particular trading program. One of the limitations of hypothetical performance results is that they are generally prepared with the benefit of hindsight. In addition, hypothetical trading does not involve financial risk, and no hypothetical trading record can completely account for the impact of financial risk of actual trading. For example, the ability to withstand losses or to adhere to a particular trading program in spite of trading losses are material points which can also adversely affect actual trading results. There are numerous other factors related to the markets in general or to the implementation of any specific trading program which cannot be fully accounted for in the preparation of hypothetical performance results and all which can adversely affect trading results.