The ParrotTalk Blog https://www.parrottalk.app/blog/ A founder's journal about building ParrotTalk, a 100% free IELTS practice site with AI feedback. en Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Opening the doors, and keeping them open https://www.parrottalk.app/blog/opening-the-doors-beta/ https://www.parrottalk.app/blog/opening-the-doors-beta/ contact@parrottalk.app (Xavier, founder of ParrotTalk) Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200 The day ParrotTalk went from a private project to an open public beta, what real users taught me, and the honest plan for measuring the scoring. Rewriting the FAQ around proof, not promises https://www.parrottalk.app/blog/rewriting-the-faq-around-proof/ https://www.parrottalk.app/blog/rewriting-the-faq-around-proof/ contact@parrottalk.app (Xavier, founder of ParrotTalk) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Rebuilding the FAQ from the actual code rather than from what I wished were true, and admitting a real gap. Starting to measure whether any of this works https://www.parrottalk.app/blog/starting-to-measure/ https://www.parrottalk.app/blog/starting-to-measure/ contact@parrottalk.app (Xavier, founder of ParrotTalk) Sun, 26 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Installing measurement early, looking at genuinely tiny numbers, and refusing to tell myself a flattering story about them. The day a passing test lied to me https://www.parrottalk.app/blog/the-day-a-passing-test-lied-to-me/ https://www.parrottalk.app/blog/the-day-a-passing-test-lied-to-me/ contact@parrottalk.app (Xavier, founder of ParrotTalk) Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200 My test suite was green. The site was broken. The day a passing test told me a comfortable lie. The bug that mattered most: never losing your progress https://www.parrottalk.app/blog/never-losing-your-progress/ https://www.parrottalk.app/blog/never-losing-your-progress/ contact@parrottalk.app (Xavier, founder of ParrotTalk) Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200 The most important fix of the whole project was not a feature. It was making sure a reload never costs you your answers. The honesty pass: cutting every claim I could not stand behind https://www.parrottalk.app/blog/the-honesty-pass/ https://www.parrottalk.app/blog/the-honesty-pass/ contact@parrottalk.app (Xavier, founder of ParrotTalk) Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Early on I went through every page of ParrotTalk and removed anything that was not strictly true. The day it stopped being a demo. Ten bugs, and letting you submit one section at a time https://www.parrottalk.app/blog/ten-bugs-and-one-section-at-a-time/ https://www.parrottalk.app/blog/ten-bugs-and-one-section-at-a-time/ contact@parrottalk.app (Xavier, founder of ParrotTalk) Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200 An unglamorous bug-fix day, and the feature hiding inside the bug list: practice one IELTS section at a time. Teaching a parrot to grade a voice in one day https://www.parrottalk.app/blog/teaching-a-parrot-to-grade-a-voice/ https://www.parrottalk.app/blog/teaching-a-parrot-to-grade-a-voice/ contact@parrottalk.app (Xavier, founder of ParrotTalk) Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Day one of ParrotTalk: building browser voice recording and AI Speaking feedback in a single day. How our AI scoring works, and how accurate it is https://www.parrottalk.app/blog/how-our-scoring-works/ https://www.parrottalk.app/blog/how-our-scoring-works/ contact@parrottalk.app (Xavier, founder of ParrotTalk) Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200 How ParrotTalk estimates your IELTS band with AI, what we calibrated to make it fair, and the limits we are honest about. I couldn't find an IELTS site I liked, so I built one by talking to an AI https://www.parrottalk.app/blog/how-i-built-an-ielts-site-with-ai/ https://www.parrottalk.app/blog/how-i-built-an-ielts-site-with-ai/ contact@parrottalk.app (Xavier, founder of ParrotTalk) Sat, 19 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200 The honest story of building ParrotTalk, a 100% free IELTS practice site with AI feedback. From a one-day prototype to a real platform, one fix at a time.