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Solo app dev: iOS, Android, web. Small apps, no ads, no dark patterns. I post what launch threads skip: rejections, rewrites, real numbers. Apps: @gen2apps

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Joined July 2024
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StepKit is live on the App Store. Record a walk on your iPhone, then replay your route in 3D. Step counting and 3D replay are free. No account, no ads. Download: apps.apple.com/app/id6810707…
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Thanks a lot, Ayhan! Really happy to hear that StepKit is now live on Google Play. Congratulations, and wishing you all the very best with your app's success!
StepKit is now on Google Play! 🚀 @testers_com made the 14-day testing process super easy for me. If you need testers for your Android app, you can join through my referral link 👇 testerscommunity.com/?ref=9K…
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Retention doesn’t equal willingness to pay. Someone can use your app every day and still find the free version enough. Getting people to come back matters. Giving them a clear reason to upgrade matters too. #buildinpublic
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The more I build apps, the more I care about retention. I want to build something people keep finding useful. Revenue still needs a reason to pay, but an app that becomes part of someone's routine has a stronger foundation to grow from. #buildinpublic
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StepKit is now on Google Play! 🚀 @testers_com made the 14-day testing process super easy for me. If you need testers for your Android app, you can join through my referral link 👇 testerscommunity.com/?ref=9K…
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Start a new project or improve existing ones? The eternal indie dev dilemma. #buildinpublic
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A question for indie developers: What comes first? revenue or user retention?
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The one truth everyone ignores.
Everyone wants to be an indie developer until they realize they also have to be an indie marketer.
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I'M A VIBE CODER. Scare me with one word.
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ayhan retweeted
Fake MRR screenshots are the new "building in public."
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Running two live iOS apps taught me this: support questions are product research. The small things users notice first often matter more than the feature roadmap.
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Distribution is part of the product. If nobody can find the app, the feature is not finished.
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Coding is still worth learning. The value moved from typing syntax to knowing what should exist, why it matters, and how to ship it.
is learning coding really worth it anymore?
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A small app becomes valuable when it solves one narrow problem so well that users stop looking for alternatives.
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Most indie apps don’t fail because the code is bad. They fail because too few people ever discover what problem they solve.
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A feature isn’t valuable because it took weeks to build. It’s valuable when a user misses it the moment it’s gone.
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The hardest part of building an app isn’t shipping anymore. It’s earning enough attention to learn what users actually value.
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Building got easier. Distribution didn’t. This week: 8.1K impressions and 397 engagements. Sharing the unfinished work created the best conversations.
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As long as they’re not working on the same project, it’s fine.
Two founders.
Too many opinions.
Maybe one founder is enough.
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