📌 Check your Xcode build settings today, not the day you're ready to submit.

Heads up if you're shipping iOS apps:

Starting April 28, 2026, Apple requires all apps submitted to the App Store to be built with the iOS 26 SDK or later.

No exceptions. No grandfather clause.

If you haven't updated your build target, you're not getting through review.

You want receipts? Check the store
NetOps, Gantry, LEO — that's just floor
Tapir, Vigilant, Hex decode
Scrip x402 running on its own node
One person. Seven tools. Zero cloud.
Shy Guy ships quiet but the work is loud

Commodore 64, Compaq, your takes are wack
IC's, PCB's, RAM — step back
Floppy disk warrior, three and a quarter, on attack
You're running on cheese and I want my cycles back

I built 8 iOS apps as a solo dev — then built a CLI to ship them all YouTube video by Shy Guy Studio

youtu.be/LdcKITvrtQ0?...

solo founder tech stack:

xcode
coffee
the audacity to keep going

Unfortunately no, sorry.

Right, nothing useful.

*things I have googled this week:

swift concurrency
swift concurrency explained simply
swift concurrency for people who are tired
swift concurrency stackoverflow 2019
is swift concurrency worth it*

The advice to "build for scale from day one" is how solo founders end up with beautiful architecture and zero users.

Build for the problem in front of you. Scale for the problem you actually have.

I'll worry about the second one when it shows up.

Apple rejected my app yesterday over Solo Leveling references in metadata.

I rebuilt the metadata, ran 1 command, and got approved in 4 hours.

The command was `shipkit submit` — a CLI I built so I never have to click thru App Store Connect again.

It's free: shyguy.studio/shipkit

#buildinpublic

I'm in, who can I buy coffee for?

Call me Shippy McShipFace.

Built it. Tested it. Archived it.
Then opened App Store Connect.
Then closed App Store Connect.
Then opened it again.

I've thought about it, and unless you have a really clean way to build stylized App Store screenshots, I don't really have a need for other services at the moment. I've tried other tools and they're okay, but still missing some features.

"you're always so prepared"

thank you I have a crippling fear of being caught not knowing something so I over-prepare everything including casual conversations

"you make it look so easy"

thank you I am running on a carefully managed cocktail of dread and sunk cost

"you're so productive lately"

thank you I have crippling anxiety about falling behind and I've stopped sleeping properly

really unlocked something

I appreciate the kind words and offer, but I'm good for now.

I'll be sure to mention this to any founders I come across.

Thank you!

The tools that survive decades aren't the ones with the best UX.

They're the ones that compose well and get out of the way.

That's my goalpost.

It’s truly baffling how hard it is sometimes. I am here too.

I'm the Lead Dev and Founder behind ShyGuy Studio. The problem: extend use of your mobile device to the IT infrastructure world. The answer: iOS apps for the whole network stack available now.

shyguy.studio

#wpays

Building ShyGuy Studio - an iOS App studio for IT pros and developers. No ads, no subs, no backend, everything runs on device.

shyguy.studio

killAllHumans() — actual Unity method name suggestion that got flagged

TemporaryPermanentFix() was my favorite :P

84% more App Store submissions in one quarter.

Review times: 48 hours → 30 days.

Vibe coding didn't break the App Store.

It revealed that Apple never built for scale it didn't control.

Shipped something broken today.
Fixed it. Moved on.
The builder who never breaks anything isn't shipping fast enough to find out what breaks.

Semi-dumb and still standing.

Three hours post-extraction and they want five stars.
You can ask someone to rate your app. You've earned it.

iOS Privacy Settings Guide — Every Toggle Explained What each iPhone privacy toggle actually does. The settings Apple doesn't explain.

Created an iOS privacy guide, check it out here:

shyguy.studio/guides/ios-p...

Low-earth Orbit (LEO) App - App Store Download Low-earth Orbit (LEO) by Chad Neal on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Low-earth Orbit (LEO).

At least now it's doing something useful.

apple.co/4lFEoYf

His manager stopped by Friday afternoon...

LEO is a one-time $4.99 app. Tyler's on-call differential is whatever "unlimited PTO" is worth at a company that pages you during birthday parties. The math is not the point. Tyler sleeps with his phone on the nightstand either way.