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Day 37 of building in public ✦

Spent days on onboarding. Was told I might not need it.

Strong marketing = people already know your app before they open it.

Also promised TikTok today. Didn't post.

Tomorrow. For real. πŸ› οΈ

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1 day ago 8 0 1 0

There is always something inside you that telling buggy but fast is wrong, but we all noticed the right approach

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Day 36 of building in public ✦

Fixed yesterday's 18hr bug in one hour. Went for a celebratory walk.

Also my second app just launched on the App Store. Bugs and all. Paywall included.

Done beats perfect. πŸ› οΈ

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2 days ago 10 1 6 1

I am not sure man. I believe this is hardest thing being an entrepreneur, it is the uncertainty of what you are doing. I appreciate your feeback.

3 days ago 2 0 1 0
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Day 35 of building in public ✦

18 hours. Wrong Superwall version. Nothing shipped.

But a real user emailed me today needing help.

She said "thank you" to my call offer. Probably a no.

Still, somebody is using my app. That's everything. πŸ› οΈ

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3 days ago 4 1 3 0

Day 34 of building in public ✦

Zero code today. But I pitched to someone paying for my competitor.

He liked my idea more. And told me to go hard on X.

Validation from the market hits different. Tomorrow I go all in. πŸ› οΈ

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4 days ago 5 1 1 1
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Day 33 of building in public ✦

A friend asked who my app is for. I talked for 10 minutes. He still didn't get it.

"If you can't say it in one sentence, you can't market it."

He's right. And I still can't answer it. πŸ› οΈ

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4 days ago 4 1 3 0
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Day 32 of building in public ✦

I posted my face on TikTok yesterday. Terrifying. Probably terrible.

I did it anyway.

Fully shifted to marketing now. 2 features left, onboarding & paywall. Then it's go time.

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5 days ago 1 0 1 0
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Day 31 of building in public ✦

Missed 2 days. Was busy building.

But today? Zero code. Pure distribution.

For 30 days I ignored marketing. Today I finally faced it.

Small step. But it counts. πŸ› οΈ

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1 week ago 6 1 0 0
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Day 30 of building in public ✦

I researched features. Studied visibility. Planned everything.

And ignored marketing. Again.

I know it's wrong. I keep doing it anyway.

The builder's blind spot is embarrassingly real.

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1 week ago 2 0 0 0
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Day 29 of building in public ✦

Shipped 2 features. Talked to real users.

An old friend who doesn't trust AI told me he'd use my app. if I add one thing.

I'm adding it.

One conversation changed my roadmap. That's why you talk to users. πŸ› οΈ

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Day 28 of building in public ✦

I started thinking about a second project today. Every developer knows this feeling β€” and it's dangerous.

I published a new App Store version. Brainstormed. Made tomorrow's checklist.

One project at a time. That's the rule. πŸ› οΈ

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1 week ago 10 1 5 0
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Day 27 of building in public ✦

Not every day is a win.

Today I worked my full-time job, came home drained, fixed one bug, and couldn't even build the project.

But bills exist. So tomorrow I push to both stores.

Onward. πŸ› οΈ

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1 week ago 6 1 5 0

Day 26 of building in public ✦

Today's release wasn't for my users.

I built a 360Β° customer overview. sessions, AI convos, behavior

all in my admin dashboard. From scratch.

Yes, libraries exist. I built it anyway.

Some days you ship for you. πŸ› οΈ

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2 weeks ago 12 3 5 0
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Day 25 of building in public

Today I shipped push notifications, PostHog, Try with AI & Pinterest layout, all in one release. iOS & Android.

Big bet. Big ship. Proud of it.

Hopefully it gets paid in the end of this journey.

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2 weeks ago 3 0 0 0
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To be honest, I am facing the situation. I'm struggling with distribution. Would you share it please any advice related to distribution so I can unstuck myself

2 weeks ago 0 0 0 0
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Today felt different.

Day 23 in Building in Public.

I shipped a major feature along with some minor bug fixes.

By the end of the day, it was live.

Tomorrow I start at 7 AM and I won't stop until 8 PM.

13 hours. Full send.

Can't wait for tomorrow to get tired by work

2 weeks ago 1 0 1 0
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I've been building this app on the side for months.

Day 22 in Building in Public.

Today, for the first time, my phone buzzed with a notification sent from my own app.

Something I built. Working. In real time.

Next step is distribution.

2 weeks ago 3 0 3 0
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Unbelievable!! A user burned through $27,000 in compute in just 23 days on a $200 Claude plan. This can literally happen to anyone if they're not cautious with how they're set their limits.

This might happen when you let your agents retry automatically without limits.

2 weeks ago 1 0 2 0
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Push notifications are finally live in Promptifex.

I won't pretend it was quick. Getting this right took real effort.

But it's done. And the app is better for it.

On to the next one.

2 weeks ago 0 0 0 0

Day 21 in building in public

No commits today.

Just me, a blank prompt, and a feature I'm still trying to define.

Still figuring out the exact shape of the next feature before touching any code. Not ideal, but rushing the wrong implementation is worse.

Tomorrow I build.

2 weeks ago 2 0 1 0

Woke up at 4pm today.

Day 20 in building in public

First thing I did? Ask Claude if my app idea is even valid.

Meanwhile, what actually happened today:

β€’ Fixed push notifications
β€’ Shipped AI integration
β€’ Submitted my second app to the App Store

The list is long. Still feels like nothing.

2 weeks ago 2 0 2 0

Still on the building phase

3 weeks ago 0 0 0 0
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I promised myself yesterday I would focus on my corporate job today.

Day 19 in Building in Public.

I kept that promise.

I did minor enhancement like managed some SSL certificates.

Tomorrow I am going to have similar day with better achievement because i planned my tomorrow from now

3 weeks ago 1 0 1 0

Are you sure that you will use the full potential of 20x Claude code ?

3 weeks ago 0 0 0 0
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This is literally me πŸ˜‚

3 weeks ago 0 0 0 0
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Swift 6.3 just dropped and it officially builds native Android apps.

Yes, you heard it right!

Apple’s own language now runs natively on Android. Not a workaround. Not a hack. Official SDK.

What a unexpected approach Apple

This will definitely change my dev stack for my new apps

3 weeks ago 3 1 0 0

Today I shipped something I've been thinking about for weeks.

Day 18 in Building in Public.

My app is now integrated with AI.

I sat down this morning with one goal. By evening, it was done.

Tomorrow I switch modes. Full focus on my 9-5.

I hope all this will be worth it one day.

3 weeks ago 4 0 3 0
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I finally managed to hit my rate limit in claude code 100$ plan.

I spawned 6 agents to complete the new project I came out with (completely from scratch) 4 developers and 2 testers.

Now I can say that the loop for software development lifecycle is closing (development, testing, fixing)

3 weeks ago 1 0 2 0

Day 14 of building in public.

Today was tough.

My managers started doubting my work. My skills. My effort.

Because my head is somewhere else. It's here building, shipping, growing.

But I still need the paycheck. Bills don't care about your dreams.

Keeping going anyway.πŸ˜“

3 weeks ago 1 0 1 0