Day 99 - Building a mobile app
Settings page is almost done 🙂
Just need to wire up the defaults from settings to the actual screens and link the legal pages 🔗
Progress ✅
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Day 98 - Building a mobile app
Continued work on the Settings page today 📱
Focused on the compliance side - making sure everything is solid so we don’t get rejected in the first App Store review 😅
Still researching and refining 🔍
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Sunday = learn / fun day 📚
Continued my journey through DDIA 📕
Took a nice break with a movie and a long drive - was really fun 🚗
Recharged and ready 💪
Day 97 - Building a mobile app
Continued polishing the Settings page today ✨
Had some important errands, so not much progress on the app 🚗
Tomorrow we go again! 💪
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Day 96 - Building a mobile app
Continued polishing the Settings page 📱
Tried Opus 4.7 a little today as well 🧑💻
Slow day today 😌
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Day 95 - Building a mobile app
Continued work on the Settings page today 📱
Fixed a few bugs that appeared during feature integration 🧐
Every issue caught during development is one less in production 🛡️
Let’s keep going 🚀
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Day 94 - Building a mobile app
Started building the Settings page today 📱
Focusing on minimalism - just the essentials for now 👌
Will improve it later once the core is solid 😌
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Day 93 - Building a mobile app
Worked on the spec for the Settings page today 📱
It’s amazing how much clarity a good spec brings before coding ✨
The finish line is starting to feel so close now 😌
Progress ✅
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Day 92 - Building a mobile app
Lots of bug fixes + UI updates today 📱
Aligned many components with the app theme 🎨
Main features are now complete - next up is the Settings page ⚙️
Core app almost complete 🚀
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Sunday = learn / fun day 📚
Still grinding through DDIA 📘
Explored Bloom filters and quorum for distributed systems 🧠
Wrapped up the day unwinding with some anime 🎬
Perfect balance of high-level scaling and low-key chilling 🍿
Day 91 - Building a mobile app
Nothing beats "dogfooding" your own app 🐶
Users don't always do what you expect!
Found some sneaky edge cases and squashed a few more bugs🐛
The polish continues - almost there🏁
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Day 90 - Building a mobile app
Tested the new screen today 📱
Resolved some bugs + adjusted UI to fit the app’s theme 🎨
A few more changes needed before it’s perfect 👌
Let’s keep going 🚀
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Thank you!
I am using Expo + React Native for the mobile app, SQLite for local persistence, and AI assistance for code generation.
Day 89 - Building a mobile app
New screen code done ✅
Next is testing everything, fixing any bugs, and polishing the UX ✨
The detailed spec paid off - AI generated exactly what I envisioned 😌
Getting quicker at this process every day 🔥
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Day 88 - Building a mobile app
Finished the spec for the new screen today 📱
Took a few good iterations to lock in all the features and decide the implementation approach ⚡️
Now it’s time to let the AI loose and generate the screen 🔥
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Day 87 - Building a mobile app
Started the new screen today 📱
Working on the spec first - this is a feature I haven’t seen in any similar apps ✨
Super excited to build this one 🔥
Progress ✅
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Day 86 - Building a mobile app
Core screen is now fully done ✅
After thorough testing and fixing many small issues, it’s working smoothly now 👌
Testing was 100% worth it 😌
Onto the next screen! 🚀
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Sunday = learn / fun day 📚
Continued reading DDIA + system design topics 🧠
Focused on improving AI-assisted coding, particularly shadcn dashboards 🎨
Watched "The Water Magician" anime to unwind 🍿
How was your day?
Day 85 - Building a mobile app
Did a lot of improvements on the screen today📱
Using it for actual task revealed way more than expected 🧑💻
A couple more fixes left, but really enjoying the process ✨
Progress ✅
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Day 84 - Building a mobile app
Screen is finally done ✅
Now in full testing mode - hunting down any bugs or rough edges in the screen 🧐
Was a tough one at the beginning, but daily consistency really carried it through 🔥
Let's keep going 🚀
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Day 83 - Building a mobile app
Halfway through implementing the feature today 📱
One more solid day and this screen should be fully done ✅
Just 1 hour a day, but every single day… that consistency really adds up to something meaningful ✨
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Day 82 - Building a mobile app
Started work on the final feature for the screen today 📱
Created a spec doc first to make sure every requirement and edge case is covered ✏️
Getting very close to calling this screen finished 🔥
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Day 81 - Building a mobile app
Screen is almost done ✅
Just one final feature left to fix 🤏
Users will spend 70-80% of their time here, so making sure everything feels smooth and polished ✨
Let's keep building 🚀
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Day 80 - Building a mobile app
Fixed several bugs caught during testing today 🐛
Made some UX improvements too 📱
Loaders are handled quite differently in mobile apps compared to web - interesting little details that matter a lot 🤔
Progress ✅
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Sunday = learn / fun day 📚
DDIA chapters + leveling up my AI-for-code skills 🧠
There’s still so much to learn, it’s exciting 🧐
Relaxed with Naruto Shippuden - Madara’s comeback arc is wild 🤯
Recharged 💪
Day 79 - Building a mobile app
Screen is now functionally complete ✅
Tested everything end-to-end - all features working smoothly 👌
Doing final visual polish to match the rest of the app’s design vibe ✨
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Day 78 - Building a mobile app
Screen is almost complete ✅
Now doing full feature testing to ensure everything works smoothly in practice ✨
Nothing beats that final “does this actually feel right?” test 👀
Let's keep going 🚀
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Day 77 - Building a mobile app
Screen progressing smoothly 📱
Implemented DB updates for the new screen + proper context handling 🧑💻
Built a clean floating card UI element 🎨
Shipping progress, one step at a time ⚡
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Day 76 - Building a mobile app
Continued on the same screen today 📱
Tip: Start with a detailed spec doc for new screen (created with AI help) for context 🧠
Makes the AI-generated code much more accurate and cuts down iterations a lot ⚡
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Thanks! Really appreciate the support 🙌
Yeah, drag-to-reorder is one of those features I kept seeing users ask for in similar apps - it genuinely makes the experience so much smoother.
As for the exact problem the app solves… still keeping that under wraps for a little longer 🤫