The (dis)advantages of making your mobile app invite only
10/29/2019
Weighing the pros and cons of making your mobile app invite-only, from collecting emails and creating scarcity to potential user churn and missing App Store traffic.
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Weighing the pros and cons of making your mobile app invite-only, from collecting emails and creating scarcity to potential user churn and missing App Store traffic.
How FriendTime addresses contact chaos, privacy concerns, sparse relationships, disconnectedness, and social media addiction through a freemium model focused on real connections.
The journey from creating an addictive mafia game to building FriendTime, an app designed to bring people together in real life and maintain meaningful relationships.
A technical guide to web scraping using Puppeteer and JavaScript to extract public information from social media platforms while navigating anti-scraping protections.
A step-by-step guide to deploying an Express and MySQL app on a remote server using Linode or DigitalOcean, including Nginx, Node, MySQL setup, and CloudFlare integration.
How to upload your iOS app after Apple removed Application Loader in Xcode 11 by using the Transporter app instead.
Understanding the stages from idea to market in a SaaS startup and why senior developers should be aware of these stages to become more driven and successful.
How urbanization and modern communication have caused a Human Network Explosion that our brains aren't designed to handle, potentially leading to increased mental and physical health problems.
A simple productivity technique using hashtags like #toRemember, #toSearch, and #toSay to batch similar tasks together and become more self-reflective and less impulsive during work.
Setting up Ghost CMS with CloudFlare's automatic SSL using flexible encryption mode and proper nginx configuration to avoid redirect loops.
The strategic advantages of open sourcing code including feature separation, attracting developers, community contributions, potential revenue through licensing, and viral growth opportunities.
Implementing extreme productivity rules including browser tab limits, locked Freedom.to mode, phone delegation, and codebase-first development to achieve 70 hours of coding per week.
Overcoming the PO Fallacy by moving todos into the codebase instead of GitHub to reduce context-switching and increase time spent coding versus planning.
Reducing daily screen time from 9 hours to 6 hours through digital minimalism, using Freedom.to for blocking distractions, and switching to physical books and dumbphones.
A philosophical exploration of technological evolution and the need to create equilibrium between humanity and technology to avoid being consumed by our superior creations.
An experimental approach to maximizing daylight exposure and restructuring the day into four 6-hour quarters to improve productivity, energy levels, and overall well-being.
Experimenting with sleeping in a hammock for a week and discovering six unexpected benefits including better air flow, easier cleaning, and improved sleep quality.
Adopting a lean lifestyle as a solo entrepreneur with rules for freelancing, managing finances, and maximizing time for personal startup projects while maintaining financial security.
Why single tasking with one screen in full-screen mode may be more productive than multi-screen setups for programmers seeking better focus and fewer distractions.
Offering to build proof-of-concept mobile apps within a week using React Native, Node JS, and SQL with thorough testing and App Store deployment.
How to convince companies that working part-time on multiple projects can actually improve focus, productivity, and value through cross-project learning and dedicated work days.
Comparing qualitative scaling (adding features) versus quantitative scaling (expanding internationally) for startups and why going global might be the better choice.
A collection of personal coding principles including avoiding premature optimization, keeping things simple, composition over inheritance, and maintaining low learnability.
Principles for keeping app development costs low by focusing on your USP, using React Native, maintaining a simple development environment, and avoiding premature scaling.
Comparing seven methods for testing new features in React Native apps, from local testing to Expo channels, beta roles, and Firebase A/B testing.
Envisioning a humane social network with activity-first design, verified identities, small communities, layered sharing, freemium model, and government-enforced open standards.
Why working at two startups simultaneously reduces risk, enables cross-learning, creates competition for better compensation, and increases chances of success.
How I built Dunbar, a relationship management app, in just 26 hours by leveraging high motivation, Expo, minimal boilerplate, and open source libraries.
Introducing Redux Light, a minimal boilerplate approach to Redux that prioritizes composition over inheritance and faster time to context while maintaining clarity.
A guide on implementing version control in your mobile app to force users to update when needed, using backend endpoints and update screens with over-the-air or store updates.
How to regain control of a clumsy startup codebase by simplifying development ecosystems, using JavaScript only, vertical scaling, and considering monoliths over microservices.
A startup idea for a maps app that provides navigation based on places you've already discovered, using human-friendly directions to help you learn the city instead of becoming dependent on GPS.
A step-by-step guide to migrating an existing React Native project to Expo or ExpoKit for more stability, OTA updates, and streamlined development workflow.
A detailed monthly grocery plan focused on eating paleo, reducing supermarket trips, minimizing plastic packaging, and spending only 192 euros per month on sustainable food.
Comparing different methods for collecting user feedback in mobile apps including Intercom, WhatsApp, HockeyApp, and custom native solutions.
A comprehensive comparison of Wix Navigation v1, v2, and React Navigation v3, analyzing their problems, solutions, and migration effort for React Native apps.
Exploring how predictive programming using neural networks could revolutionize software development and potentially reduce the demand for traditional programmers.
Seven levels of freedom to minimize stress and maximize happiness, including location freedom, time freedom, independence from physical objects, and freedom from external expectations.
Exploring the challenges of quitting Facebook including timeline memories, contact management, event invitations, FOMO, and the addictive nature of algorithmic content bubbles.
Analyzing the feasibility and bottlenecks of horizontal scaling without sharding using multiple nodes with a single MySQL database and load balancing.
How to prevent API downtime by implementing a flexible client that monitors server CPU load and automatically reduces query frequency during high load periods.
Achieving 5k+ RPS on a single machine through vertical scaling with CPU-optimized cloud servers, avoiding the complexity of horizontal scaling for early-stage startups.
A dream-inspired vision of future urban transportation featuring autonomous VR-enabled segways that could revolutionize commuting by reducing surface area and allowing multitasking.
Increasing coding productivity from 4-5 hours to 6+ hours per day by blocking communication channels on the laptop and keeping the phone physically distant.
A vision for affordable pod-based co-living that solves housing crises and loneliness through rating systems, noise-canceling technology, and community-focused design.
Seven critical mistakes to avoid when building React Native apps including premature complexity, messy codebases, lack of product-market fit validation, and poor user retention strategies.
A startup idea for Chat Backend as a Service that provides universal chat functionality with open source front-end components and automated scaling for React Native and Node JS apps.
Why staying with Expo and avoiding native dependencies saves development time and reduces bugs, helping startups ship faster with limited resources.
A comprehensive geo-scaling plan for horizontally scaling to millions of RPS using automated server splitting, merging, and load balancing based on community sharding.
How advancing AI tools for face and voice replication will enable sophisticated impersonation attacks, making verified platforms essential for online security.
Open sourcing React Native libraries including Super Image, Super Actionsheet, and Data Forms to share reusable components with the developer community.
Why React Navigation's component-based approach is fundamentally better than Wix Navigation's registerComponent method for managing wrapper components and screen mounting.
Exploring why code ownership is essential for agile development and how feature ownership can diminish inefficiencies and bottlenecks in development teams.
A reflection on how AI and machine learning will soon understand us better than we know ourselves, leading to personal AI advisors that could transform decision-making and human behavior.