Highly recommend Nintype third party keyboard. Such a breath of fresh air to have a keyboard made for power users.
The project is abandoned but it still works well. I hope someone sees this and gets inspired to build something to replace it. If you do you can have my money!
Hate them so much. As an iOS eng I feel like I always end up doing 10x more work than others. But it’s also my fault for accepting invites to teams with new feature ideas. Been burned enough times now that I won’t be doing that anymore.
You might already be familiar, but Startups For The Rest Of Us, Start Small Stay Small, and The SaaS Playbook are all succinct resources for the software bootstrapper.
Product and UX focused iOS engineer and leader with ~10 years experience, 8 at A-list consumer product/app companies that are (or once were, lol) SV darlings.
Contact me if you’re looking for a mobile dev leader to help you craft a stellar product.
Don’t contact me if you’re looking for someone to micromanage and to do only what they are told <3
Comfortable in current role but ready for something new.
Remote: yes
Willing to relocate: maybe
Technologies: iOS, SwiftUI (have also done plenty of backend, node, kotlin)
Résumé/CV: contact if interested
Email: [email protected]
I guess it depends on what you classify as “advancing your career”. If you’re a software engineer, building a side project from start to finish is valuable experience that translates. It’s especially valuable experience for devs with less work experience.
That said. I’ve learned that building out a product, even seemingly small things, takes a huge amount of effort as a solo dev. I built https://fretpro.app and it makes about $100/month (has been very slowly growing for the last year). I thought it would be quick and easy, but it took months of early mornings and weekend mornings (can’t code all night like I used to anymore), and can’t lie, my health and mental health suffered during that time. I’m much more selective with side projects these days.
I love tools like these, and love writing code to help myself learn guitar as well.
I made an iOS app for memorizing notes. You play the note on your guitar and it recognizes if it’s correct. Helps build muscle memory instead of just memorization. https://fretpro.app if anyone wants to check it out :)
The project is abandoned but it still works well. I hope someone sees this and gets inspired to build something to replace it. If you do you can have my money!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nintype/id796959534