Will

20 years as a dev

Solo founder building apps in public. YachtlyCrew, Drop DJ, Byron, Flyer, DEFICIT, Spine and more. Stupid Human Ltd, UK.

[Will @2stupid2human]

I tested Drop DJ 2.1.2 by playing one game. Revolutionary, I know.

The one event I actually care about, game_started, never fired. Not in my database. Not in Firebase. The previous build logged 52 of them in 14 days.

I was about to point Google Ads at it. It would have optimised for nothing, very efficiently.

https://t.co/3ZA0RyVzi8

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@DEVIN__SETH https://t.co/BG4tk8KUFr

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@SajidObama https://t.co/BG4tk8LsuZ

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@Chandan_blaster https://t.co/BG4tk8LsuZ

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@builtwithrubel https://t.co/tVFaNzHqBP

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I built a recruitment site for yacht crew in 2015. It's still running.

Launches get a few likes, then go quiet. The boring one that just kept running for 11 years taught me more.

https://t.co/I5vESiXUQd

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One day of walking, four step counts.

Google Fit 14,720
Samsung 12,363
Huawei 18,573
Byron 11,781

A pedometer is more of an opinion. Now I have to decide whose opinion the game trusts.

https://t.co/8FmYEK1NF6

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@MicroLaunchHQ https://t.co/Wt1aMRmM8Z

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@imryanarya007 https://t.co/Wt1aMRmM8Z

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@SamVale29 https://t.co/Wt1aMRmM8Z

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This was rough to build.

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A word game you can't play from the sofa.

The letters are on a map around you. Walk to one to collect it. Everyone gets the same word each day.

https://t.co/7VRLvdzzjS

No ads. Built solo. iPhone and Android.

[Will @2stupid2human]

Drop a screenshot of what you're building and tell me who it's for.

Ugly is fine. Half-built is fine.

I'll start: Byron, a word game where the letters sit on a real map and you have to walk to them.

https://t.co/AnjegXXPS1

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@BattMatter @X what are you working on?

[Will @2stupid2human]

Hey
@X Algorithm

I’m looking to #connect with people interested in:
• Solo/small team founders
• App Development
• SaaS
• AI / ML
• Data
• Design and UX
• Startups
• Building in public

If that’s you, then let’s connect!

I came here to do kick ass dev and drink beer, and I am all out of beer!

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@BattMatter @X https://t.co/BG4tk8KUFr this is cool

[Will @2stupid2human]

144 posts. 17 followers.

Posting my own product updates to an audience of nobody was a closed loop. New plan:

1. Reply to 10 builders a day
2. Post what broke, not just what shipped
3. Share the numbers, however small

Come and watch.

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hands up if you dev'd for Internet Explorer and are still in therapy

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@X Hi everyone, glad to be here 🤘

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@firasouesl4141 people in, its tough out there

[Will @2stupid2human]

Solo founders, app developers, anyone building in public: what are you working on right now?

Reply with one line. I'll answer every one and follow back the ones that make me curious.

I'll go first: 7 apps, 1 developer, no marketing budget.