Austin Graham Amento

Dad of 2 shipping indie apps nights & weekends. PocketMacro · The SoloQuest · Math Buddies. Ex-coffee pro ☕

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@pcshipp Im with you and in the same boat trying to figure it out

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Had so much fun with the different Pokemon Survivor games that I made one for D&D. https://t.co/NuGowoCgtw
Still a work in progress but having fun with it! Let me know what features I should work on next

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@MaximLevoshin Father of three girls here,
Been building https://t.co/MBlYYiOM5A with them!

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@Rikaichii1 Solo is a dangerous rabbit hole in the best way. A tamagotchi system where you draw your own pets is such a fun twist. Does the pet's mood change the rolls, or is it more of a companion that reacts to the story?

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@idcfoplz Most still work the old way if you skip the photo buttons: barcode scan or search, plus a kitchen scale. Full disclosure, I build one with on-device AI so I'm biased, but scale plus barcode is still the most accurate route.

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@oscarg908 Same boat, building is the easy part. Honestly, the only posts of mine that got real reach were personal ones about why I built the app (a math game for my kids), not feature lists. A real reason plus a screenshot has beaten launch announcements for me so far.

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@theo worked on me lol

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@Jonny_Dean That’s awesome!
My girls are 8, 9 and 11
They love the different outfits for their characters
They really enjoy that I’ve put their pets into the game!

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@MatthewBerman It’s pretty impressive
Just been running non stop on @FreebuffHQ and replatforming one of my projects haha

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@server_severr I’ve been working on https://t.co/ElykYbrUti because I wanted some ai features without the subscription

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@petergyang Really enjoying my first few takes. Thanks for sharing

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@ProductHunt Ai features no subscription
https://t.co/ElykYbrUti

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@gpbulkin Same setup here: day job, apps at night, two kids. Curious what your long-running agent workflow looks like. Do you hand them a spec and check in the morning, or babysit them?

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@ericbuildsio Release notes are one of the few App Store spots real users actually read. One line per change, written as what's different for them, beats "bug fixes and performance improvements" every time.

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@dgajsek The hidden-bacon problem is real. A photo can't see under the rice. That's why I made PocketMacro give a range with a confidence level instead of one fake-precise number, and let you type a line to correct it. Voice notes into Cronometer is a smart hack though.

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@Andrew51786 Respect, dad to dad. I built one for my daughters too. The thing that clicked for me is that a trail tells a kid what to do next, and a dashboard doesn't. What finally got the tables to stick for your son?

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@jamescartegca Agreed, and with kids it matters even more. One wrong answer key and they learn the app can't be trusted. Did you check all 123 by hand or script a verifier?

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@deepaksonar911 I built https://t.co/ElykYbrUti it’s a fully local ai calorie tracker. One time purchase no subscriptions ever

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@jadenarthurgray Congrats on shipping, that review wait is brutal. I built one too (PocketMacro). Photos can't see the oil, so I went with ranges. How are you handling estimates?