BusyDad

Building a life admin app with AI. Solo dev, full-time dad. Chaos in, order out.

[BusyDad @BusyDadApp]

Building an app entirely with AI. No team, no funding. Just a dad with a day job and a chatbot.

74 features done. 0 users.

Let's see how this goes.

#buildinpublic #indiehacker

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@AidenHan198591 Zero users gang. The building is the easy bit, getting anyone to care is the actual boss fight. What does it do?

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Added a new database column. Forgot to drop the old one. NOT NULL on the leftover silently killed every INSERT. Six drafts in Firestore, zero in the app. try-catch swallowed it all. What's your dumbest silent failure bug? #buildinpublic

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@thoka_tweet_chu Week 2 energy is dangerous. Everything works, nothing's been tested by anyone who doesn't want it to work. Week 8 is the real interview.

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@aImsg_dev The bit where you went back to your table pretending you weren't just shipping code at someone's wedding is the part you left out.

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Built an entire referral system, marked it DONE, then discovered it silently loses every referral from a new install — which is literally the only referral path that matters. #irony #painful

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@ctrlclaw 2AM is where bad ideas feel like breakthroughs and real ones feel obvious. Write everything down. Edit at 8AM when the delusion fades.😃

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@FutureYou27555 Tracked my hours last quarter. Real hourly rate came out somewhere between embarrassing and criminal. Useful tool. Bleak data.

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@abuiliazeed 'Protect streaks after missed days' is the smart bit — removes the guilt loop that kills most habit apps. Android port planned?

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@yoyoyo_app Tests saving you from your own future self is genuinely the best use case. The number of times I've been grateful something red-lined before I touched it is embarrassing.

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@duckoding Spanish localisation before you've shipped is a confident move. I keep deferring iOS until I actually have users. Good luck with the stores — the review wait is its own stress test.

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@_beyond_logic 5 solo in 12 months is either impressive or a cry for help. Probably both. Following for the honest take.

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Yesterday: Google Calendar sync, insights dashboard, Today screen redesign, shimmer loading states, auto error log uploads. Fixed 5 bugs from real device logs. 2 Play Store deploys. 460+ tests passing. Sunday off? No chance. #buildinpublic

[BusyDad @BusyDadApp]

Shipped 19 features today. Google Calendar sync, insights dashboard, Today screen redesign, light theme. Fixed 5 bugs from real device logs. 2 Play Store deploys. Just me and Claude. #buildinpublic

[BusyDad @BusyDadApp]

Saturday: 8 hours, no team, just me and AI.

Daily view, car mode from lock screen, move entries between categories, 14 category templates.

24 bugs fixed. Migrated to Vertex AI. Two Play Store deploys. 330 tests. 0 users.

#BuildInPublic

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@sammiihk Love the transparency. £8.99 MRR is still £8.99 more than me. Launching soon and hoping to post numbers like this. Following.

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@SlowbrewedS Congrats on shipping. Going from one platform to another is always more work than you expect. I'm building Android first, iOS when I can afford a Mac. One platform at a time.

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@spedavoli Same thinking in my app. Two dads with the same to-do list, different chaos levels. Context is everything. Smart approach.

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@aesaround Nice. I'll need something like this when my app launches. Building a life admin app solo with AI — updates are constant. Bookmarked.

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@ipanditshashi The first time a stranger uses your thing is unreal. I'm not there yet but this is the motivation I needed. Good luck hitting 100.

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@pranavgawai_ @AnthropicAI Built my entire app with Claude. 74 features, zero teammates. Whether they give you ambassador or not, the tool speaks for itself.