m@ttias ⚡️

Building @OhDearApp.

[m@ttias ⚡️ @mattiasgeniar]

@tmdpw It's a tradeoff indeed, since the app targets "normal people" i think this is a good way to explain some UI concepts

Power users/IT folks might not like it idd, but they're probably not the main target audience

[m@ttias ⚡️ @mattiasgeniar]

I like UIs that are minimal & clean, but it can make it difficult for your users to find features. For Snapkin, the first time the app asks a follow-up question to a meal, there's a clean animation drawing attention to it.

Just once, click anywhere to dismiss it.

[m@ttias ⚡️ @mattiasgeniar]

@WyriHaximus Beautiful

[m@ttias ⚡️ @mattiasgeniar]

@PovilasKorop Which makes @maxecc 's case curious: if you master paid advertising (aka "sales"?), it should be a superpower

[m@ttias ⚡️ @mattiasgeniar]

2018: “I want to make a living drop shipping”

2022: “I want to make a living day trading”

2026: “ I want to make a living vibing apps”

Every few years, a perceived get-rich-with-little-effort new idea goes viral

This is the year of the apps

[Max @maxecc]

I’m giving up on apps

It was always my dream to get my wife out a job with an app to replace her income

I got one to 3kMRR and then it collapsed

For this reason I’m giving up.

I’ve got 6+ years experience Google Ads in SaaS

I manage $4M+ in spend a year

So I’m going to start taking clients and become a services agency instead.

I just crave doing work I’m actually good at instead of fcking around with software with my mid skillset

I genuinely think I can achieve my goal this way within 12 months, but it will be harder work, more stress and commitment.

I’m done playing in the entrepreneur sandpit.

It’s time to grow up.

[m@ttias ⚡️ @mattiasgeniar]

And they only make their money selling the courses - never the product itself 🤷🏽‍♂️

[wilburpowery @wilburpowery]

@mattiasgeniar People get fooled by these personalities online that have a huge following, build very shit apps and make crazy money. It’s all like a cult nowadays.

[m@ttias ⚡️ @mattiasgeniar]

@deanwithani @takibibase @UneedLists Upvoted!

[Deian Isac @deanwithani]

@takibibase is live on @UneedLists today, go and upvote it

https://t.co/R0zqceE6I1

[m@ttias ⚡️ @mattiasgeniar]

@DanielLockyer Make that time graph trend down! 💪

[m@ttias ⚡️ @mattiasgeniar]

@NanneWielinga was tempted to do that too, but then you're saying "€9.99" and the user sees "€12.10" in the app, i think it instantly kills trust?

[m@ttias ⚡️ @mattiasgeniar]

Something I didn't fully appreciate about B2B: pricing your product is super simple

B2C = a messy world of VAT, since you want to charge the same everywhere and that user does pay VAT

[m@ttias ⚡️ @mattiasgeniar]

@sergehere Was thinking about doing the same, but then you advertise X and every user in the app says Y - not a concern? was even thinking it might get the app rejected by apple

[m@ttias ⚡️ @mattiasgeniar]

Something I didn't fully appreciate about B2B: pricing your product is super simple

B2C = a messy world of VAT, since you want to charge the same everywhere and that user does pay VAT

[m@ttias ⚡️ @mattiasgeniar]

@kentcdodds cannot un-see this misalignment 🙈

[m@ttias ⚡️ @mattiasgeniar]

This means your margins change per country, so any ad budget or investment has to weigh in the country of the buyer 🤯

[m@ttias ⚡️ @mattiasgeniar]

Yeah ... goodbye 😂

[m@ttias ⚡️ @mattiasgeniar]

@mholt6 Those are the worst 😂

[m@ttias ⚡️ @mattiasgeniar]

The scariest thing you can do: send an app you’re building to your close friends & family, asking to test

Selling to strangers: no problem!

Asking people near you: feels vulnerable 😬

[m@ttias ⚡️ @mattiasgeniar]

@jhhazelaar Its AI Dutch 😂

More Netherlands than Belgian/Flemish though

[m@ttias ⚡️ @mattiasgeniar]

Sending out a next batch of beta invites to Snapkin this afternoon, get on the waiting list if you want in 👀

https://t.co/Cx34JVOREP

[m@ttias ⚡️ @mattiasgeniar]

@jhhazelaar What should it be named?