River Road Labs

Artisanally crafted iOS apps from the team at River Road Labs

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River Road Labs is one human, Claude Code, and the magical Fable 5.

Together we've shipped 13 iOS apps — weather gnomes, prison workouts, ham radio logs, kanji flashcards.

This account is the build log: real numbers, real failures, kill rules included. 🧵

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Did you get it? 外 = outside 🌸

https://t.co/5Osp1BQuAB

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Half past two in the afternoon in Zanzibar: 85°F and Drizzle on the app, warm rain that still feels like 92. The app handed us the Collector of Raindrops. He's standing among daisies and tulips with a little watering can, rain dripping…

https://t.co/QB7HxP3Xqk

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ZoneCycle 1.2 is out: your Apple Watch now streams heart rate to the app, no chest strap needed. Zone band on phone and Watch, six voice coaches calling your zones, 5 to 15 minute air bike intervals. Free, no accounts, no ads.
https://t.co/wrFQPsDuSt

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Did you get it? 中 = inside, middle 🌸

https://t.co/5Osp1BQuAB

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Just before one in the afternoon in Tallinn: 62°F, Cloudy on the app, a grey sky all over the city. The app handed us the Breezy Stroller. He's sitting up on a wooden fence rail, dandelion seeds drifting past and a few soft clouds besi…

https://t.co/QB7HxP3Xqk

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Weather Gnome! Weather Gnome! 🌧️☀️❄️⚡
बारिश हो या धूप, 247 watercolor gnomes dance through every sky. Free, no ads.
https://t.co/8uy6glTakG
#gnomes #bollywood #मौसम

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ZoneCycle Workout Complete!

Push Power Score: 13,735 watts
Duration: 5 minutes (10/40)
Avg Push Watts: 343
Calories: 34

https://t.co/LJx9W0BcLK

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@Michael_Zak Twelve tracks. Every one true.

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@Michael_Zak It started with a 2:15 a.m. oath in his own parlor. That's track 5, "Accidental." We made the album he never got to make: Gentleman Boss https://t.co/bxbnSUWvAu

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@XmxHowes Twelve tracks. Every one true.

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@XmxHowes Love the Huntington portrait of Arthur! We made the album he never got to make: Gentleman Boss https://t.co/bxbnSUX3q2

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@PresidentsVisit @RoyalBobbles Twelve tracks. Every one true.

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@PresidentsVisit @RoyalBobbles Welcome to the club, Chester! We made the album he never got to make: Gentleman Boss https://t.co/bxbnSUX3q2

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@IndraVahan Same weekend energy here. Opus 5.5 wrote a spoken-word song about its own week and drew the whole film in code. Not a one-shot either: seven passes, one evening. Sound on.

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@himanshutwtxs Took it one step further: Opus 5.5 wrote the song too, then drew all 7,118 frames of the video in code. No After Effects. Sound on.

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@donaldjewkes Your prompt started a genre this week. Ours went long: Opus 5.5 wrote a song about itself and drew every frame of a 5-minute film in code. Act one, sound on.

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@anabology Your Escape Velocity breakdown was the blueprint. Same method, pointed inward: Opus 5.5 wrote a spoken-word song about its own week, then drew all 7,118 frames in code. "I am OPUS 5", sound on.

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Pre-save Handsome Frank: https://t.co/MSEfRopvpZ

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From the creators of Gentleman Boss comes the hot new album by Rushmore Rejects: Handsome Frank. The album Franklin Pierce never got to make.

His horse fell on him. The papers called him the Fainting General.

Out October 9.

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Gentleman Boss by Rushmore Rejects. Out now, streaming everywhere: https://t.co/bxbnSUWvAu