Michael Szumielewski

App developer at VisualHype working on health & fitness apps.
@VisualHypeApps

[Michael Szumielewski @visu]

In Germany, the maxed out 14-inch MacBook Pro (2 TB storage) was 6.074 € in March, now it's 7.659 € 💸

[Michael Szumielewski @visu]

Good to see @ylecun's AI startup being located in Europe. Hope they make it, and EU regulations & labor laws don't slow them down too much.

[Yann LeCun @ylecun]

Unveiling our new startup Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI Labs).
We just completed our seed round: $1.03B / 890M€, one the largest seeds ever, probably the largest for a European company.
We're hiring!

[the background image is the Veil Nebula - a picture I took from my backyard, most appropriate for an unveiling]

More details here:
https://t.co/eWHyGLXwCA

[Michael Szumielewski @visu]

@OpenAI worst startup name ever

[Michael Szumielewski @visu]

While tracking my MacBook delivery, I learnt about a random Chinese city with 20m inhabitants. Most of us couldn't name ten cities in China.

[Michael Szumielewski @visu]

Crazy story. Btw, the BlackBerry movie from 2023 is surprisingly good 👍

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

Research In Motion was founded on this day in 1984.

It launched the BlackBerry in 1999.

Sales then rose nearly 90,000% over a 12 year period, peaking in 2011.

Since then, sales are down 97% and Apple’s revenue has risen 300%.

[Michael Szumielewski @visu]

The @RevenueCat State of Subscription Apps 2026 report is out! Time to check how embarrassingly bad your apps are performing compared to the benchmarks 😅
#SOSA2026

[RevenueCat @RevenueCat]

There's loads of industry reports out there, but only one is built on the world’s largest dataset for subscription apps 🌍 📊

Analyzed from 115,000+ apps and over $16 billion revenue, the State of Subscription Apps 2026 covers everything you need to know about the state of the market, industry shifts, and user behavior.

Get it now at https://t.co/9XJH3U1vrw 🔗

Follow the thread for what’s new this year 🧵

[Michael Szumielewski @visu]

Interesting observation. More code means more surface area for bugs, more to review, and more to maintain down the road.

[Kilian Lieret @KLieret]

Bloated patches: LM generated solutions of SWE-bench tasks are consistently longer than human-written gold solutions (and it's not just comments) 🧵

[Michael Szumielewski @visu]

@arielmichaeli We will see. The models are really good, but they definitely need to step up their marketing. They are riding a nice wave of sympathy because of the DoW thing right now.

[Michael Szumielewski @visu]

Claude is having a moment 🚀

[Ariel from Appfigures @arielmichaeli]

I'm speechless!

Claude's daily app revenue, after store fees, went from < $100K to almost $800K in the last year.

Look at that 🚀

[Michael Szumielewski @visu]

Just ordered the new Apple MacBook Pro. M5 Max, 18‑Core CPU, 40‑Core GPU, 16‑Core Neural Engine, 128 GB RAM, 2 TB SSD. Wow, what a machine. Maybe this will let me use Xcode previews again 😅

[Michael Szumielewski @visu]

Cudos to Apple for not raising memory prices for the new MacBook Pros. Great for customers, but this will probably eat into margins. RAM prices have skyrocketed since the end of 2025.

[Michael Szumielewski @visu]

People who say Apple is missing the AI revolution because they don't invest heavily in capex are missing that Macs are by far the best choice to run local LLMs and do AI work.

[Michael Szumielewski @visu]

One cool thing about vibe coding is how fast we can do side projects now and quickly realize how stupid & useless most ideas are.

[Michael Szumielewski @visu]

Gave my @openclaw bot access to my old Kraken account with a few bucks left. Told him that he can do whatever he wants. Even promised to buy him a Mac mini if he makes a lot of money.
The result: He immediately went full retard and bought $PEPE coins with all the account's funds 😂
Up +15% so far 💸

[Michael Szumielewski @visu]

Hey OpenClaw, build an autonomous paperclip factory. Ensure continuous paperclip production. Maximize output.

[Michael Szumielewski @visu]

Ah yes, the yearly ritual when people get fitness trackers for Christmas and all the companion apps are at the top of the charts for a few days 🎅🏼

[Michael Szumielewski @visu]

@ngolos @appfigures I recently got back into it, it‘s fun 🙂

[Michael Szumielewski @visu]

After years of relatively low new app submissions, 2025 saw a significant increase.
AI-assisted app development, new app ideas integrating AI, marketing channels like TikTok & Instagram, and subscriptions are all good reasons to get back into the game.
It's a great time to build! 🚀

[Michael Szumielewski @visu]

You are absolutely right.

[TechRadar @techradar]

Logitech’s CEO has called AI gadgets “solutions looking for a problem,” and judging by the online backlash, most people think even that’s putting it politely. https://t.co/dQM3EjDTut

[VisualHype @VisualHypeApps]

Our beloved Power Nap App is finally back in the App Store!

Power naps of less than 30 minutes restore wakefulness and promote performance and learning. Enjoy your daily naps while listening to relaxing sleep sounds and get new energy for your stressful day in a scientifically proven way.