@ariv.se on Bluesky (not on this app anymore)

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🍬 Product Director, game engine @king_games

Previous: PM/DevRel @spotify, @EmbarkStudios

[Oskar Groth @oskargroth]

Huge milestone for Backdrop: we’ve now surpassed 2,000 approved submissions!

Thanks to our community for making Backdrop the largest native live wallpaper platform on macOS.

[Oskar Groth @oskargroth]

Backdrop 2.5 is here. One of the biggest updates yet:

• Playlists - create your own curated collections
• Advanced multi-display controls
• Motion Filter - find slower or more dynamic Backdrops by scene motion
• Refined UI across the entire app
• 500+ new Backdrops

The ultimate app for animated live wallpapers on macOS.

[Oskar Groth @oskargroth]

But here's the thing: 2 years ago I did not know any of this

I was a Mac dev building my app in Swift and realised that Paddle had retired their license product (Paddle Classic). I needed an alternative that was tailored for my needs, but there was none

The lesson: The value of being a general product engineer

It turns out that if you break out from your self-imposed limitations of being an "iOS engineer", "frontend developer" or "designer", and just view yourself as a generalist that can tackle anything

...you can just build things.

If anything it just gets easier the more you broaden your expertise. You become so much more empowered doing this VS becoming some hardcore expert on a single thing

[Oskar Groth @oskargroth]

Announcing Backdrop 2.0 – World First Custom Video Wallpapers on your Mac Lock Screen

https://t.co/bezMbNcZv8

[Oskar Groth @oskargroth]

Backdrop wallpapers, coming soon to your Mac Lock Screen 👀

[Oskar Groth @oskargroth]

Are you building an app? I’m an indie dev with 11 years experience building apps for Apple platforms (primarily macOS).

I’ll share any advice I can give you for free in this thread. No courses, no books, no baits. Just free mentoring.

Drop your app and AMA.

[@ariv.se on Bluesky (not on this app anymore) @AriVanider]

I've hopped over to the other app: https://t.co/w2WHmFCDkX

[Cindori @cindoriapps]

🔥 Our Black Friday sale is back! Get the best deal of the year – 50% off on all of our apps for a limited time #macapps #apple #apps #macos #blackfriday https://t.co/RIznldJ4G0

[@ariv.se on Bluesky (not on this app anymore) @AriVanider]

@oskargroth Cozy spot in the garden 🌿🌿😭😭

[Cindori @cindoriapps]

🎉 Happy Thanksgiving! We're celebrating our 9-year anniversary as an indie Mac app company. We're so grateful to be part of an amazing community of users and fellow creators.

Don't miss our 50% Black Friday sale: https://t.co/McjTtwYq4g

How it started VS How it's going 👇

[@ariv.se on Bluesky (not on this app anymore) @AriVanider]

@oskargroth 👏

[Oskar Groth @oskargroth]

Purchasing Twitter and then immediately, during an ongoing election, start posting tweets to “recommend voters” on what to vote on is just disgusting behavior. With great power comes great responsibility etc

[@ariv.se on Bluesky (not on this app anymore) @AriVanider]

@oskargroth Where can I preorder

[@ariv.se on Bluesky (not on this app anymore) @AriVanider]

Life update alert!

🍬 This week I started as a Sr. Product Manager at @King_Games, working on the game engine that powers @CandyCrushSaga and a dozen other games. Really surreal working on a product installed on literally billions of devices 👀

#lifeatking

[@ariv.se on Bluesky (not on this app anymore) @AriVanider]

@cindoriapps @joogps 🤩 so pretty

[@ariv.se on Bluesky (not on this app anymore) @AriVanider]

@_phzn Oh no :( I'll keep my eyes out and let me know if you need any intros.

[Sketch @sketch]

Designers are made, not born 🧑‍💻

Everyone struggles. Don’t throw in the towel because you think you lack the knowledge or talent. Take @oskargroth, for example. He started his career as a programmer. But to create his app, Sensei, he needed to learn how to design. And he did!

[@ariv.se on Bluesky (not on this app anymore) @AriVanider]

@endocrimes An award-winning expansion, even