Most Android apps get deleted within days — not because they're broken, but because users have no reason to stay.
Downloads don't matter. Retention does.
Solve one real problem, nail the first 60 seconds, and respect users' attention 📱
Most App Store rejections aren't about bad apps — they're about missing test credentials, broken login flows, and skipped privacy policies.
Slow down, read Apple's guidelines fully, and test on real devices before you submit 📱
#iOSDevelopment
90% of apps never make real money.
Not because of bad code — because devs build products, not businesses.
I had thousands of downloads and almost zero revenue. The fix: stop asking "how do I monetize?" and start asking "what would someone happily pay for monthly?" 🎯
My first app didn't fail because I couldn't code.
It failed because I built 47 features before asking one question: "Who is this actually for?"
7 painful lessons from shipping (and failing) that no tutorial teaches 🔥
Anthropic accidentally shipped Claude Code with .map files on npm. 2,000 TypeScript files, 512K lines of source, internal prompts, and unreleased features like "Undercover Mode" — all public.
A single missing CI check. 84K GitHub stars on the mirror in hours.
77% of users abandon apps within 3 days. Not because of bugs — because they didn't see value in 30 seconds.
The fix: skip the tutorial, show the core feature instantly, and ask for permissions only when needed.
Retention beats downloads every time 🔥
Your side project isn't stuck because you're lazy. It's stuck because you're too capable.
You keep adding features instead of shipping. Perfectionism isn't quality—it's fear of judgment.
Pick one feature. Set a date. Ship it messy 🚀
Vite 7.0 hits 31 million weekly npm downloads (up 14M in 7 months). Drops Node 18 support, requires 20.19+/22.12+, ships ESM-only. New browser target: 'baseline-widely-available'. First in-person ViteConf Oct 9-10 in Amsterdam.
HTTP status codes decoded with emojis 🚀
1xx: Keep going 🟢
2xx: Success ✅
3xx: Redirect 🔁
4xx: You messed up ❌
5xx: Server broke 💥
Bonus: 418 I'm a teapot 🫖 (yes, it's real!)
Save this guide for debugging your APIs!
React ecosystem update: TanStack Router 1.121 is now just a Vite plugin, React Native 0.80 brings 12% faster iOS builds, and Vite 7.0 drops Node 18 support while adding Rolldown bundler. Big moves across the stack.
React custom hooks extract reusable logic from components, making code cleaner and more maintainable. useDebounce stops unnecessary API calls, useClickOutside detects external clicks, useFetch handles loading/error states. Stop writing the same boilerplate!
After 8+ years with CSS, I just found sibling-count()—it lets you size elements based on their number of siblings! No more JavaScript for dynamic layouts. Check the thread for 6 more CSS game-changers! 🧵 #CSS#WebDev#Frontend
React Native 0.82 is here and it’s a game-changer: Legacy Architecture is gone, everyone’s on New Arch, Hermes V1 boosts performance, React 19.1.1 fixes debugging, DOM Node APIs go native, and debugOptimized flies. Ready to upgrade? #ReactNative#MobileDev