Ed

Documenting my journey on how to build and create apps for iOS from scratch!

All glory to Jesus!!

[⌭ ROSS @rossark0]

FOUNDERS WON'T DIE.

If you're scared of AI advances, think with me:

AI can write the code, draft the copy, pull the numbers
But it CAN'T decide WHAT to build. That part is yours.

- AI wants nothing.
- Has no taste of its own.
- Can't hold a relationship.

That's the whole moat.

[Ed @buildingwithed]

These last 2 weeks have been crazy

I’ve decided to go all in with building my app solo, I had a cofounder with my first startup, but for some reason, I wanted to do this alone, and I decided that I was gonna do it

All glory to Jesus and always grateful for these opportunities

[Ed @buildingwithed]

First time vibecoding for my new app and wooow, now I understand why everyone was hyped

I designed most of the screens for my new app adi and started with Cursor and Claude with Xcode as the preview and I gotta say, this is amazing!!!

[Boardy @boardyai]

Marketing your startup on X

[Aden Libin @adengpt]

https://t.co/QCkGBOiwn9

[Jeremy @JeremyLasne]

https://t.co/eVRu0SCKfX

[Ed @buildingwithed]

@JorgeMvrfil hii

[Ed @buildingwithed]

@boardyai that’s literally what I’m doing lol

[Ed @buildingwithed]

everyone is a creator

[⌭ ROSS @rossark0]

$40k MRR in 2025 → $0 MRR 12 months later.

@mes28io is one of the realest people I’ve met on X.
peak founder. great guy and legit. he figured out the part most people never do.

→ not FAILURE, but LOW AIM, is the CRIME
→ in great attempts, even failure is glorious

if you’re scared to build your app because it might fail:

keep going.

NEVER give up on YOUR vision.
keep sailing.

[Ed @buildingwithed]

@SofiaMarin5555 I feel what you’re saying, it feels weird not to work sometimes, like guilty lol

[Ernesto Lopez @ErnestoSOFTWARE]

This article will literally take our app
To $100k/mo

App founders who didn’t read this will regret it in 2 years 😭

[Ed @buildingwithed]

it's also weird bc I have 2 followers lol

[Ed @buildingwithed]

These last days I've been designing the key screens of my app, I know I probably shouldn't focus on this right now, but I do feel the UI it's important...

I'm so excited to share soon!!

[Ed @buildingwithed]

btw, I'm trying to get used to post everyday here lol, I'm not really used to do that bc I'm always so locked in working, but it's really nice tho

[⌭ ROSS @rossark0]

30+ onboarding steps in https://t.co/2n4mmujMTp.
6,500 users started. 4,800 reached the paywall.

~26% drop across the entire flow.
@adapty avg drop across full onboarding: 40-50%.

here's what is keeping it flat:
→ guide users to understand their OWN problem
→ ORDER / TIMING beats screen count
→ teaching screens, not qualifying surveys
→ value shipped at every step

so, yes! go LONG. LONG ONBOARDING prints.
let users feel seen before they pay.

give it a try.

[Ed @buildingwithed]

good design is making something intelligible and memorable, and great design is making something memorable and meaningful

[Ed @buildingwithed]

@rossark0 those look great fr

[Ryan Gambrell @RyanOlunix]

Well…

There’s no turning back now