Jorge

Senior software developer with a passion for building and learning.
Currently building

[Jorge @codebyjorge]

After years of building software, I finally shipped something of my own.

TickTod is my first iOS app. Its a visual timer I built to help my kids understand time and move through brushing teeth, cleanup, bedtime, and everyday transitions more calmly.

It went live last week, and I have been fixing the smaller things before sharing it properly.

It is not making money yet, but this app is also a way for me to learn the full process of building, releasing, improving and marketing something of my own.

I’ll share the real journey here: product decisions, App Store experiments, mistakes, updates, hopefully revenue, and what actually works.

Try TickTod:
https://t.co/PslcBWAkca

[Jorge @codebyjorge]

I just upgraded to the $100 Codex plan, but this built-in iOS Simulator view in Claude Code is insanely useful and makes me want to rethink my decision.

@thsottiaux @Dimillian would this be something that can be added to codex?

This and Claude Design are honestly the only two things keeping me coming back to Claude.

[Jorge @codebyjorge]

Has coding with agents made anyone else unable to switch off?

Knowing I can build almost anything has my brain constantly jumping to the next idea. It’s exciting, but also exhausting

[Jorge @codebyjorge]

Seems like Apple ads might have helped a bit but still no revenue.

Next step: UGC

[Jorge @codebyjorge]

@pcshipp Man I feel the exact same way.
Being a developer and having to use marketing skills to sell what you build is not fun at all but without it you probably won't be able to keep having fun building.

[Jorge @codebyjorge]

@TinaMrak I think I'm not alone here buy I'm stuck on how to market my iOS app using UGC.

[Jorge @codebyjorge]

600+ commits in 5 months working on average about 2 hours a day.

The craziest part is I wrote probably 2% of the code there.

Crazy but exciting times

[Jorge @codebyjorge]

@aryanlabde Do you think this depends on the app.
I am currently building an app for parents and I've seen hard paywalls hurt conversions for these kind of apps.

https://t.co/4bcbLHqpc6 currently testing dremkum, getting some reviews and with more data ab test hard paywalls with trial

[Jorge @codebyjorge]

@ahmedgagan11 This sounds interesting.
When you say UGC do you mean paying for so.eome to promote your app or doing your own.

And if so do you have some advise for newbies like me with no marketing experience.

[Jorge @codebyjorge]

I found this expo post super useful to achieve just that although for this specific https://t.co/5EcSnbOhre using custom skills since I'm going the ios native route

[Expo @expo]

📖 Install dev and production side by side with app variants
✍️ @entiendoNULL

https://t.co/RO5iB2Gf2Q

[Jorge @codebyjorge]

Seems like @theo approach is multiplying even in other apps 😅.

I do find this to be very helpful while building and debugging. Plus Expo and some custom xcode skills for native builds make this so much easier

[Theo - t3.gg @theo]

Oh no they’re multiplying

[Jorge @codebyjorge]

@heysatya_ Bro these are sick screenshots.
Congrats this app will be a hit

[Jorge @codebyjorge]

@cinamarina Congrats this is so exciting.

[Jorge @codebyjorge]

Well it seems it's time.
I have done 5.8B tokens since January mostly on the $20 codex plan and now is time to supercharge that with pro plan.

Let's see how far we get now with more usage and less waiting.
@ChatGPT

[Jorge @codebyjorge]

@jackfriks @postbridge_ Curious how you track this.
Is this a custom app you have or just GSC

[Jorge @codebyjorge]

@kedytcom couples

[Jorge @codebyjorge]

Hey founders, what has been your best strategy for marketing your apps in TickTock and Instagram?

Do you make a dedicated account for the app, your own account for all products, or something else?

Is that even a thing that matters or what matters most is the content around it?

[Jorge @codebyjorge]

@jackfriks @marclou @levelsio @robj3d3 Yes I love these videos.
You are an inspiration and a fellow Canadian so even better.

Let's go to the red app and enjoy this video

[Jorge @codebyjorge]

I think it depends how you do it. If by building in public you mean share the whole path from start to finish and get your ideas stolen or copied by other then yeah.

I find that if you share your progress and use the community to learn and get feedback that is still very valuable and very much alive

[Jorge @codebyjorge]

💯
One of the reasons I spend so much time here is because of this.

There is always a few exceptions but mostly I find lots of ambitious people who are willing the help and share their real experience and feedback

It's just a matter of choosing the right audience and ignoring those who are here to just add negativity to your life