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Building @HeyMootApp an organic social growth iOS app

[Trung HQ @codeonsunday]

@AlxTurovski How do they adapt AI? Do you give them bigger tasks?

[Trung HQ @codeonsunday]

@TahaTesser Oh great, I never think about fine tuning a model. Just tuning the prompt and flow here and there. What is your use case? What makes you decide to fine tune it?

[Trung HQ @codeonsunday]

The only advantage of remote jobs is the price, most of them can’t cover a larger scope.

I’m a remote dev too but my work is a little bit different because I need to manage my own tasks and and work closely with the client who are founders to define the scope and give advices, so I feel clearly how difficult it is for a normal dev to extend their scope of work to what i do 👀

[Trung HQ @codeonsunday]

@huyphamm85 this is gonna look so good

[Trung HQ @codeonsunday]

@AlxTurovski how do you sleep 😆

[Trung HQ @codeonsunday]

@huyphamm85 respect for not quitting, I have a feeling that you will be the next Vietnamese solo founder idol 👀

[Trung HQ @codeonsunday]

@martinrue lol love it. i once worked from a convenience store and felt so alive 🫡

[Trung HQ @codeonsunday]

@ipinak Yes i will base on the data and the understanding about current users base

[Trung HQ @codeonsunday]

If you want to change the vibe (UI / UX) of the product completely, build a new product line, or you must make sure that you researched enough and accepted the risk that some existing users will leave when you changed the look to target a different market segment.

This is a golden lesson for all of us, thanks man.

[jack friks @jackfriks]

last week i pushed an update to my couples app with 1,000+ monthly active users

i have been SO HYPE about it, i think its 100x better

but some of the reviews from active users say otherwise, so far...

[Trung HQ @codeonsunday]

@VanpeltVentures happy birthday man 🫶

[Trung HQ @codeonsunday]

Haha I asked it to refactored the codebase for my iOS app several days ago because it can’t run quick unit tests without the simulator. It went the same way as yours: split the codebase into a core part and a UI part.

This is a very popular pattern in Android or Flutter (talking about architectural pattern now seems weird to me), not sure why Swift default to entangle all in one 😆

Oh I miss the old days when devs designed the codebase carefully 🥲

[Trung HQ @codeonsunday]

@ann_nnng i decided to remove the AI reply feature from my app, but as one who built that, i can tell there is no way to differentiate it with a real human, especially when i added it a memory

[Trung HQ @codeonsunday]

@eliana_jordan well said, sounds like Vietnam

[Trung HQ @codeonsunday]

Me too! When I want a new feature, I started with Claude Code in the project to define the spec, then I start a new Claude design session to turn the spec into design in a single art board of my app. Then I come back to Claude Code to break down tasks from spec and design and have it working on all at once

[Trung HQ @codeonsunday]

@adriamatz Yes! Saw it today and it’s insaneee

[Trung HQ @codeonsunday]

@adriamatz Haha this is me last month but different game

[Trung HQ @codeonsunday]

Genuine way to get 5 star feedback

[cristian rus @CristianRus4]

Left has over 2.8K reviews on the App Store, with a 4.7 rating

my method for getting reviews is simple and it works. no dodgy tricks. it respects Apple's guidelines and the user experience, and you don't need to measure and stress with "aha! moments" or reward triggers

I tried all of that before and honestly I don't think any of it worked. the biggest jump in reviews (and in positive ones) came in the last few months, after this change, I know because I track it

here's how:

1. make a "What's New?" screen that shows after major updates. not after every update, only a few times a year, when you ship something big like a major new feature. I version my app as 2026.XX.YY so whenever XX changes it appears this screen

2. make your own review screen. show reviews from other users and community proof (if you have them!)

3. connect the two. show the review screen right after the "What's New?" screen every time, unless the user is in a cooldown because they already left a review

this gets you 5 stars almost every time because:
- it never interrupts someone while they're actually using the app
- it shows up right after good news about new features, which shows you care about the app
- only people who actually use your app see it, because no one else opens the app after an update

two more tips:
- notice the "Send feedback" button under the CTA button, pretty explanatory
- after rating, people can close the screen or tap the CTA button again. it now says "Write a review", so they can add a written review if they want. never force it

try it and let me know how it goes!

[Trung HQ @codeonsunday]

@anshrathodfr Yes don’t ever do it 😂

[Trung HQ @codeonsunday]

@farrux_hewson Believe in you mate!