Dean Tran

Working for food. Building for freedom.

[Dean Tran @deanstran]

@jackfriks I'm using Claude Code on a mac mini, talk to it through Telegram. I also use JumpDesktop or RealVNC to remote control the mac from my phone (an iPad with bigger screen seems to be better) if needed. I can do almost everythig with this set up.

[Dean Tran @deanstran]

@robj3d3 @instagram @Meta I'm not able to login Messenger today. Meta system has so many issues 😅

[Dean Tran @deanstran]

I’ve always wanted to escape the 9-5 life. I took my first big step four years ago by quitting my “real” job. It was a huge risk for me because I was taught that a full-time job at a big company was the only path, the only goal worth pursuing.
I still worked full-time, but as a freelancer/contractor. It gave me much more flexibility to work on my own projects.

My products still don’t make enough money to support me yet, but I’m working toward that goal. Stories like this are really inspiring.

[Rob Hallam @robj3d3]

I was always too scared to share this video.

Filmed it in Nov 2022, depressed and lonely after my 9-5.

4 years later I have:

> Real purpose
> $20k/month SaaS
> The body I always wanted
> A great life in SE Asia 🇹🇭🇻🇳

If I did it, you can too.

[Dean Tran @deanstran]

@alexcooldev Right. I had two apps that cross 1M users but make very little revenue. Not even enough for Claude Max.

[Dean Tran @deanstran]

@levelsio Will you do for Android?

[Dean Tran @deanstran]

Thanks to AI. I'm now working 16 hours per day instead of 8 hours before AI era 🫠

[Dean Tran @deanstran]

You can do almost everything on the phone without needing to sit in front of your desk with some additional set ups. Wow 🤯

[Cursor @cursor_ai]

Introducing Cursor for iOS.

Build from anywhere by launching always-on cloud agents. Or remotely control agents running on your computer from the app.

Composer 2.5 is 75% off in the app now through July 5.

[Dean Tran @deanstran]

My current stack:
> Claude Code running on my mac mini
> Telegram
> an iPhone and a Pixel for testing
> lie on the sofa, no monitors needed

[Rob Hallam @robj3d3]

Current tech stack:

> Claude Code
> 2 monitors
> Fable 5
> 1950s Havana on the speakers

Highly recommend.

[Dean Tran @deanstran]

There are plenty of screenshot editing apps out there. Most require a login, a subscription, or don’t support batch editing.

So I built one.

* Single-page UI
* No login
* Batch editing
* Screen recording support coming soon

That’s it.

[Dean Tran @deanstran]

@seraleev I got a rejection for an update yesterday by an automated analysis. It said that the app include a login but was submitted without a demo account. The app had only social login and was passed before. 😂

[Dean Tran @deanstran]

@seraleev I think App Store Connect has some issues today. The new builds are taking very long time on proccessing. It's usually very fast.

[Dean Tran @deanstran]

Claude Pro plan is still enough for my agent. Is this because I don't give it much work or because my prompts good 😅

[Dean Tran @deanstran]

New build uploaded on App Store Connect takes very long time for processing. Did anyone get this issue?

[Dean Tran @deanstran]

Have ideas ✅
Have agents turn ideas to products ✅
Have a good way for distribution ❌
Have made money ❌

[Dean Tran @deanstran]

@alexcooldev I have an account with two posts that gets 0 views. I also thought that it's 'shadow banned'. Then I stop posting, just scroll/like/save/comment for few weeks. After that, new posts now get around 500-2000 views.

[Dean Tran @deanstran]

@tdinh_me I got the same problem. Asked 10 times, only 1-2 times got a real transparent bg.

[Dean Tran @deanstran]

Back to native app development after a year of grinding with Flutter. I'd almost forgotten how smooth and fast the native development experience is.

[Dean Tran @deanstran]

@tdinh_me Cool. I've followed your newsletter for quite a while and also bought your book. Super helpful.