Dom

31. Full-time job. 2 kids. Early mornings. Building mobile apps on the side until I make it. No hacks - just pure focus, everyday.

[Dom @DomHere_]

Getting a health related app is horrible.

Google - anything, no problem.

Apple - nope.

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@FarhadAhmad30 Exactly the same really. No iCloud account needed and 2FA you can get on your main phone or on the same phone

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How I set up US TikTok accounts(+ warmup) for iPhone:

1. Create US iCloud(sms verification for 0.50$: https://t.co/Ae5RGjuFYx) Region: US. Timezone: New York.

2. Create Gmail account(I create on an Android phone, no SMS verification needed, saved 0.50$)

Continued below👇

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OpenAI basically gave the blueprint on what people want from AI, time to make apps targeting biggest %

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@null_deref I feel like knowing this helps a lot to move away from developer mindset

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Finally. Reason #1 why developers are not good entrepreneurs. (and how to fix that)

I've been a developer for 17 years now.

I started doing marketing and then it hit me: developers are dopamine addicts.

Change font, change color, add button = instant dopamine hit.

But when doing marketing there are no such things like instant dopamine hits... that's why developers end up creating more features, fixing bugs no one cares about or just updating design without actually getting more users.

I started making mobile apps 4 months ago, I've been in the same loop.

How I am fixing it and breaking the "Dev Dopamine Loop".

I'll call it: "Dev Dopamine Detox"
It's a cure for fake progress:
- No new features
- No UI tweaks
- No polishing

Just:
- Marketing like an animal
- Talking to users
- A/B testing paywalls
- Tracking user journey, seeing where users drop-off
- Improving main feature of app that solves a problem

Outcome > output.

Why vibe coders can make something better than you in a day? They focus out outcome, they want to build something and see it working NOW
You want to add new features, polish and get more dopamine hits. Vibe coders just want outcomes ASAP, users/money/freedom.

Outcome > output!!!!!

[Dom @DomHere_]

@null_deref Have not tried Compose Multiplatform. I'm happy with React Native + Expo 100% for now

[Dom @DomHere_]

I build apps with React Native. It only takes like 10% more time for both platforms.

Because WHEN it goes successful, I don't want this ratio of iOS vs Android:

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True and their rating is on point from reviews, last app update Jul 3, 2025

Most reviews are like:
- The goal date it is showing on home is in past
- couldn't even open
- doesn't work for me. has my quit date in the past. half the buttons do nothing, and I can't get the filter to do anything
- promised much, but turned out to be a buggy mess. The ai doesn't work, there are no activities and nothing updates.
- This is a waste of money, I can see that they are trying to help people but this doesn't even seem completely finished, and needs to be fixed and have a lot of features first before putting a price on it

And this is just for September, seems like tried to make a clone quickly but understood that it's not that simple with the amount of features they added to the iOS app

[Dom @DomHere_]

Wife tried to stop me waking up at 4:00 AM on Saturday.

Why? Because she loves me.

Why I still woke up?

Standard full-time job hours: 160 per month
My hours: 292 per month

2,080 vs 3,504 hours a year.

That's over 4 extra months of work.

Discipline > Motivation.
You don't need more time. You need to wake up!!!

[Dom @DomHere_]

@alexcooldev @linhbuilds This works great, need help setting it up?

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Testing V2. Pushing limits or just the perfect sweet spot for Gen-Z? ;)

More info below

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@alpennec I was shocked to see it off, some people have reported having it off too, so collecting more data from people

[Dom @DomHere_]

@alpennec @nomadschurch wonder when it was introduced

[Dom @DomHere_]

End of 5 star reviews from onboarding?

Off by default on iOS 26 🤯🤯🤯

[Dom @DomHere_]

@kldeason valid reason!

[Dom @DomHere_]

@heymakio np bro!

[Dom @DomHere_]

@heymakio yes you do, it's in your first screenshot :D

[Dom @DomHere_]

@_mved I'm not fishing, other people reported it being off too on iOS 26

[Dom @DomHere_]

@koskeller most of people say it's on, some have found it off

[Dom @DomHere_]

@nomadschurch yeah exactly. the option is like "I am sick of developers asking for reviews in-app"

[Dom @DomHere_]

@DanielKilders @lililililili96 oh! well then seems I'm not the only one

[Dom @DomHere_]

@ingoa_dev that setting off = less reviews. most reviews come from asking review on onboarding when the user is most excited. but it has been confirmed by other people that it's still on by default, must have been a bug while testing many betas that got it disabled for me

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@SrFuentes28 @juanjovn @lililililili96 thanks for confirming!