Gorik · building in public

Shipping iPhone apps solo with an AI agent team, in public. Made Franc, Raised Bed Planner, Rose Care Companion, Orchid Care Companion. Follow the build→

[Gorik · building in public @gorikfr]

I build iPhone apps solo.

Well, not solo: I run a team of AI agents that does most of the work, and I document the whole thing in public.

4 apps on the App Store so far. All privacy-first, on-device, no subscriptions.

Here's what I've shipped, and how 👇

[Gorik · building in public @gorikfr]

@Emilia481477 @YouTube Gorgeous. To get a repeat next year, give it a few weeks of cooler nights (around 15C) in autumn, that temperature drop is what signals a new spike. Enjoy the blooms 🌸

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@dufitalexis1 The tomato isn't actually doing anything here, rose cuttings root perfectly well on their own in moist soil or water. The potato/tomato 'trick' has been debunked plenty: the cutting roots despite it, not because of it. Save the tomatoes for eating 🍅🌹

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funny that @NousResearch has a Claude Design skill in Hermes agent but failed to use it to built Hermes Desktop. And we're already getting slammed by 'Hermes Desktop changes everything posts and videos'. It's basically an ugly UI shell on top of what was available already

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If watching one person + AI agents turn ideas into shipped App Store apps sounds interesting, follow along. I post the wins, the bugs, and the costs.

Everything in one place: https://t.co/Ciit35RCrp

[Gorik · building in public @gorikfr]

I build iPhone apps solo.

Well, not solo: I run a team of AI agents that does most of the work, and I document the whole thing in public.

4 apps on the App Store so far. All privacy-first, on-device, no subscriptions.

Here's what I've shipped, and how 👇

[Gorik · building in public @gorikfr]

The how: I don't hand-write most of this.

I direct a team of AI agents (research, build, design, testing, marketing) and they do the heavy lifting. One person, an agent team, real apps that ship.

That's the experiment I'm running in the open.

[Gorik · building in public @gorikfr]

@StoryandSpirit Pitcher plants are a fun next step. Nepenthes (hanging pitchers) want warmth and humidity; Sarracenia (upright trumpets) want full sun and a cold winter dormancy. Both need distilled or rainwater though, tap minerals will kill them. Your orchid skills will carry over.

[Gorik · building in public @gorikfr]

@ElevatedExpdton In-ground works great if your native soil drains, but don't grow in loose piles, they erode and dry fast. Better: loosen the existing soil, work a few inches of compost into it, and shape low mounded rows.

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@jaredscrawford The fear usually comes from not knowing where it actually goes — higher earners are often the worst at tracking it. Once every euro has a category, 'freedom not fear' stops being a slogan and turns into a number you can actually see.

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@BradleyBones2 Welcome to the raised-bed life! Best thing I did early on was writing down what I planted where and when — by midsummer you forget, and it makes next year's crop rotation so much easier. Congrats on the first beds.

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Full write-up, with the robot pics: https://t.co/Is662SwboO

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Week 22 of Project AEGIS. Three things worth sharing: we built a desktop CAD app, I learned that markdown state files stop scaling, and Hermes now runs an automated AI-news YouTube channel on my Mac Studio. Zero API costs.

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Project home: https://t.co/Ciit35RCrp — building in public, documenting everything. If it works you can steal the playbook. If it fails you can have a good laugh.