Infinity Ridge

Calm, useful iPhone apps that stay on your device.
No ads. No noise. First up: Crescendo Timer.

[Alex Finn @AlexFinn]

Don't listen to the jealous idiots who are saying you can't vibe code serious apps

100% lies

I vibe coded Creator Buddy using Codex/CC by myself. 0 lines of code written

$300,000 ARR on 90% margins. Changed my life.

You ABSOLUTELY can do this. It's simple:

1. Ask Grok what challenges your audience on X has
2. Ask Grok for a solution to those challenges
3. Download Codex (you can use your $20 plan)
4. Put that solution into Codex
5. Watch Codex build the entire solution for you.
6. Release it to your audience
7. Post about it nonstop. Every post gets you more users and more revenue

By the time all the skeptics on X realize Codex is actually one of the most powerful softwares ever released, it will be too late

Get to work

[Infinity Ridge @infinityridge]

Spent the day completely revamping the audio files and playback logic for Crescendo

All three alarm sounds now feel much more premium, and they dynamically scale as the user increases the crescendo duration

Also learned an important Swift/iOS lesson today: you need a “fallback” sound in case iOS kills your app in the background, like when the battery is extremely low

Found an elegant solution for my use case that works

Just required some ingenuity

[Infinity Ridge @infinityridge]

"Problems" in May of 2026 is Codex not obeying the rules in your AGENTS.md file 🤣

#first-world-ai-problems

[Infinity Ridge @infinityridge]

This is the truest AI thing I have seen in a while!
😆

[pc @pcshipp]

Chat GPT
"Your absolutely right"

Claude Code
"Claude usage limit reached. Your limit will reset at 7 AM"

Gemini
???????????????

[Infinity Ridge @infinityridge]

@buildwtim I hooked Codex up to XCode Simulator and let it run real UI tests on various sized iPhones. It generated a report in Markdown of all passes and failures. Really cool to watch it move all the iPhone screens around!

[Infinity Ridge @infinityridge]

@rxhit05 Marketing is the hardest part! The easy part was building my app. Now I have to figure out social media pipelines to convince people they need my app. It’s a whole new skill set I have to unlock for myself and master if I want my app to succeed

[Will @athcanft]

when you scroll X and see people making $10K, $100K, $1M a month

remind yourself:

- it could be fake

- their margins could be <10%

- its possible, it just takes time

- you are seeing the top 1%

- the algo doesn’t show you the “grind” that got them there

when it feels like everyone but you is winning, remember these things

efforts compound exponentially - it’s very slow at the beginning, but there is an inflection point where it all starts coming out of nowhere

the people that lose are the ones who get frustrated in the “grind” and give up

don’t be a loser

[Infinity Ridge @infinityridge]

@buildwtim Testing! I had no idea there would be so much testing!

[Infinity Ridge @infinityridge]

@aryanlabde $20 Codex plan is enough. That is what I used to build my iOS app. All in under 1 month too!

[Infinity Ridge @infinityridge]

@adahstwt Definitely .dev 😉

[Infinity Ridge @infinityridge]

@DanielSmidstrup People are tired of subscriptions. I know I am! On my app I’m about to publish I’m going with one time upfront payment

[Infinity Ridge @infinityridge]

AI works best when it leaves a trail.

When I use AI to build apps or code, I try to make it produce real files at every step:

Markdown docs
Build specs
HTML prototypes
Spreadsheets
Implementation notes
Test logs

Not because files are fancy.

Because files give the project structure.

They give the AI something to reference, update, and recover from when the conversation gets messy.

The more I build with AI, the more I think the file system matters as much as the prompt.

[Infinity Ridge @infinityridge]

@cjayls I’m about to submit my first iOS app shortly. What is your best advice that most people don’t know?

[Infinity Ridge @infinityridge]

@adxtyahq I completely agree! AI has made building iOS apps 100x faster and better. That is what I’m doing with my first iOS app!

[Infinity Ridge @infinityridge]

With AI it doesn’t cost that much or take that long. The backend will be the most challenging. But the key is for every component in your app (bulletin points in your post) to have a super detailed Build Spec file explaining exactly what to build. You spend most of your time designing in words. Then when you are ready you have the AI build it.

Thanks what I am doing with my first iOS app!! It will be out shortly

[Infinity Ridge @infinityridge]

I started Infinity Ridge to build the kind of iPhone apps I want to use:

simple
useful
private
calm
no ads

First up is Crescendo Timer — a timer app with a beautiful rising alarm.