Jan

Building apps in public

[I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 @ImMeme0]

Can someone explain to me like I’m 5, how so many grown men can afford to sit outside every day during working hours?

[Jan @jandotdesign]

@SamuelBeek Omg! Yes, please

[Jan @jandotdesign]

@flyosity I will download the app just to see these visuals for myself. I am loving the unique approach you’ve taken 🙌

[alcaraz archive @alcarchive]

my favourite genre of pictures

[Jan @jandotdesign]

@juanbuis 🫣

[Jan @jandotdesign]

I’m trying to finish as much as possible this weekend 😅

I’m building an app that shows real-time departure times for public transport from different stops in Milan.

Next up: add routes, and show the tram/bus/metro live on the map as it moves between stops.

[Jan @jandotdesign]

@wmoralesdev @benln How does one get one of these?
I’ve turned on ask mode, but the answer left me stranded

[Jan @jandotdesign]

@spacekayak Xddd
What software did you use actually? Ae?

[Jan @jandotdesign]

@BatsouElef I post daily, so feel free to follow the journey

[Jan @jandotdesign]

@BatsouElef Flighty for public transport

[Jan @jandotdesign]

Day 22/365 of building in public 👨‍💻

Been looking into @Remotion and the whole “agent-based” / code-first video editing . It makes me want to start turning these daily progress updates into short YouTube devlogs 😅

Would you watch 60–90s daily builds like that?
#buildinginpublic #indiedev #Remotion #videomaking #YouTube #iOSDev #maker

[Jan @jandotdesign]

@thiswillblossom Please tell me this is a sarcastic post 😭

[Jan @jandotdesign]

@sab8a So simple
Yet so powerful

[Jan @jandotdesign]

@spottedinprod @OpenTable Nice one

[Jan @jandotdesign]

Day 21/365 of building in public 👨‍💻

Tech news moves so fast that by the time you finish one “this changes everything” thread, three more have appeared 😅

Anyway, I’m staying in my lane today: ship one small improvement, repeat.
#buildinginpublic #indiedev #iOSDev #SwiftUI #maker #ProductDesign

[Jan @jandotdesign]

Day 20/365 of building in public 👨‍💻

Big little win today: sorting nearby stops by distance finally works 🙌

I expected MapKit to fight me… but honestly it was surprisingly smooth to implement. Now the list actually feels “nearby” instead of “random” 😅
#buildinginpublic #indiedev #iOSDev #SwiftUI #MapKit #ProductDesign #UX #maker

[Jan @jandotdesign]

Day 19/365 of building in public 👨‍💻

Lots of debugging today. Often the worst bugs are just proximity errors. You’ve been staring at the screen for too long and your brain starts lying to you 😅

Reminder to take a break and come back fresh after touching grass, laying on the beach, or swimming in the ocean.
#buildinginpublic #indiedev #iOSDev #SwiftUI #debugging #maker #ProductDesign

[Jan @jandotdesign]

@JohnnyHayka Thank you for all the wise words 🙏

[Jan @jandotdesign]

Day 18/365 of building in public 👨‍💻

Stumbled upon a classic “oh… right” moment today: widgets can’t reliably show real-time arrivals. Refreshes are limited, so you end up with stale data and that’s just misleading.

New plan: use Home Screen widgets as fast shortcuts to open specific stops in-app, where I can show live data.

Next fun challenge: building a Live Activity for tracking arrival times at a stop 👀
#buildinginpublic #indiedev #iOSDev #SwiftUI #WidgetKit #LiveActivity #ProductDesign #UX