Jerry Ross

Helping people learn. Making apps at and

[Jerry Ross @jerryross]

@thsottiaux Finishing updates to Map Study: United States app.

Codex helps me work so much faster and helps me implement complex features that I might otherwise decide not to implement. Thanks!

https://t.co/EDxgUc14xN

[Jerry Ross @jerryross]

@thsottiaux I wish that elevated permission /allow requests would appear near the top of the screen instead of over the mobile soft keyboard. I accidentally approve or deny requests if if happen to be typing in a prompt when the request appears.

Thanks for all you do!

[Jerry Ross @jerryross]

Hi Tibo,

I have accidentally stopped so many conversations by inadvertently pressing the ‘stop’ button just after submitting a prompt. (Accidental double tap). The problem is that the submit button and the stop button share the same location. I then have to copy the prompt and re-submit it.

[Jerry Ross @jerryross]

It noticed my phone was plugged in, unlocked, and was already provisioned as a device for the app. So it confirmed that I wanted to install the app.

Total time: 1 hour and 31 minutes using Codex and 5.6 Sol Extra High.

(Part 2 soon)

[Jerry Ross @jerryross]

Those of you that have followed for a while know that I spent a couple years building an app called Map Study: United States during evenings and weekends.

It’s hard to believe now, but I built this app by hand - character by character - one line of code at a time.

[Jerry Ross @jerryross]

It’s been over a year so it needed some updates and bug fixes.

I decided to update the app last weekend because ChatGPT 5.6 Sol was released.

Codex handled the upgrade well:

dependencies, .NET MAUI 9 to 10, compile errors, signing certificates, IDE bugs…

[Puppies & Positivity @Puppieslover]

This is Benben, a Wire Fox Terrier from Japan who has become an internet sensation for dressing like a distinguished gentleman

[Randall Kanna Franson @RandallKanna]

@yongfook I also know plenty of people making $0 on their own products with 100k-200k followers. It's nowhere near a guarantee.

[Bellevue Downtown @BellevueDT]

Live music from The South End Boys at the Bellevue Square Fountain Court until 1PM. Make sure to grab a free coffee from the @Nespresso pop-up.

[とみやす｜北海道の農家🇯🇵 @tomiyasu16]

OpenAIのテクノロジーを使った僕らの農場のストーリーを映像でピックアップしてもらいました！

また今日の新しいモデル発表のライブで、日本からゲストでサンフランシスコまでご招待頂きました😃数ヶ月前、家でちまちま電気工作してたのが、こんなことになるとは信じられない。
全ての出来事に感謝！

[Anders Hejlsberg @ahejlsberg]

Huge milestone for our team today: TypeScript 7 is now generally available--a native port that runs 10x faster. @typescript https://t.co/3DtJJqEZAl

[PUNS @ThePunnyWorld]

I walked past a farm and saw a sign that read: “Duck, eggs!”

I thought, “That comma seems unnecessary…”

Then it hit me.

[Uno Platform @UnoPlatform]

Focus on SkiaSharp 4.0, with .NET & Uno Platform Teams https://t.co/mZ5YgqlcNc

[Jerry Ross @jerryross]

@JustinBleuel Hi Justin, pressing the home button while in the prompt entry box should move the text cursor to the first position in the box instead of going to the start of the conversation

[Jerry Ross @jerryross]

I’m building https://t.co/0uuIIAxRYZ - a relaxing place to play games like solitaire, sudoku, and others by yourself or with people you know.

Once I finish that I will build learning sites/apps for subjects such as physics, trigonometry, geography, statistics, calculus.

I finished the v1 of https://t.co/f7lVcNy3xr last year. Built completely AI first using ChatGPT.

We need a ‘Built with ChatGPT/Codex’ badge we can add to our sites and apps.

[Jerry Ross @jerryross]

@surface @ryanshrout Can’t wait to try it

[Jerry Ross @jerryross]

@thsottiaux

[Jerry Ross @jerryross]

@thsottiaux Hi Tibo, I have been working on my games website: FunFunGames.

Check out the solitaire card drop animation that Codex helped me create today.

[Jerry Ross @jerryross]

I’d be so happy to attend ☺️ I’m not saying this to brag, but I believe I’m in the top percentile of OpenAI users because I genuinely enjoy using GPT and use it every day. I’m a software dev, small business owner, and work at a Fortune 500 company helping adopt AI. I’d be grateful to be considered if a spot opens, or for any future OpenAI/GPT community events.

[Tibo @tibo_maker]

lots of new faces here, so let me introduce myself again:

2015: built my first startup with my co-founder Tom - a kids app. 500,000 downloads. zero revenue - sold it and walked away

2017: raised €500K for a coding platform. signed a deal with Ubisoft. deal collapsed. company went bankrupt. €250K in personal debt.

2018: took a job as a CTO, kid #1 coming

2020: quit my job. planned to travel the world. COVID hit. stuck in France.

2021: partnered with Tom again. we shipped 11 products in 4 months. the first 10 failed. the 11th was Tweet Hunter.

2021: Tweet Hunter hit $100 MRR in 3 days. we knew we had something.

2022: crossed $1M ARR. won Product Hunt Maker of the Year. sold Tweet Hunter and Taplio to lempire for $8M.

2024: left lempire. started over with 5 new products. no VC. no investors. just revenue.

2025: Revid crossed $500k mrr and Outrank crossed $200k mrr

2026: crossed $1,000,000/month across the portfolio and still got called out for sharing free resources on my newsletter

took me a bankruptcy and tons of failed products to find my way - turns out that was the path

most of this was uncomfortable, but I just never stopped building

that's about it - see you around on the timeline 👋