Jonny Hall

Shift worker at Rolls-Royce building SaaS apps with Claude AI instead of a CS degree. Sharing the real numbers, wins and screwups on the way to £10k MRR.

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Starting to document my journey building SaaS products in public.

I work shifts at Rolls-Royce. I'm not a developer. I use Claude to help me build.

I've got 5 apps live. I'm aiming for £10k MRR.

Currently at about £29/month. 😅

Long way to go. Let's see what happens.

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@bhignuel We are the unsung heroes that keep the world turning. 💪🏼

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Tonight I’m working on ShiftWell.

The idea is simple:

Help shift workers sleep better, plan their days and feel less fucked by their rota.

I’m building it because I’m a shift worker too.

If you work shifts, what would you want an app like this to do?

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@OneMilPeople Likewise. I listen to podcasts all the time. What do you listen to? I like @starter_story. A lot of inspiring stories on there.

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2 hours to kill until Claude Code lets me play again. 🙄

Run time 🏃🏻‍♂️💨

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@OneMilPeople Thanks mate. It’s comments like that that make building it worth while. 👍🏼

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I’m building an app that gets kids excited about going outside to look for birds.

Basically Pokémon GO for people with binoculars.

Instead of “can I have the iPad?”, you get:

“DAD! I FOUND A ROBIN!”

Honestly, I’ll take it.

Building Twitcher. 🐦

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@alaajawhareng @davidgoggins Haha I do too.

What’s the app? I’d like to check it out. I’d love to be woken up by him shouting at me 😂

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“I don't stop when I’m tired. I stop when I’m done.” - @davidgoggins

This Goggins quote gets me through a lot because it reminds me how powerful the mind is.

Keep building!

Stay hard!!!

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@Moemahmud I have 2 kittens. Maybe I can make an app that’ll stop them wrecking my house! 😂

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@alaajawhareng @davidgoggins What do you mean he’s in your app?? 😮

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@Pembico The web app has been out for a while and I’ve got customers signed up to it but I think the iOS app will open a lot more for them. And being a shift worker myself, I’m actually excited to use it. 🙂

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Shift work gives you a strange relationship with time.

Everyone is starting their day.

You’re going to bed.

Everyone is relaxing after work.

You’re heading in.

Then on your days off, you’re too tired to know what day it is.

No wonder I’m building an app for shift workers.

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@Pembico Sorry that’s meant to say NOT in full on marketing mode 😂

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@Pembico shiftwell has its own Facebook, Instagram and threads accounts but I’m in full on marketing mode just now as I’m in the process of building the iOS app for it. It’s looking great but probably a couple of weeks away from being ready. Then it’s marketing time. 😂

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@Moemahmud Thanks mate. We have a forest out behind my house and we’re always in there exploring, making dens and watching the birds. So I decided to gamify it. 😂

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@alaajawhareng Of course mate. How’s your journey going so far?

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Just keep building,
just keep building,
just keep building building building,
what do we do we build build build 💻

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@garrywilliamsss Following you Gary 👍🏼

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@Flexicoder if she can remember it 😂

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@jamesdevonport @OpenAI @paw_lean @OpenAIDevs Congratulations mate 👏🏻👏🏻

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@OpsByFabian Yes my friend!! I hope the hard work pays off for you. 🤞🏻

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@Udhay_tweet What’s that? 🤪

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@kamalkarki01 I hope so brother! In fact, I know so! 😂

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@moonfarm_dev Until you reach Claude code limits. 🙄😂