J Kim

Omni Graphics owner in Virginia. Built 2 photo apps at 58. Passport photos: Headshots with your real face, not AI's:

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I thought a better headshot would come from more editing. After testing photo after photo on my own face, I kept coming back to the same basics: where the light falls, where the camera sits, and whether the result still looks like me.

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@storygult When they say for posterity, do they mean something to pass down to their families?

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@iamsax_ With a 7-week-old at home, one missed day is nothing. You'll pick it back up.

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@AviniLimited Organic is slow, but the people who find you that way tend to stay. What brought in your first few users?

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@IsaacGRivers I fix both my web and app versions at the same time and push updates right away. Honestly I'm still new to apps, so I don't know the answer either. Feels like we're in the same boat.

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@AviniLimited That part's been really hard. I'd genuinely love to know how the apps that do well actually pull it off.

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@richy7734 Both apps are in my bio now if you want to take a look. Android only for now.

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@richy7734 Thanks Paul. It's a passport photo app that checks photos against each country's rules. I'll leave the name out so this doesn't turn into a plug. Good luck with the launch tomorrow.

[J Kim @jwk008]

I spent months of late nights checking passport photo rules, country by country.

Apple rejected the app. The note just said "fake app." No clear reason.

I kept fixing things blind. Nothing worked. Finally I got someone on the phone. They told me Apple is phasing out apps built on government photo specs.

So that door closed. The app lives on Android now.

My next app has been sitting in Apple's review queue for a while. Waiting with no word is the hardest part. I check every morning anyway.

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@devdavidjs Hope it goes through smoothly. Mine went back and forth with Apple more than I expected, so don't let a first no get to you.

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@tinytechfox That's a big jump from a casual test. Sounds like a lot of steady work went into it.

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@KGemfeldt I started building apps in my late 50s too. Beginning something new has been energizing in a way I didn't expect.

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@patrahgichobi Six months is such a short window for judging something that may take years to compound.

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@heyizmadz How long do you usually give a strategy before deciding it genuinely isn't working?

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@DanKulkov Have you noticed whether a short reviewer note explaining the paywall helps too?

[J Kim @jwk008]

@eliana_jordan The freedom to choose what to work on would be hard to price.

[J Kim @jwk008]

@photojack This is such a thoughtful tribute to your dad. The quiet work behind something that looks effortless is so easy to overlook.

[J Kim @jwk008]

@maxzrco This hits home. Building is becoming easier, but understanding what people genuinely want still feels like the hardest part.

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@china_saparbek Showing up for 311 days straight is seriously impressive. I'm just getting started, and this kind of consistency is inspiring.

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@thatGTMdude This means a lot. I'm in that quiet stage right now, building alone and trying to find my people. Thanks for recognizing that part of the journey.