Mark Rabo

Maker of the Revere App.

[Mark Rabo @markrabo]

A little animation I made to make this list feel nicer. There's a subtle shrinking/growing of the checkmarks that I like looking at.

[Mark Rabo @markrabo]

A trailer I made for Revere with a nice little musical piece from my friend @jampants. I've got this featured on the App Store right now.

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@matt416 Thanks Matt!

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Launch day nerves are different when...
• The new version is a full, ground-up rewrite
• You’re migrating existing users
• You wrote all 14,000 lines of code yourself
and scariest of all…
• You're a first-time programmer 😬

Here we go!!!

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It's been nearly 1yr and 1300hrs since I tried again to learn programming and build my app. The last two attempts never made it past 200 hours.

https://t.co/2mCBDd2jUW

[Mark Rabo @markrabo]

Went to buy a pair of @duerperformance jeans and was disappointed to find using my reward points cancelled out the free shipping. I still bought the jeans because they're a great product but lost a little affinity for the brand. This seems like an avoidable bad user experience.

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@BrandonMChu You will definitely enjoy David Foster Wallace's collection of essays about tennis. It's some of the most beautiful and funny descriptions I've heard about the sport https://t.co/OYggOsL4h4

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Revere rebuild update: Just finished building Face ID for the first time. A small feature from a user's POV but a beast behind the scenes. It turned out just how I imagined though, with a bunch of little touches that make it feel really nice.
https://t.co/6wOl5VyM3t

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Your “useless” projects could become your life’s work.
https://t.co/EetoNnt9gJ

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For every 3 lines of code, I write one line of comments. I have no idea what a typical ratio is.

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Made an animation to make Revere's Face ID lockscreen a little nicer. One more piece and Face ID will be done.

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Accessibility is often deprioritized in products because it ALWAYS scores low on 'Impact' (less users affected). This always bothered me but you have to respect the business' needs

But with personal projects, you get to do whatever you want & I've moved accessibility up the list

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Happy Vision Pro Launch Day! I'm excited but the early reviews left me wondering if it'll live up to the hype. I also think this could be a Tim Cook blunder.

https://t.co/HtPUtcAmHa

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(From a conversation this morning with a friend)
The more difficult path can sometimes be a lucky break

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@messhof Legend!

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I'm reminded how we anthropomorphize products whenever I feel the guilt for pushing my old MacBook like this.

Sorry buddy, hang in there and soon you'll retire to sipping videos as my Plex server.

[Mark Rabo @markrabo]

There's that 10,000hr rule of thumb for becoming an expert; I think there's a similar one around 1000hrs for learning something new. Around this time you're no longer struggling with the basics, can do useful things, and aren't at risk of giving up
https://t.co/nFPXKubCiu

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UPDATE:👹666hrs into programming. What I've built is better than the 1st version of @revereapp originally released. Still lots of work to get it to the current version, but back then this would've been a v1.

Feeling very proud getting this far.

https://t.co/70C7esI5AS

[Mark Rabo @markrabo]

You don't hear adults say they're proud of themselves. The feeling is reserved for talking about other people or kids, but it's still profoundly important to feel it about yourself.

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Playing with some animations — love this part