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 IOS Developer • London 🇬🇧
Building FirstWave in Public
FirstWave is the fastest way for indie devs to create a waitlist for their apps 📲

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Let me introduce myself 👋🏾
I’m Michael, an iOS dev from London 🇬🇧

I’m currently building a Kanban-style task manager for mobile. Replacing the traditional drag-and-drop with a natural feel of swiping

(Left: My app - right: Trello)

Building in public → follow for progress! ⚡️

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Day 16 of building Preflight.

Today i took a pause on coding & decided to spend the day trying to perfect my messaging.

My value proposition.
My ideal client profile.
My strategic narrative.

Building the product is easy, nailing your messaging can determine your apps success

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@shubh19 Did you get there in the end? And what worked for you?

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Day 12 of building in public.

Today I learnt a lesson.. never get attached to a name. I went to purchase the FirstWave domain and found that the main one was already taken by a popular cloud service provider.

So decided to rename FirstWave has now been renamed to PreFlight!

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If you’re creating a new app that’s concept already exists, your MVP is not validating the app idea (as your competitors have already validated this for you). What you’re actually validating is your distribution method.

It makes so much sense but I never thought of it that way

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Sometimes simple really is better…

Updated the logo for FirstWave (new left → old right)

Stopped trying to think outside the box and it looks so much cleaner. I think it fits better on the landing page 👀

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Day 6 of building FirstWave.

Getting prepared for public beta release in the coming days, so getting the landing page ready. It’s starting to come together 😮‍💨

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Features 🚀

• Send beta invites to your waitlist
• Segment users (signup date, %, etc)
• Post build updates to keep supporters engaged
• Public waitlist page to share anywhere
• Track early supporters in one place
• Send launch announcements

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Something I’ve realised building apps:

A big waitlist doesn’t mean much if nobody remembers signing up.

What actually matters is engagement before launch.

Updates.
Progress.
Feeling part of the journey.

That’s something I’m thinking a lot about while building FirstWave.

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Something I’ve realised building apps:

A big waitlist doesn’t mean much if nobody remembers signing up.

What actually matters is engagement before launch.

Updates.
Progress.
Feeling part of the journey.

That’s something I’m thinking a lot about while building FirstWave.

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Day 4 building FirstWave, The waitlist tool designed for developers.

Today’s focus: Help devs to maintain engagement with subscribers while they build.

Users can post updates on their waitlist about the progress of their app, so subscribers can easily keep up to date

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I’ve got the core concept of FirstWave working!

From signup to live waitlist in seconds!
32 seconds to be precise 👀

No landing page needed ❌
No email marketing tools ❌

The vision of it being the fastest way to create a waitlist for your app is actually looking reachable

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Got all the v1 features planned out for my next project 🚀
Name decided ✅
Logo sorted ✅

Now onto the fun part… building 😮‍💨

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How I automatically track my expenses

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Automatic spending tracking ✅
Real-time budget alerts ✅
No need to link your bank account ✅

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2 Apps 📲
2 updates submitted to AppStore ✅

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Small progress everyday 📈

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Day 8 of building Glide Kanban in public -

Now that the beta is live I’ve been getting some valuable feedback. Got some bugs I need to squash 🐞

One of my beta testers wanted to link to their reminders. Looks like I’ll be adding that feature next ✅

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Happy to send you a TestFlight link if you’re interested

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@adamlyttleapps just watched your latest video and saw you’re using Apple notes to track your tasks.

Would love for you to try out the app I’m building just for this and hear your thoughts 🙏🏾

It’s a simple project management app built for the iPhone (thought I’d shot my shot)

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The Glide Kanban Beta is now live!! 📲

Just sent out the first batch of beta invites to everyone that signed up! 📧

If you didn’t & want to try out the app and provide feedback then I’ll be sending out the next batch soon, you can sign up below 👇🏾
https://t.co/r7MryHD8JQ