MobileMage

Mobile Developer. I turn ideas into apps. @reactnative all the way

[MobileMage @MobileMage_]

I left my job last year and decided to build (or at least try to build) something new every month.

This is February. This is app number two.

I entered the @RevenueCat Shipyard hackathon with Folio; with over 7k submissions, I quite literally counted myself out before the results dropped. I was so sure I'd lost that I almost didn't open the post 😂

I won. First ever Devpost submission.

Building Folio solo was one of the hardest things I've done recently. Late nights, self-doubt, man this was a crazy experience.

I'm grateful to @hnginternship , that program changed how I see what's possible for me as a developer. To everyone who's been in my corner, thank you.

This meant everything - quite literally

[Oly @creatoroly]

guess who made a banger today?

[nishan (o^▽^o) @nishanbende]

Jamie just announced expo-desktop. Build macOS and Windows desktop app with expo!

https://t.co/5JLEOSpkEJ

[random guy on the internet @KharayKrayKray]

I cried yesterday.
Like real tears.

And honestly… my heart still feels heavy this morning 💔

I tried.
I really tried.
I tried everything I could think of.

I applied strategies.
I stayed consistent.
I showed up every single day.

But right now it still feels like everything was for nothing 😔

I have just 8 days left to hit 5M impressions on X and I’m currently at 4.4M.

Where am I supposed to get 600k impressions from in 8 days?
How else am I supposed to do this?

And no, this is not a pity post.
I just needed to speak.
Maybe pouring my heart out will help me breathe a little.

Back story…

I finished NYSC last year and got a remote job in December as a Social Media Manager.
Salary was ₦100k monthly.

I worked in January, February, and March.

I was only paid for January.

No payment for February.
No payment for March.

No explanation.
No apology.
Nothing.

My client acted like everything was normal and expected me to keep working.

I stopped working in March and used my savings to start investing in myself and this platform.

After being on X since 2021, I finally decided to take my account seriously.

I subscribed to Premium every month hoping that if I stayed consistent, maybe within a few months I’d finally qualify for monetization and start earning here.

At the same time, I became a CapCut template creator.
I paid for CapCut Pro every month too.

After weeks of consistency, my account got monetized.
I made $28.

Then due to inconsistency, I lost the monetization again.

I also have a monetized Facebook account.
I’m trying on TikTok too.
I even abandoned my YouTube channels just to focus fully on X because I wanted this to work so badly.

While doing all these, I still kept applying for remote jobs every single week.

No response till today.

I even bought an MTN router and kept subscribing every month just to stay active online and keep posting.

Heaven knows I tried.

Now look at me…

No job.
No money.
No achievement.

And now it looks like I might not even hit the 5M impressions after all this effort.

I’m 27 and honestly… I feel tired.

Before now, I also tried content creation on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok.

But my camera quality was poor and my content always looked cringe to me, so I stopped.

At this point, I don’t even know anymore.

Maybe I’m just one of those people that always gets close to success but never fully reaches it 💔

And once again… this is not a pity post.

I just wanted someone to hear me out.

If this post finds your timeline, honestly just send me a virtual hug 🫂
Maybe that alone will make me feel a little better today.

[Adedayo Agarau @adedayoagarau]

The current President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio:

1. Investigated for 108B Akwa Ibom fund

2. Implicated in a 40B & 86B NDDC fund

3. Alleged to have tried bribing EFCC boss Bawa with $350k

4. Currently leads the most corrupt senate in the history of Nigerian democracy

[MobileMage @MobileMage_]

@heis_posi_ @reactnative @expo @swmansion @DaehyeonMun Thanks man

[MobileMage @MobileMage_]

Tearable cloth · v2 · 60fps ⎯⟡

✦ Added textured mesh
✦ Built with @reactnative · @expo · Skia · Reanimated 4 (@swmansion)
✦ Built on @DaehyeonMun's react-native-skia-lab

[MobileMage @MobileMage_]

Tearable cloth · 60fps ⎯⟡

✦ Built with @reactnative · @expo · Skia · Reanimated 4 (@swmansion)
✦ Built on @DaehyeonMun's react-native-skia-lab

[gst @wearegst]

To who it may concern.

[Software Mansion @swmansion]

Let's take a look at 3 React Native tools that will actually speed up your workflow, shall we? 👀

[MobileMage @MobileMage_]

@hussainim_ https://t.co/hlhpbbF8F8

[Expo @expo]

React Native apps are statistically better at making money than the mobile alternatives.

This is not our opinion. It's data from @RevenueCat's State of Subscription Apps annual report. And it's been true the last two years.

In this new blog post from the powerful @plahteenlahti he explains how to set up your app for optimal monetization.

You'll learn why two very similar apps might have two dramatically different financial outcomes. And how to make your app the winner ↓

[MobileMage @MobileMage_]

@elitethedev @figma You bad o

[MobileMage @MobileMage_]

@wcandillon @reactnative @expo @swmansion @DaehyeonMun Yup, definitely

[MobileMage @MobileMage_]

Tearable cloth · 60fps ⎯⟡

✦ Built with @reactnative · @expo · Skia · Reanimated 4 (@swmansion)
✦ Built on @DaehyeonMun's react-native-skia-lab

[MobileMage @MobileMage_]

@twheo24 @reactnative @expo @swmansion @DaehyeonMun Thanks man

[MobileMage @MobileMage_]

@makeitanimated @reactnative @expo @swmansion @DaehyeonMun Thanks dude!

[MobileMage @MobileMage_]

@hussainim_ Can’t read the green text on green bg properly. Solid idea tho

[MobileMage @MobileMage_]

Self improvement is already difficult, why do it alone?

Adding a community section to our app was one of the most loved (requested) features.

[MobileMage @MobileMage_]

@spottedinprod @thecosmos This looks so sick

[MobileMage @MobileMage_]

@S0LARIN @expo So cool man

[MobileMage @MobileMage_]

@IwuDesigns Amazing stuff

[MobileMage @MobileMage_]

Yesterday I was playing around with gamification and haptics and it turns out iOS Simulators doesn't play haptics, so I wrote a small Swift package that intercepts the silent calls and replays them on the MacBook trackpad.

I'd post a demo video but it's kind of something you just feel 😅

https://t.co/NwvQw58nn6