Sotka

Software developer by day. Building my own products after hours.
Sharing what I build, what goes wrong, and what earns its first dollar.

[Sotka @sotkadev]

@TheXSami It's hard, but I believe in you! I'm sure we can get our piece of pie someday!

Happy to connect! 🤝

[Sotka @sotkadev]

Hey #buildinpublic 👋 Let's connect!

I'm Sotka, a software dev by day who builds iOS apps after hours 📱

Looking to connect with:
• iOS & indie devs
• Founders growing their first app
• People into paywalls, ASO & organic marketing
• Anyone building with AI tools like Claude Code

Say hi below and I'll follow back 🤝 #connect

[Sotka @sotkadev]

@starter_story But you don't speak about Y1: 0$, Y6: 0$. While when you are employed, you get insurance and stability. Plus, if you work at Google, Anthropic, or smth. u are getting a lot of money. Start your own business it's not about money, I guess

[Sotka @sotkadev]

@mitansh_j07 💯

[Sotka @sotkadev]

Why is everyone suddenly talking about leaving Apple's ecosystem and building for other platforms?

I'm still all in on iOS. Did I miss something? 👀

#buildinpublic #iosdev

[Sotka @sotkadev]

@ivanmessinait ahahaha, mate, before mac, I used fucking HP laptop, and it was a nightmare. On battery, it worked for like 20 minutes after 2 years of use. Ubuntu was lagging all the time.

[Sotka @sotkadev]

@growwyas Thanks! Honestly, the best decision so far was pushing users to leave reviews. More ratings made a real difference. Let's connect 🤝

[Sotka @sotkadev]

@ivanmessinait Same here, once you're in Apple's ecosystem it's really hard to leave 😄 For me, I think it's nearly impossible.

Would be awesome to connect!

[Sotka @sotkadev]

@timur_found I've seen a lot of posts from devs complaining about their apps getting removed from the App Store.

As a developer, this is pretty concerning to me, and I still haven't figured out why it's happening.

[Sotka @sotkadev]

@samongaro_ a. Cause then you can scale every of this app into $1k...$10k or use that money to lock in and build something big.

[Sotka @sotkadev]

@AlDev0 Yo totally agree! Part of the traffic to my apps actually comes from SEO, so it's not just ASO for me. Happy to swap notes 🤝

[Sotka @sotkadev]

@g_buildz_apps How much do you pay the clippers? Do you pay per video or per views?

[Sotka @sotkadev]

😂

[Enid @ios_dev_alb]

iOS devs be like:

$2,999 MacBook
$1,199 iPhone
$99 Apple Developer Program

[Sotka @sotkadev]

@karbonx6 Happy to connect! 🫡

[Sotka @sotkadev]

@arthuryuzbashev "Features aren't moat anymore". Yes, if you are building another habit tracker. But try to copy Resend, Zapier, Strava or something like that 😃

Distribution was always the main thing, even before AI.

[Sotka @sotkadev]

@manxlab Just faster. And I think it's really harder to learn something and to become a "problem-solver" when you don't write code by yourself.

[Sotka @sotkadev]

@madhugogineni97 Connected! 🤝

[Sotka @sotkadev]

@olegplugaru_iq Happy to connect! 🫡

[Sotka @sotkadev]

@liornedogarsky Happy to connect! 🫡

[Sotka @sotkadev]

@KyleWang1087922 Yo Kyle, nice to meet you! AI music for people with zero music background is a fun idea, I'm definitely in that audience 😄 Let's connect 🤝

[Sotka @sotkadev]

@BiskeyGames Happy to connect, Biskey! Great to have someone with your experience in my network 🤝