Daniel

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"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf"

[Daniel @the1danielkim]

Hi! I’m Daniel, software engineer who quit his job in big tech a year ago. My partner and I are building Nown (Own Your Now), an app centered around intentional phone use and building a healthier relationship with tech together with others. Here’s why:

[Daniel @the1danielkim]

@DELTA29872 @DesignOnTheWave Thanks!

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Playing around with @DesignOnTheWave's hand-drawn star avatars for Nown ✨💫🌟⭐️🌠

#shipaton #buildinpublic

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Farm rules.

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@terencebuilds Oops 😅

[Daniel @the1danielkim]

Our waitlist got an upgrade (aka it works properly 😎). And amazed at the 33 email sign ups we’ve had already, super grateful for every one of you. Nown is launching (very) soon.

Check it out at https://t.co/2t2wFdM456

#shipaton #buildinpublic

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Ep 2 of our build in public series for Nown, an app I’m cocreating with my partner @DesignOnTheWave for @RevenueCat shipaton this year!

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@diegokafie Building an app that works great alone, but better with friends is definitely a huge design challenge and one I’ve been tackling myself. If the app needs your friends there already to work, it’s kind of the cold start problem and why a lot of social apps fail.

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Hurricane and surf, great combo

[Daniel @the1danielkim]

@plahteenlahti This is an awesome idea, would love to be part of it and also keep up with what everyone else is building

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@jaydwivedi_ @heysatya_ Looks great, congrats on the launch so far 🚀

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pausing your phone to focus on your present moment 🌙

[Daniel @the1danielkim]

@letannacook @RevenueCat Congrats!

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🚀🚀

[James Brunts @jamesbrunts]

Love this energy and love your app design. Seriously 👌

Indie devs take notes! Daniel and team are GMI with this app

[Daniel @the1danielkim]

Rather than doomscrolling day 3: a home cacao ceremony, followed by 15 hours of flying while working on our app. Nothing like airplane mode for some focus time.

[Daniel @the1danielkim]

Rather than doomscrolling day 2: enjoyed a peaceful sunset by the lake. My favorite color is blue 💙

[Daniel @the1danielkim]

@DeVeyrn @getnoise Thanks! Hit different fr 🙏

[Daniel @the1danielkim]

Nown made its first $$! Very rewarding to get our first validation that maybe we’re doing something right, after silently building and questioning ourselves for awhile. That is what #buildinpublic is all about. Excited to try out @getnoise platform.

[Noise @getnoise]

WEEK 2 #Shipaton GIVEAWAY WINNERS! 🧵

SO many awesome onboardings in this thread - our team was genuinely torn on who to choose for this week's giveaway 😅

Our winners this week are:
@nathangeckler with Thruu 🍔
@pmcarrara with Countable 🔢
@the1danielkim with Nown 🌙
@affanshahd with Wake: Alarm and Brain Games ⏰
@rimshadpcs with Satia 🥗

Congrats winners! Expect a DM from @jamesbrunts facilitating redeeming your credit 💰

And check out THIS WEEK's giveaway: share your app's viral feature! Pinned on our page 📌

[Daniel @the1danielkim]

@pigg_thomas Congrats! 🚀

[Daniel @the1danielkim]

@reallynattu @rogie that old windows bowling game i used to play all the time

[Noise @getnoise]

WEEK 2 #Shipaton GIVEAWAY WINNERS! 🧵

SO many awesome onboardings in this thread - our team was genuinely torn on who to choose for this week's giveaway 😅

Our winners this week are:
@nathangeckler with Thruu 🍔
@pmcarrara with Countable 🔢
@the1danielkim with Nown 🌙
@affanshahd with Wake: Alarm and Brain Games ⏰
@rimshadpcs with Satia 🥗

Congrats winners! Expect a DM from @jamesbrunts facilitating redeeming your credit 💰

And check out THIS WEEK's giveaway: share your app's viral feature! Pinned on our page 📌