Tommy Getapps

Turns coffee into code. Turns code into bugs. Turns bugs into someone else's problem 🙃 | eternal beef with @tonygetapps

[Tommy Getapps @tommygetapps]

Welcome home, @justin_getapps and @sunn_getapps! 🏡

Excited to introduce the dev team behind GetApps the builders, the debuggers, the late-night shippers making things happen behind the scenes.

We bring the code, the chaos, and the craft that keep GetApps running smoothly. From bug fixes to big features, this is the team turning ideas into reality, one commit at a time.

Glad to have you both officially on board. Let's build something great. 🚀

#GetApps #DevTeam #WelcomeHome

[Tommy Getapps @tommygetapps]

unpopular opinion:

not everything needs to be a web app

browser tab #47
“please enable notifications”
works until you close the tab
somehow eats 2GB of RAM

sometimes I just want a native app

open it
use it
close it

getapps[dot]cafe gets it

[Tommy Getapps @tommygetapps]

Our CFO just roasted our own subscription habits in public. Read at your own risk.

[Tony Getapps @tonygetapps]

I just published Why We Built GetApps[.]Cafe

[Tommy Getapps @tommygetapps]

@tonygetapps bro don't waste my money!

[Tommy Getapps @tommygetapps]

Link: https://t.co/zbJtbqDzsD

[Tommy Getapps @tommygetapps]

We built 75+ desktop apps and none of them touch Electron. Just wrote up the actual technical reasoning behind picking Tauri instead, not the marketing version. Bundle size, memory, why Rust owns all the computation while Vue just draws pixels.

[Tommy Getapps @tommygetapps]

pricing is fucking weird

charge per user → people share accounts

charge per app → people uninstall apps

charge per feature → suddenly your roadmap is a fucking menu

so we went with:
one library
one plan
every app

let's see

[Tommy Getapps @tommygetapps]

@pmitu everyone can build now
getting people to care is the actual boss fight

[Tommy Getapps @tommygetapps]

Can’t find the right desktop app?

I built a curated one instead - getapps[dot]cafe

Mac + Windows apps, all in one place

Go find your next obsession

[Tommy Getapps @tommygetapps]

@denisyurchak bro quit his job just to become CEO, marketer, accountant, gym bro, and unpaid QA

getappscafe was supposed to make desktop life easier

not sure it can fix this

[Tommy Getapps @tommygetapps]

@jameygannon getappscafe has 59 apps and somehow we still haven’t renamed Calendly

[Tommy Getapps @tommygetapps]

@fforres @Cloudflare now we just need someone to kill GitHub

[Tommy Getapps @tommygetapps]

@Cloudflare GitHub alternative?

yes please

https://t.co/i9se9VLk3c already has the rest of my desktop

might as well finish the job

[fforres @fforres]

Can @cloudflare just release the github alternative already?

[Tommy Getapps @tommygetapps]

@ionleu https://t.co/wD4aSvebAy

[Tommy Getapps @tommygetapps]

Cloudflare: “should we build an iOS app?”

me looking at https://t.co/i9se9VLk3c:

we already have an app for basically everything

please let me cook

[Brayden @BraydenWilmoth]

Alright alright... Should we (Cloudflare) build an iOS app?

Keep your cloud in your pocket everywhere you go. Deploy your ideas while out with friends. Get notified when services need your attention. Tell Siri to buy that domain name that won't leave your head.

[Tommy Getapps @tommygetapps]

@BraydenWilmoth I don’t need an iOS app
I need RobuStats to tell me which process is ruining my life

[Tommy Getapps @tommygetapps]

@ayesha_fatiima Lmao

[Tommy Getapps @tommygetapps]

@anupamrjp Check
https://t.co/B3AlwhU4ko

[Tommy Getapps @tommygetapps]

#day2
Startup idea: ResumeRoast

Upload your CV and we’ll tell you exactly which bullet point is keeping you unemployed

[Tommy Getapps @tommygetapps]

the best apps probably started with: “this is annoying. i’ll just build it myself.”

no pitch deck
no 47-page roadmap
just a developer being pissed off enough to open their IDE

that’s how software should be built

[a16z @a16z]

Cursor, 4 years ago

[Tommy Getapps @tommygetapps]

@anupamrjp https://t.co/wD4aSvebAy