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Linetris is live on the App Store. One puzzle. Every player. Same grid. Daily. Place Tetris-like pieces on an 8x8 grid, clear lines, and compete on the global leaderboard. Like Wordle, but for people who love clearing lines. #buildinpublic #ios #indiedev apps.apple.com/app/id67598584…

Accessibility isn't a feature you bolt on at the end. It's a lens you design through from day one. → Test with VoiceOver early, not after launch → Larger tap targets help everyone → If your UI needs a tutorial, it's too complex What accessibility wins have surprised you?

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I vibecode a lot of apps and web saas. Tracking analytics across all of them is painful—traffic drops, ad effects, what needs attention? So I built Plask. Anomaly detection and AI digests. Heres how I built it tskulbru.dev/posts/building… #buildinpublic #saas #analytics

Coding as we know it has been solved. LLMs are the biggest shift since the printing press — not because they write perfect code, but because they've democratized the ability to build. The barrier isn't "can you code?" anymore. It's "what do you want to build?"

You shipped 3 apps this week. Do you know how any of them are doing? Plask connects to Google Analytics and shows all your apps in one dashboard. AI tells you what changed and why. Built for people who ship fast and don't have time to read charts. plask.dev

Been thinking about building software for high-stakes moments. When designing Mockingjay (secure video recorder), the core question wasn't "how do we add features?" — it was "what if the phone gets taken in 30 seconds?" Changes how you think about UX.

Finished Wordle already? ✅ Linetris is the daily puzzle for visual thinkers 🧩 🎮 Tetris-style blocks 🏆 Global leaderboards 💎 Earn medals (Bronze → Diamond) 5-min daily challenge. Can you get Diamond? apps.apple.com/app/id67598584…

@anhphong_dev Thought maybe you might enjoy some sneak peak

smart move - zero cost/risk on your side while you validate demand. for the vibecoder crowd a guided api key setup with a "get your key here" link could lower the friction enough. plus the devs who actually need ai-powered asc listing optimization probably already have openai/anthropic keys lying around

Building Njord — a native macOS App Store Connect client. Tired of the ASC web UI being slow and clunky. Tired of Fastlane being CLI-only. And I wanted to use LLM/AI to optimize listings #BuildingInPublic #indiedev #macos #apple #SwiftUI

@anhphong_dev Yes I agree, but I also suspect the majority of potential users will be vibecoder-bros who dont really know how things work. That being said, so far ive only added byok support and wont add tokens until i see an actual need for it.

@tskulbru byok is the safer bet for a one-time purchase model - you avoid ongoing api costs eating your margins. bundle tokens and you're basically running a subscription in disguise. plus power users already have api keys and prefer control over which model they use

@anhphong_dev Currently, its ASO optimization. Im planning on also adding a competitor analysis as well. I havent quite landed on if I should include AI tokens with the app or if people should just add their own API keys for whatever LLM they want to use. ASO is expensive

this is so needed. i maintain 7 apps on app store and every metadata update in asc feels like a chore - the web ui is painfully slow especially for screenshots and localization. curious about the llm/ai part - auto-generated keywords? description optimization? or something like competitor analysis for aso? that alone would make it worth it for indie devs who hate the aso guesswork

If you play Wordle every morning, you need a second daily habit. Linetris: a daily line puzzle where everyone plays the same grid and competes for the top spot. #indiegame #iosgaming #buildinpublic #ios #Startups apps.apple.com/app/id67598584…

@dev_guid Thanks! It's Firestore with scores partitioned by day, each puzzle gets its own collection. Ranking is just an orderBy query on score. Medals are percentile-based, calculated after the day ends. No real-time rank computation needed. Simple and works great at indie scale 🙂

@tskulbru congrats on shipping! how'd you handle the global leaderboard scaling? always curious about that part when building multiplayer stuff

Linetris is live on the App Store. One puzzle. Every player. Same grid. Daily. Place Tetris-like pieces on an 8x8 grid, clear lines, and compete on the global leaderboard. Like Wordle, but for people who love clearing lines. #buildinpublic #ios #indiedev apps.apple.com/app/id67598584…

Every federal agency just got ordered to drop Anthropic — for enforcing their own terms of service. Oh no. The company I build on has a spine. How awful. Don't threaten me with a good time. #Anthropic #Claude #AI #BuildInPublic

Unpopular opinion: offline-first is still the right default for most mobile apps. Connectivity isn't guaranteed. Sync can be added later. Trust cannot. We got so excited about the cloud that we forgot how powerful the device in someone's pocket actually is. Change my mind?

How do you handle movement breaks during deep work? I'll get so locked into a coding session that hours vanish — then I stand up and my body basically files a complaint. Do you have a system that actually works, or do you just... forget and suffer later?

I have multiple apps on the App Store and Play Store. I still don't have a good ASO workflow. Every launch I'm Googling the same things, second-guessing keywords, staring at screenshots. Do experienced indie devs have this figured out, or are we all winging it?

MyVisualRoutine is now in Android testing! We help families, teachers & caregivers build visual schedules, choice boards, and First/Then boards for kids who need structure. Want to help shape it? Sign up: myvisualroutine.com #autism #ADHD #specialneeds

Naming tip I wish I knew sooner: Say the name out loud in 3 ways: calling it across a room, introducing it to a stranger, telling someone who hates it. Fails all three? Keep looking. What name almost made the cut for you?