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just shipped inkpress describe what you need -> ai generates the design -> annotate directly on it -> export print-ready proper bleed. 300dpi. no design skills needed built for the gap between canva and hiring a designer link in bio

this only kills web-based vibe coding startups though. native iOS/macOS apps still have a moat: Apple's App Store review. they literally blocked vibe coding apps this week because devs couldn't explain their own code. if you actually understand what you're shipping, AI tools are a superpower. if you don't, no platform will save you.

🚨BREAKING: Every vibe coding startup just had a very bad week. Google just shipped production-grade full-stack coding for free. Google AI Studio just went full-stack, and it's designed to turn your prompts into production-ready apps, Here’s what actually dropped 👇

@IronIntOfficial 5th: "i'll just add one more feature before launch" is the most dangerous sentence in solo dev 10 apps later i still fall for it every single time

4 things every indie dev knows: Quick feature = your entire weekend Fix 1 bug, unlock 2 more Coffee is part of the toolkit Works on my machine = problem solved Indie dev life: incredibly stable, highly predictable 👍

these tools are getting wild. i use AI for all my apps (10 on the App Store) and the code generation was never the hard part. the hard part is when Apple asks you to explain what your code does during review. shipped with AI? fine. but you better understand every line. great for prototyping though, this looks insane

Google AI Studio just got an insane upgrade, full-stack vibe coding 🤯 Now anyone can build production-ready apps with auth, databases, and real API integrations from one prompt 5 wild examples + prompts (🧵👇)

I use AI to build every single one of my 10 apps on the App Store. Never had an update blocked. Apple isn't blocking AI. Apple is blocking people who ship code they don't understand.

The best startup in 2026 is one person who refuses to hire. 10 apps on the App Store. 0 employees. 0 investors. 0 meetings. My entire "team": Claude Code + a $99/yr Apple Developer account. Everyone's raising rounds. I'm shipping products.

@gman_dev building macos/ios utilities solo. 8 apps on the app store so far - screen translator, duplicate photo cleaner, long exposure camera, gps timestamp camera, and a few more. currently working on inkpress (ai print design tool). all native swift, all on-device

Cleaning up my feed and getting back to the builder side of X. 📱🛠️ If you’re a developer, solopreneur, or shipping an app right now, drop a reply or a like so I can find you. What are you working on today?

@KaiXCreator inkpress - describe what you need, ai generates the design, annotate directly on it to refine. fills the gap between canva templates and hiring a designer. link in bio

Got a startup? Pitch it below. • What are you building (1 line) • Drop your link Reached 15k+ people. Free marketing. Real visibility. Go 👇

@mikedoise agreed. app review exists for a reason. if your only debugging skill is "paste error into chatgpt" that's a sign to slow down and actually learn what the code does. ai should accelerate understanding not replace it

I have an unpopular opinion. If Apple does not approve your vibe coded app then actually try to learn something about building apps and work with AI to build something better.

@ClimStefan good idea actually. been thinking about bundling some of the menu bar utilities. they complement each other well

@anhphong_dev ah ok, you could share then inbetween, maybe give some discounts if you have another one. At least this is how I am thinking of doing with mine

What are you building these days? Drop your MVP below, I want to see what you're working on. Maybe we can help each other out 👇

@AurelienWeiss @tskulbru @applyra keyword optimization per locale is the real pain point with multiple apps. will take a look

@anhphong_dev @tskulbru Managing 7 apps in ASC is genuinely painful, you feel this. With @applyra the AI part is specifically for ASO: it analyzes your current metadata vs competitors and tells you exactly which keywords to add, move to the title, or drop: per app, per locale.

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

@mikedoise makes sense. explicit > implicit for ai routing. users knowing they can mention a specific tool agent is better than the system guessing wrong silently

@anhphong_dev I'm currently letting all other requests fall back to general and the user can then ask for a specific use case or mention a tool agent specifically if something doesn't route correctly.

Perspective Intelligence 1.6 is now available with support for user and tool agents along with many other improvements to AI throughout the app? Check it out at perspectiveintelligence.app

@LiamRogersDev same experience. swiftui has gotten way better for custom drawing and gesture handling. what are you using for the pixel grid rendering - swiftui canvas or dropping down to metal?

@anhphong_dev Majority in SwiftUI, for all its flaws through time, its actually turned out quite good for this application 😎

TilePix is also available on macOS with just as seamless experience. Offering mouse and keyboard gestures and keyboard based panning you can get an efficient workflow going. App Store Link: apps.apple.com/app/tilepix/id… #macOS #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #coding

doku - free markdown viewer for macos you write in vs code / vim / whatever doku renders it beautifully -> gfm, mermaid diagrams, latex math, 40+ lang syntax highlighting -> auto-refresh on save -> quicklook - spacebar preview any .md file -> zero network calls. fully offline just the viewer. no editor. no bloat

@fredchristus thanks. the visual grouping is the key difference - seeing similar photos side by side makes it way easier to decide what to keep vs just scanning a list

@anhphong_dev This is totally different from what I have seen so far.

Build in public. What are you building? Drop your project url, some investors are watching.

@roaratron @mikedoise it's a solid machine for the price. depends on your workload but for most dev tasks it handles everything without breaking a sweat

@mikedoise @anhphong_dev I'm really considering picking up a MacBook Neo because it's well in my budget where I don't have to finance, but I also want to future proof so I can do more with my Mac.

What apps are you using on your MacBook Neo?

@mikedoise running perspective server on it is a nice use case. being able to connect from any machine makes it more than just a dev laptop

@anhphong_dev Xcode works great on the Neo along with many other apps. it is incredible what you can do with this machine. I'm running Perspective Server on it, which allows me to connect from any other machine on my network, and chat with Foundation Models.

@mikedoise smart approach. keeping the router lightweight so it doesn't eat into the context window is key. how are you handling edge cases where the router misclassifies?

The app uses a decision router that only looks at the user prompt and makes a decision to route or not. it then sends off to a router that makes the decision and then the agent looks at the prompt with a full context window and then outputs the tokens based on the response. all sessions are thrown away except for the main chat session.

@tikki_mann that's normal right after publish. app store search index takes a few days to settle. give it 3-5 days and check again. the fact that friends find it at #1 by name is a good sign - means your brand keyword is already indexed

@anhphong_dev I was pretty sure my ASO keywords were set right then then today after it said it was published I searched for it by name and it was like 15th app down… now friends are saying it’s the top one, but man I was gonna be livid if searching BY FULL NAME you couldn’t find my app first

On my break at my 9-5 Warehouse Job my app/game Warehosue Madness Apple finally published my App!I Now it’s live both on iOS and Google play Hoping to hit 5,000 downloads in the first 3 months #Gaming #indiedev #IOS apps.apple.com/us/app/warehou…

@ClimStefan most of them are small focused utilities. once they're stable they mostly run themselves. the hard part is marketing not maintaining

@anhphong_dev oh man so many of them, when do you have time for all?