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I built an app on a train ride. 48 hours later: €20k/day, #3 on the US App Store. Two weeks later: account terminated, €486,270 frozen by Apple. Here’s what happened (thread):

@gregisenberg And use 8hour.app to ship really FAST

This article won't win the $1M that X is giving away to its most popular X article over the next 14 days. But, I wouldn't be surprised if 5+ people make $1M+ following this playbook building AI mobile apps. I'm rooting for you.

@calai_app 4/ What’s next? Everything is plug-and-play: 📈 Tracking? Posthog/Amplitude keys. 💰 Monetization? RevenueCat/Superwall keys. 🎥 Video tutorial + full source code coming soon to the boilerplate users. What app should I clone next? Drop your ideas below! 👇

I cloned a $2M MRR app in a single morning. 🤯 @calai_app is great and I challenged myself to rebuild it in a few hours using my boilerplate, 8hour.app. Everything from AI vision to complex charts was already built-in. The breakdown of how I did it below 🧵 👇

@calai_app 3/ The "Hard" Part (40 mins) The only thing not automated? The specific business logic. Created a Zustand store (pre-installed) Wrote a hook to log calories Created a utility for calorie needs calculation Total dev time: < 4 hours.

@calai_app 2/ UI & AI Vision (35 mins) 🤳 AI Vision: Pre-integrated. Just wrote the system prompt and defined the output schema. 🎨 Complex UI: Animated numbers, circular progress bars, and charts. It’s all LEGO-style components. Just assembled them to match the look.

1/ Onboarding & Backend (31 mins) 👋 Onboarding: Zero lines of code. I just filled a JSON file with the questions. The engine handled the rest. 🤖 Backend: One CLI command to deploy the Supabase server. Done. Next.

What if “building week” became “building day”? I built 8hour.app: a boilerplate to ship a real v1 app in one day. Not a “template”. A starting line for makers who want to focus on the idea, not the plumbing.

Or click on this link on your phone 👉 8hour.app/demo

Scan this QR code and try 8hour.app on your phone - right now. 8hour.app is the boilerplate to ship your app idea in one day (without the headaches). This is the shortcut you need from idea → app → first $ without weeks of building.

8/8 So I’m pivoting: I’m releasing the boilerplate I built/refined over 2 years. The foundation I used to ship apps fast and scale. If you want access: 8hour.app

7/8 I’m still in the appeal process. From what I’ve seen, the process can be slow and reversals are rare. A “come back in a year” can be the only possible outcome. A year without shipping a single app for an app studio = bankruptcy.

I built an app on a train ride. 48 hours later: €20k/day, #3 on the US App Store. Two weeks later: account terminated, €486,270 frozen by Apple. Here’s what happened (thread):

@mrousavy Currently migrating my lib from async storage to MMKV: you did an amazing job!

react-native-mmkv just got some hot new features:

@marclou Amazing and in such a short time! well done @marclou

NO WAY 😭😭😭 First startup acquired through my new little marketplace. I can't express how happy I am right now... In 2023, when I sold MakeLanding for $35K, it gave me hope and freedom to keep shipping without worrying about paying the bills. Offering the same opportunity to someone else gives me a huge dopamine rush, so I'll keep improving the marketplace. If you're into buying/selling startups, what's the #1 feature missing on the TrustMRR acquisition marketplace?