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Close to $2k with very minimal self-promo across a few sites. I mostly made it for me.

Unfortunately can't take credit on iOS here - the same app is 1.4mb on iOS - I assume because it isn't statically linking some part of the CloudKit syncing framework on macOS whereas it does on iOS? Or maybe SwiftUI framework is dynamic on macOS due to Catalyst - not really sure.

I copied an app from the App Store. Their business model was free desktop application but $20 for the iOS client and I really wanted it so I made a 'clean-room' implementation with CloudKit and charged $0.99 for a one-off cross platform sale.

Bit brazen, but the idea isn't entirely unique.

Edit: P.s email me at adam@adamfallon.com if you would like a promo code to get the app for free :).

* https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nitronotes/id1502080216

It worked! Congrats :)

I wonder if Google does anything to accurately reimburse something like ad-naseum* clicks. I imagine the probably take up a non-insignificant amount of spend at the $6m level

*https://adnauseam.io/

So far what i've send of the RCE i've seen so far has been a way of triggering pop-ups on the start screen - not to say its not more dangerous than that, but just thought i'd give some context.

Most RCE's aren't carte blanche to run arbitrary code on a users computer, but are some way of triggering a particular code path on a remote computer.

What a vacuous comment. Granted in the early days you could give the benefit of the doubt that sure Magic Leap are trying to build some revolutionary AR - you could construe my comment as ill-natured.

But go to Magic Leaps website now. Look at the promotional video that is being shown there. Now go and look at actual footage of the Magic Leap unit in action.

The company are being entirely misrepresentative of what their product actually is. They are using that amazing video footage to sell a product TODAY that is nothing close to the quality shown there. Look at what the unit is capable of and compare it to that.

Now sure, you can be given creative freedom to express the ideas of things that the Magic Leap lets you do. But then you remember the Whale video. They've been misrepresenting their product and trying to sell it using that misrepresentation for years at this point.

When TechCrunch first released video of the little floating robot game I remember people being astounded at how asinine it was. This is what VCs have been raving about and pouring money into?

So what are they trying to make work? Their promotional videos, ability to dupe VCs and probably their rock solid sales team - how long can should you give that benefit of the doubt for? They are 9 years old at this point!

I sort of always knew it was the job of VCs to hype up their portfolio, but i've never seen it as bare faced as when Benedict Evans was shilling Magic Leap saying things along the lines of "Magic Leap was the coolest thing I'd seen since the iPhone. It's now much cooler than that." and "I’ve had the Magic Leap demo. It was worth going to Florida for."

Well that looks a bit silly now doesn't it.

That is seriously impressive for that short amount of time, fantastic work!

I did comment elsewhere in this thread, but have since deleted, but I just had another question:

Can you say a bit more about the OSS libraries I’m always looking for tools to help with comments in my projects!

How long did this take to develop? It’s absolutely delightful

Geohot has been doing a pretty unscientific but interesting look at the molecular & computational biology side of the coronavirus.

Interesting for coders/hackers

First in the series here: https://youtu.be/8vWaawiUteM

Nothing new under the sun

Tot is a clone of FiveNotes: https://www.apptorium.com/fivenotes

And Looks to be heavily inspired by QuickNotes too: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/quick-notes/id1260480179?mt=12

I've added this feature in the pending update actually :)

> "With editing features that make Notes more of a datastore than just plain ol' text, the app could be interesting .. like, a JSON or XML editor overlay, maybe .. hmm .."

Could you expand on that a little? Do you mean keyboard buttons to insert patterns common when writing in those languages?

Hey thanks for the feedback.

I'd start by saying that I am no way positioning this as an alternative to notes - we are aiming for two different things.

This app is aiming to be the scrap of paper beside your computer you scribble on during the day. Notes is the A4 Binder that can hold everything, but you need to dig to get at it.

The navigational simplicity replicates that - I can fly taking notes with this.

That said, I think if you use notes the way I did, to jot stuff in during the day i'll compare;

So the main frustration I have with using notes across devices is the inconsistent (and especially on iOS) the tap-tap-tap style of navigation to drill down from Folders > Sub Folder > Note.

I hated not having search to hand in Notes on iOS either - with my pending update (in review with Apple) you swipe from top to bottom (or hit Cmd + Shift + F on keyboard) and you get full text search over your 7 dots.

Hopefully some of that gets at your questions RE: Value prop.

I absolutely hate to be that guy who links his own work, but I have seen my sales flatline in the past week and it's lead to me driving the price down of my app to the point where i'm thinking of just making it free for the exposure.

Please, if you could download, share & rate my app - If you'd like to try the app without paying, email me at adam@adamfallon.com and I will send you a promo code!

My app is a clever spin on a note taking app that gives you 7 workspaces, and your notes sync over iCloud to macOS, iPadOS & iOS. Think of it as Post-It notes for your Apple devices.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/nitronotes/id1502080216

Edit: An update with search and keyboard Shortcuts for iPad & macOS is currently in review with Apple. In the meantime if you've any feature requests you can send them through the app :)

One thing i'll note here as to a potential reason why they do this

I just recently attempted to set up Facebook adverts for an app I developed. When it came time for me to set the metric up I obviously chose "App Installs" as my metric to track.

To do this, Facebook told me I needed to install the Facebook SDK in my app to attribute an adverts conversion.

I didn't end up running the ad, but I can see why companies potentially have the SDK embedded in their apps to track ad-spend, hence the phoning-home to Facebook.

Edit: Just so people don’t have to dig to verify;

https://en-gb.facebook.com/business/help/2083260191704068?id...

I left work due to burnout and wanted to try my hand at doing something creative - creating a new product.

Had some time set aside for travel before I started, but then this all happened.

Could not have picked a less convenient time to try and travel and make money off SaaS / AppStore.

I remain optimistic and am expecting to learn so much more than I would have in the more comfortable market we are now leaving behind.

To health and family first though.

You're forgetting the fundamental rule of the stock market.

Buy low, Sell high.

I’d say yes - ban it.

Is there any blogs or interviews with people who have the virus and aren’t over 60 years old?

I tried to find some things on Google but shockingly I can’t find anything. I want to know what it’s like to have it (from the perspective of someone who is young and healthy)

It's not. Design tools have had this kind of functionality for UIKit for years. Making views is absolutely not the hard part of mobile development.

Also just LOOK at this empty state.

12 buttons. And that’s apparently stripped down. Yikes.

https://imgur.com/gallery/drOgDwF

I feel like I had an aneurysm reading this. For 6 paragraphs the repeat that they shrunk the lines of code down, that the rewrote the whole thing and that it’s a massive undertaking and that a message app should be small. 6 paragraphs of that slightly reworded and I just gave up. I honestly think this was written by a bot.

Location:London

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: iOS (Swift, Objective-C, SwiftUI)

Résumé/CV: https://adamfallon.com/cv, https://adamfallon.com/projects

Email: adam@adamfallon.com

Would love to move to full time remote after ~4 years of the hellish commute into Central London .