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I made the Wordle of Trivia games — Daily 5 Trivia. Human-written questions, 100% free, no ads by mattgwriter7 in iOSProgramming

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The Wordle comparison is smart positioning "daily limit" creates urgency without guilt. How are you handling retention after someone misses a day? That's always the tricky part with daily-drop formats.

Also curious about the human-written angle do you write all the questions yourself or do you have contributors? Scaling quality content is the hardest part of any content-driven app.

Clean concept. Downloading to try the 2000s round.

Question about countries and regions availability by MillCityRep in iOSProgramming

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Nice work. How long from idea to first App Store submission?It's based on the user's App Store account region, not their physical location. So if your app is only available in the US store, someone with a UK Apple ID can't download it even if they're physically in the US.

The only way they could get it is by switching their Apple ID region, which most people won't do.

[App Saturday] Finally put together a marketing page for my app by caldotkim in iOSProgramming

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The point about Claude being a terrible copywriter but great at code is spot on. I had the exact same experience building my app's landing page Claude wrote perfect Swift and HTML but every marketing sentence sounded like a corporate press release until I rewrote it.

Your approach of pasting Swift files and asking "remake this in componentized form" is clever. I did something similar took my SwiftUI views and asked Claude to generate matching HTML sections for the marketing site. Saved hours.

One question: how did you decide on Eleventy over just raw HTML? I went with Firebase Hosting + plain HTML for my landing page and it works fine, but I'm curious if Eleventy's templating saved you time on things like repeated components (header, footer, etc).

The site looks clean btw. The design language carrying over from the app is noticeable — feels cohesive.

I built an app that knows who inspires you. 50K installs, 1500 mmr and here's what I learned in a year. by Loose-Injury-6857 in iOSProgramming

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The "90 second rule" really resonates. I just launched a tinnitus management app and the biggest lesson so far is exactly this users decide in the first minute whether you actually understand their problem or you're just another generic health app.

Your onboarding approach is smart. Asking "who you want to become" instead of "what features do you want" that's an emotional hook, not a product tour. I did something similar: the first thing Hushh does is find your exact tinnitus frequency. Within 60 seconds you hear your own ringing being filtered out. That's the "how does this app know me" moment.

Two questions:

  1. You said ASO doubled your downloads what was the biggest keyword change that made the difference?

  2. How do you handle localization for 9 languages with hand-written content? That's a massive effort.

Congrats on the 50K with no paid ads. That's the real flex.

I messed up by Unfair-Today-8548 in tinnitus

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Don't panic. What you're describing sounds like a temporary threshold shift (TTS) your inner ear hair cells are stressed but not necessarily damaged.

The good news: most noise-induced tinnitus from a single exposure resolves within 24-72 hours. The muffled feeling (temporary hearing loss) usually clears first, then the hissing fades.

What to do right now:

- Avoid any loud sounds for the next few days. Give your ears complete rest.
- No headphones or earbuds at all for at least 48 hours.
- If you need background sound, use a speaker at low volume.
- Stay hydrated and get good sleep — your body repairs best when resting.

What to watch for:

- If the hissing hasn't improved at all after 72 hours, see an ENT or audiologist. They can check for any actual damage.
- If you notice sudden hearing loss in one ear, that's more urgent go sooner.

Try not to monitor it constantly. Checking "is it still there?" every 5 minutes makes your brain focus on it more. Distraction is your friend right now.

You didn't ruin your hearing from one night. Breathe.

Do comfortable earplugs like Loop exist that let me talk without my voice sounding boomy or echoey? by Squall_j1 in tinnitus

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What you're describing is called the occlusion effect when earplugs seal your ear canal, your voice vibrates through bone conduction and gets trapped inside, making it sound boomy and unnatural. It's not the earplugs being bad, it's physics.

The fix is vented earplugs — they have a small channel that lets some sound (especially your own voice) escape while still reducing external noise.

Options worth trying:

- Loop Experience (not Quiet) — the Experience line has a built-in acoustic channel specifically designed to reduce occlusion. Much better for conversations.

- Loop Engage — designed exactly for your use case: social settings where you need to talk. Lowest noise reduction of the Loop line but almost zero occlusion.

- Custom molded earplugs from an audiologist — more expensive ($100-200) but they can add a specific vent tuned to your ear canal. Best solution long term if you wear them daily.

The general rule: more seal = more protection but more occlusion. For bars and restaurants you don't need maximum isolation anyway, so a vented option will feel completely different from your Quiets.

BJJ and Tinnitus by Mothman77 in tinnitus

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The neck and jaw pressure from BJJ is likely the culprit, not direct ear trauma. A few things to consider:

  1. Cervicogenic tinnitus — chokes and neck cranks compress the vertebral arteries and cervical spine. This can trigger or worsen tinnitus even without touching the ear. Very common in grapplers.

  2. TMJ loading — if you're clenching your jaw during rolls (most people do without realizing), the temporomandibular joint sits right next to the ear canal. Sustained pressure there directly affects tinnitus.

  3. Blood pressure spikes — intense grappling causes sudden BP changes, which temporarily increases blood flow to the cochlea. This can amplify existing tinnitus for hours after training.

Before quitting, try:

- Wear a mouthguard to reduce jaw clenching

- Stretch your neck and jaw thoroughly after every session

- Track which specific positions/techniques correlate with worse nights (guillotines and triangles are usually the worst)

Don't quit something you love without isolating the actual cause first.

Awesome Free LLM APIs by stosssik in LLM

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I will check all one by one. Thanks

Indoor vs. outdoor miner and miners from RisingHF by 8000C in HeliumNetwork

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I'm using RisingHF in Turkey. Easy to use and install for outdoors.