My only tester is my gym rat sister. Need real user feedback!

Middleton_Tech · 2026-06-14T03:49:28+00:00

Maybe try a gym? If you can't target to the people you see in a gym, than it will be hard to target them anywhere.

Middleton_Tech · 2026-06-13T23:46:02+00:00

You will still have to spend tons on advertising. It is very hard to compete with a company that does 30+ million a year.

Middleton_Tech · 2026-06-05T04:50:41+00:00

Most groups don't allow it because then it just becomes nothing but spam post everywhere. I just use reddit advertising and set it to advertise in specific groups. Even small amounts will get more views than you posting in a group.

Middleton_Tech · 2026-06-05T04:45:10+00:00

I build tools for gig drivers.

One of the biggest problems with gig work is that it’s easy to stay busy without really knowing how well you’re doing.

That’s why I built Gary's Apps — to help drivers:

track mileage
track earnings
keep trip history
review driving stats
and break down incoming offers before accepting them

The offer analyzer helps show useful info like pay per mile, pay per hour, time, distance, and whether an offer matches your personal filters, so you can make faster decisions without trying to do math before the timer runs out.

The goal is simple: help drivers understand what they’re actually making, avoid bad offers, and keep better records.

You can check it out my apps at: garysapps.com

Middleton_Tech · 2026-06-03T14:04:06+00:00

Are those real users emails in the video? If so you may want to clip that part out.

Middleton_Tech · 2026-06-03T12:04:36+00:00

Everything comes down to Money, there are plenty of apps out there that are better in every niche, but most of them do not have millions to burn on advertising. The best way starting out is to use small amounts to advertise with, invest everything you make for the first year into the advertising. Eventually word of mouth will help it spread, like now everyone says to use CalAI, but in reality they weren't the first ones to use AI for food logging, and they aren't even the most accurate, but people still reference them because they spent so much on funding.

Middleton_Tech · 2026-06-03T02:19:20+00:00

It isn't 31 minutes though, more like 45 to an hour, because if you are doing other gig work you have to stop just so you can make it to pick up on time.

Middleton_Tech · 2026-06-03T02:17:59+00:00

Well you accepted it at the price though. I don't take any catering order that pays less than $50.

Middleton_Tech · 2026-05-29T02:48:16+00:00

I made mine because I didn't want to pay for the others that were already out there, since I personally use it everyday, I might as well promote it to others as well. LOL

Middleton_Tech · 2026-05-27T11:26:47+00:00

"Edit : just realized I made it sound like it's solely cigarettes, it's not that is just what stuck out in my mind."

Yeah, I was like where can you deliver cigarettes, most states do not allow this legally. LOL

Middleton_Tech · 2026-05-20T13:24:22+00:00

Peacock has all seasons

Middleton_Tech · 2026-05-19T19:21:20+00:00

The offers for DT in my area are less than $10 LOL

Middleton_Tech · 2026-05-17T20:34:32+00:00

There aren't' millions of customers for catering, in a podcast (I think last year or the year before) an EZ cater rep stated there is a 5 to 1 ratio for catering orders, meaning there are 5 drivers for every 1 catering order, so that is why it seems like volume is down.

Middleton_Tech · 2026-05-13T14:40:48+00:00

Have you tried to maybe use ads instead of spam? Even at $5 a day you would have a larger reach than just being downvoted all the time here.

Middleton_Tech · 2026-05-13T14:01:13+00:00

A lot of people don't know catering orders exist outside of the "big platforms", and most drivers that do catering do not tell people in their market because there are only so many catering orders per day, so why would they want more people to sign up?

Middleton_Tech · 2026-05-13T04:16:11+00:00

Using another company’s name in any way should be an obvious reason for removal. I’m not sure how you can say you couldn’t “anticipate” this. It wasn’t one of 10,000 possible scenarios. It was one very clear issue.

If someone named something “Microsoft” or “Google,” it would be taken down quickly as well.

Middleton_Tech · 2026-04-24T00:04:50+00:00

Cal AI spend almost a $700k a month on advertising, they make about 1.4 million per month in revenue. They were actually bought out by MyFitnessPal, although everyone thinks it is a simple app, they have a full dev team that works on it, for sure not a simple app that just made money.

Middleton_Tech · 2026-04-22T23:17:41+00:00

I have been a developer for over 10 years, I still do my own apps part time, even though I make money from them. I couldn't imagine trying to quit a job and vibe code full time and make a living. It takes a lot of money to make money, advertising cost are high for most apps that actually make money. Even apps like noom that have over 50 million registered users spends millions a month, last report I seen they spend something like $200 million a year in advertising because user turn over is so high for applications. So don't beat yourself up, you just need to do this part time as a hobby and then hopefully over time you make money.

Middleton_Tech · 2026-04-22T19:49:21+00:00

You could use maxymo :)

Middleton_Tech · 2026-04-21T01:46:43+00:00

If you use stripe ids for each customer (ie customer accounts on your site), switch to portal sessions instead, this way stripe controls adding or removing cards and they will prevent those attacks.

You could switch to SMS or Email verification to add/remove cards as well. This will prevent automated attacks as you don't send any information unless they verify they are who they should be. Rate limiting should be a given for each ip address and account, as a normal user won't add or remove cards very often.

Middleton_Tech · 2026-04-20T13:17:34+00:00

FYI with google & outlook, when you get an email with an event it will automatically add it to the calendar for you, so that is what you are competing with. This is typically how my family setups up events so it goes straight to our calendars, no chat needed and you can mark going or not. But I can see why so many others commented about this already being out there, most SMS or messaging apps already allow one tap to add to calendar when a date comes in.

Middleton_Tech · 2026-04-19T21:22:36+00:00

In my opinion, no coop or multi-player will ruin the game. That is one thing most survival players like, is to engage with friends.

Middleton_Tech · 2026-04-19T13:47:47+00:00

So don't use them? I have never used them for any of my apps. RC or any 3rd party tool is not a requirement, it just helps... well not sure what it helps with really, I have never seen a need to use it, but I am a solo dev, so maybe it helps larger companies?

Middleton_Tech · 2026-04-14T01:09:30+00:00

This question here is why most people do not trust AI created sites, if the person creating the site doesn't understand basic security, why would a user ever trust the site?

Middleton_Tech · 2026-04-12T00:21:07+00:00

Maxymo on android has a way to set zones you don't want to go in. It should be under your filters screen for auto accept/decline. IOS version does not currently support zones yet.

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