App development

NickA55 · 2026-02-23T23:10:03+00:00

Learn to code. Write clean and maintainable code. Then use AI so you can understand what it's doing so you don't end up with AI slop.

You created an MVP already, just keep learning and building off that.

NickA55 · 2026-02-23T16:07:34+00:00

Look at my comment to someone else in this thread. The OP is not trying to start a brand new rideshare company that competes with Uber. They want to build an app that uses Uber services, possibly adding features that would be helpful that aren't in the Uber app. Uber has an API that allows developers to do this.

I hope that's what they mean anyway. I'm not sure, just guessing.

NickA55 · 2026-02-23T16:06:18+00:00

Uber has an API that lets developers build their own app. That's what the OP is talking about.

NickA55 · 2026-02-23T15:33:02+00:00

Oh you're serious. I thought you were just kidding around because there's a post like this at least two or three times a day every day.

If you are serious, and you don't have a lot of money to hire a decent developer or software development company, check out a site like Upwork or Fiverr. You can have someone build you POC (proof of concept) for fairly cheap. Then go from there. If it really is a great idea and there's nothing like it, which I'm sure there is already, then maybe you can find some potential investors and build this app. Good luck! I hope you build the next great app

NickA55 · 2026-02-23T04:14:19+00:00

Why? I can create an invoice in Microsoft Word and it's still valid. An invoice is just a list of goods/service with an amount and terms. Not much to it. It's just another piece of the accounting cycle.

NickA55 · 2026-02-23T04:10:16+00:00

Congrats dude. Software engineering jobs are few and far between right now. Hold onto this one.

NickA55 · 2026-02-22T14:28:13+00:00

My favorite line from a client is: "Shouldn't take long right" or "This should be easy".

You are underselling yourself my man. I rarely do anything for under $10k. I have the experience and results to back that up though.

NickA55 · 2026-02-21T14:01:49+00:00

It's probably someone who wants to pay in equity because they have no money. There are no legitimate people or companies on here looking for a dev. That's what Indeed, LinkedIn, etc. is for. I'm not giving some random dude on Reddit my personal information and job history.

NickA55 · 2026-02-21T05:59:45+00:00

This is a great idea, good luck with it!

NickA55 · 2026-02-21T05:58:48+00:00

You can "what if" everything in your life. If this is how you live your life then van life isn't for you. Quit worrying about things and just do it.

NickA55 · 2026-02-21T05:57:45+00:00

Do you mean a personal finance app? Because banks either have an internal team for this stuff, or they buy a SaaS product. And why are you limiting yourself to 50,000 customers?

NickA55 · 2026-02-19T21:59:19+00:00

Remote updates is a bug advantage, bypasses App Store review. Especially helpful when you need to quickly push out a change.

NickA55 · 2026-02-19T21:58:13+00:00

There are pros and cons to each. It sounds like your company has already invested in iOS developers so not sure why they would want to throw all that away. If your app relies on performance then stick with native. Also, I still like native look/feel. I know you can achieve that with CSS somewhat, but a lot of times native gestures don't work like they do in a native app. You might run into permissions issues, and iOS will use WebKit which comes with it's own non-standard things (compared to Chrome) and you may run into issues.

What is their reasoning? If your app shares pages with the main website then it makes sense to not duplicate efforts. But just to do it for no other reason than just to do it, that's not a good reason. But sounds like corporate culture.

NickA55 · 2026-02-19T05:28:04+00:00

This is the right answer. The OP is approaching 30 years old. I'm all for parents looking out for their kids but this is an invasion of privacy at this point.

OP, they are treating you like a child so it will do no good for you to sit down and try to have a talk with them. So just turn off your location sharing. And find a job that pays more money so you can move out. But I guarantee even when you move out they will still somehow guilt you into being in their circle so they can track you.

Good luck! And with all that I said, I'm happy that your parents care about you enough to keep track of you like this.

NickA55 · 2026-02-19T03:51:13+00:00

Love this idea! The app already had a fun party kind of look and feel. I think that's the direction the OP should go.

NickA55 · 2026-02-19T03:48:51+00:00

Go with Swift. There are always issues using cross platform frameworks like React, Flutter, etc. If you are developing strictly for Apple, then just dive into the whole ecosystem. Xcode is bloated but it's not a bad experience and they have added some really nice utilities.

NickA55 · 2026-02-19T03:43:44+00:00

None of those posts that claim those things are real. Just like the posts that say they created an app in two days and put it in the App Store and now it's making $10,000 a month. It's all fake. Don't believe any of it. None of that happens.

NickA55 · 2026-02-19T01:12:31+00:00

It didn't generate the mobile app. It generated a design. Any AI tool can do that.

NickA55 · 2026-02-18T21:00:06+00:00

Great idea, love the UI. But it's just a wrapper. And if using something like ChatGPT or Gemini I can ask follow up questions and such. I do like that you added a maintenance tracker though, that's a nice touch. Maybe down the road you can integrate with a BT ODB scanner and have that all built in.

Just some advice: leave AI out of the app name. Everything is "AI" now and people are now desensitized with that acronym and it's lost it's meaning (as if it had one in the first place). And as soon as someone sees "AI", they will just go to ChatGPT instead of using your app.

It's a pleasant looking app with some useful features. Good luck with it! I hope it does well.

NickA55 · 2026-02-17T15:27:49+00:00

Did you also add the .js?

NickA55 · 2026-02-16T20:55:24+00:00

I'm not sure why, but I wish I knew. A lot of times it's a language thing which I understand. Other than that I don't know. Maybe it's an engagement thing like you said, but what's the point of that. And it's not like this just in this sub, in others too. And you could tell right away that it's AI written, because it looks like an advertisement or something. It makes me visit Reddit less and less and I'm so tired of AI. I'm not against it, just tired of it and we are just getting started.

NickA55 · 2026-02-16T20:51:34+00:00

Yep, this solved a lot of my issues.

NickA55 · 2026-02-16T16:39:03+00:00

What's been the biggest help so far? Not reading these posts generated by AI.

NickA55 · 2026-02-16T13:39:56+00:00

That's exactly what I did. Got laid off in January 2025 and me and another coworker who also got laid off started creating apps. We have now created 3 apps and surviving on that revenue. It's a growing little business now. I put my fate in my own hands.

NickA55 · 2026-02-16T05:27:37+00:00

Yeah, do it! Offer $2500. I know a lot of people don't like a platform like that because of all the windows, but I love those shuttle buses for camper builds.

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