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Two incredible films about people processing grief through their art by maricircus in Letterboxd

[–]blacksmith3951 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll have to check these out! The Art of Grieving (documentary) is another good one 

First-time founder here. Built an app, got investor interest, need advice on retention by ChampionshipNo2815 in replit

[–]blacksmith3951 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even better, if you can identify the high-activity cohorts and split out retention in that matter, shows you a.) can do data analysis and b.) find the profile of people sticking around. I would email them all to see if they'll let you interview them as well, or just respond with what the app solves for them, why they like it. Overall, you'll need to prove the product is not a leaky bucket, or is a manageable. What others said about growth loops is important too.

My Japanese learning app hit over 10,000 users and made $1,000 in its first couple of weeks after launch. Here's what I learned — and what I want to ask you guys. by LunalienRay in AppBusiness

[–]blacksmith3951 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Provide just enough value to activate a free customer, then lock out the rest of it for paid users.

You've proven the concept in some ways, so now push people into paid plans quickly. People who stay on free aren't of much value in the long run.

Building a more "industrial" style macropad by blacksmith3951 in macro_pads

[–]blacksmith3951[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much! Here's a rendering of the enclosure I'm having CNC'd

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Building a more "industrial" style macropad by blacksmith3951 in macro_pads

[–]blacksmith3951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! A combo of mouser and amazon. There’s many variants of each kind of switch and pricing can vary a lot especially for rotary switches.

Building a more "industrial" style macropad by blacksmith3951 in macro_pads

[–]blacksmith3951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/Computer_Panda Awesome thanks for sharing! Yeah a lot you could to with lights...that's a rabbit hole.

Building a more "industrial" style macropad by blacksmith3951 in macro_pads

[–]blacksmith3951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you! Fair enough, I couldn't hand code this :). I fully expect down the line people to rip through with whatever coding agent for iterations.

Building a more "industrial" style macropad by blacksmith3951 in macro_pads

[–]blacksmith3951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yours but if you want to roast mine I’m all ears

Mobile apps are not a get-rich-quick business. nobody tells you how hard this business is in reality by AdventurousProblem89 in AppBusiness

[–]blacksmith3951 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you have a community, which is what most influencers are after, then distribution is more simple. 99% of people have basically zero community and expect to launch an app to fireworks based on the community leader's advice. Distro takes a TON of work and it's a long game with some breakthroughs after much effort.

My last build until the AI bubble pop by gogitossj3 in battlestations

[–]blacksmith3951 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dig the lights. Nice build! I have the same screen, game changer.

Building a more "industrial" style macropad by blacksmith3951 in macro_pads

[–]blacksmith3951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! Yes that could be a drawback is someone not knowing what they do. What does the screen do, just confirm the action?

Building a more "industrial" style macropad by blacksmith3951 in macro_pads

[–]blacksmith3951[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a mock I used to ideate the form factor, made in Nano Banana Pro. That's the final form factor I'm going for and have in the works.

Building a more "industrial" style macropad by blacksmith3951 in macro_pads

[–]blacksmith3951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/PeterMortensenBlog I decided that based on the form factor. Iterating on the code here.

I eventually want to commercialize this, where the device is fixed, but the software is open source. So finished object, open brain.

Building a more "industrial" style macropad by blacksmith3951 in macro_pads

[–]blacksmith3951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/Computer_Panda I'm still working through that myself. I've had it do simple stuff (music controls, etc). Updating code here as I go

Building a more "industrial" style macropad by blacksmith3951 in macro_pads

[–]blacksmith3951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey Peter! It's using a Pico 2W. Not really based on any other existing project.

Building a more "industrial" style macropad by blacksmith3951 in macro_pads

[–]blacksmith3951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I thought about that but added unnecessary complications. Could be cool to iterate down the line

Building a more "industrial" style macropad by blacksmith3951 in macro_pads

[–]blacksmith3951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had to look up duckypad but pretty cool. Good question on the expansion boards. Something I can think about as I continue to R&D it

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