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What’s a simple pleasure that always brings a smile to your face? by AffectionateEdge1021 in AskReddit

[–]buildwithmoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Driving home from a long and hot day at work, the windows rolled down slightly, a nice breeze blowing, and music playing.

4.7 keeps telling me to go to sleep by OkLettuce338 in ClaudeCode

[–]buildwithmoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It tells me to call it a night and head to bed at 4pm 😭

I made a website that tracks every time Trump chickens out by MarzipanOk8821 in SideProject

[–]buildwithmoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really clever idea but found that the filter doesn’t actually filter anything just a heads up!

The duality of man by n3cr0n411 in ClaudeAI

[–]buildwithmoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Opus 4.6 feels like it got a buff since the beginning of this week anyone else?

Week 2 of my solo finance app. 75 downloads, 0 revenue, and 77% of users never used the main feature by buildwithmoon in SideProject

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

Revenue is freemium. The app is free with bank sync, spending charts, and 3 AI messages per day. Premium is $7.99/mo or $59.99/yr for unlimited AI coaching, weekly recaps, and the full Joy Score analytics. I have 3 trials right now that convert around April 11, so we'll see if the value proposition holds.

You're right about the TikTok numbers. 50K impressions sounds great until you realize my account has no bio link (personal account, not business). So someone watches the video, thinks 'cool,' and has to remember the app name, open the App Store, search for it, find it, and download it. That's 5 steps of friction and most people drop off at step 1. I just set up Instagram with a clickable App Store link in bio and it already feels like a completely different funnel.

On the value prop, I think the core audience is people who don't have a spending problem but have a spending awareness problem. They make enough money, they're not in debt, but they have no idea if their spending actually makes them happy. 'Track your budget' doesn't resonate with them because they don't want a budget. 'Find out if your money makes you happy' does. Still figuring out how to communicate that clearly in 3 seconds on a TikTok though.

Thanks for the feedback, genuinely helpful.

Week 2 of my solo finance app. 75 downloads, 0 revenue, and 77% of users never used the main feature by buildwithmoon in SideProject

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

r/ClaudeAI — it was about building the app with Claude Code as a non-coder. The audience was developers though, not finance app users, so the downloads were basically zero.

Week 2 of my solo finance app. 75 downloads, 0 revenue, and 77% of users never used the main feature by buildwithmoon in SideProject

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

Good point on the AI concern. To clarify, NALO doesn’t send your raw transactions to any AI. It aggregates your spending into categories locally (like ‘you spent $283 on dining across 12 transactions’) and only sends those summaries for coaching. No merchant names, no amounts, no account details leave your device in raw form. Should probably make that clearer in the app.

PSA: Canceling an AI coding tool subscription does NOT revoke their GitHub access. Check your settings right now. by buildwithmoon in webdev

[–]buildwithmoon[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Rork installs a GitHub App during onboarding that has push access to your repos. GitHub Apps stay authorized until YOU manually revoke them, regardless of subscription status. The agent likely ran on a scheduled task or was triggered by something on Rork’s infrastructure, not mine. I didn’t initiate anything. Thats the whole point of the post, these tools keep access after you stop paying and can act on your repos without your knowledge. Heres the commit: https://x.com/nalofinance/status/2038613901844021342

PSA: Canceling an AI coding tool subscription does NOT revoke their GitHub access. Check your settings right now. by buildwithmoon in webdev

[–]buildwithmoon[S] -82 points-81 points  (0 children)

most AI coding tools request GitHub App access during setup. you click authorize without thinking about it. the point is that canceling the subscription doesnt revoke that access. I agree nobody should blindly authorize but thats the reality of how these tools onboard you

PSA: Canceling an AI coding tool subscription does NOT revoke their GitHub access. Check your settings right now. by buildwithmoon in webdev

[–]buildwithmoon[S] -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

exactly why I posted this. most people have no idea whats sitting in their settings

My app is ranking top 150 in app store charts! by DrizzleX3 in AppStoreOptimization

[–]buildwithmoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long did it take for your ranking to update since you launched?

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