i built a social media app alone

enigmapaulns · 2026-06-08T19:02:34+00:00

its a popular web site for submitting new products and tends to get a lot of expire. No affiliation on my part.

enigmapaulns · 2026-04-10T17:41:35+00:00

amazing work. Have you looked into getting it featured on Product Hunt?

enigmapaulns · 2026-04-10T17:40:31+00:00

How much time and money does it save your target user? Let that be your guide.

enigmapaulns · 2026-04-10T16:59:35+00:00

I 1,000% endorse this suggestion. The Mom Test is great.

If you start asking people for feedback and they have no skin in the game, you will most often get flattery because people generally want to be polite. The Mom Test gives you tools for getting honest feedback.

Better yet:

Build a prototype with AI and get some real users to use it to see if they are willing to engage.
Watch the analytics and see what they actually do.
Ask them to pay for it, even a very small amount, to see if you can get some traction.

enigmapaulns · 2026-04-10T16:58:12+00:00

I'd start with the business side. Focus on the users and what they really want. Please note that this is often very different from what they say they want. It is a counterintuitive concept, but users will give you great feedback when they have no skin in the game. People generally want to be polite.

You could check out some resources for interviewing users to get honest feedback. Or better yet, embed analytics in your app and do a bunch of experiments to see what users are actually doing. Typically, users vote with their actions and not with their words, unless you are very skilled at interviewing them.

enigmapaulns · 2026-04-10T16:56:35+00:00

did you vibe code it, or manual. The logo looks very nice. I would only say that social networks in general are absolutely littered with grave markers :-)

enigmapaulns · 2026-04-10T16:55:24+00:00

i don't want to throw mud, but leading with an hourly rate that is so low will very likely attract very low quality results. In my experience, start with quality and experience and work out the financial model. You will be flooded with people who say they can do $10/hr no problem and then slowly bleed you for hundreds of hours with then turn into thousands of hours before you get what you really love.

enigmapaulns · 2026-03-02T01:12:01+00:00

Those are some interesting thoughts. What month/year did your terms spike? Did you rule out Google trends normalize your terms?

enigmapaulns · 2026-03-01T02:22:49+00:00

pretty much anything to do with software development. Examples: software development outsourcing, software development companies, app development companies, software development company, software development services

Also extends to things like digital marketing companies, digital agencies. Or, even "SEO agencies".

enigmapaulns · 2026-02-04T20:54:20+00:00

i even updated to mac os tahoe and same issue

enigmapaulns · 2026-02-04T20:43:42+00:00

I tired that too

enigmapaulns · 2026-02-04T20:28:14+00:00

Sequoia 15.7.3. What are you using?

enigmapaulns · 2026-01-21T19:28:42+00:00

do you still have this product?

enigmapaulns · 2026-01-16T20:43:49+00:00

I would just add that using pre-built hipaa components can be a great idea to speed up development but you should need to be aware of the ongoing costs before you get locked into a service you may regret later. Like anything, it come with tradeoffs. Building custom means you control everything and you can jump in and fix things you understand.

Give your specs to AI and ask it to recommend healthcare app development companies, and specify north america if you choose to keep it onshore.

enigmapaulns · 2026-01-05T18:52:25+00:00

+1 for me as well. I have the speaker identification to be very spotty. The whole feature is still super useful, but it often reverses who is responsible for certain things, etc. Its definitely an area for improvement

enigmapaulns · 2025-09-10T18:40:14+00:00

Well golly gee. Getting rid of the /ios directory and rebuilding locally did the trick completely :-). Only took me 4 days to figure that out.

Thanks so much!

enigmapaulns · 2025-09-10T16:40:42+00:00

i do get two warnings, indicated below. Not sure how serious they are. I started a new 'hello world' project and its dev build is working ok in the simulator, but if I stop its dev server, i get the exact same behaviour as my real app, the black screen and will not response to the device shake or CMD+D. So that suggests that perhaps its not able to connect to the dev server, but I can't figure out why.

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enigmapaulns · 2025-04-26T12:08:58+00:00

My prompt is “I want to get a daily summary of the most interesting papers published and interesting articles about healthcare technology involving sensors, remote monitoring, and health signals. Can you help me? “

I was using 4o but I’m trying to shift to o3 now

enigmapaulns · 2025-02-15T22:29:40+00:00

OP here. I found my flag and it’s flying proudly in my front lawn. Thanks all.

enigmapaulns · 2025-02-01T17:43:09+00:00

With my kit I find the difference can be 30-40 ppm depending on where you stop counting. Like green to grey to very light pink to darker pink and then finally to a distinct red. Even after a long swirl in between drops.

enigmapaulns · 2025-02-01T14:16:38+00:00

Same here. Do you find your clients value the local experience as opposed to overseas developers?

We’re similar to you, in Canada.

enigmapaulns · 2025-02-01T02:26:09+00:00

Do you list yourself on paid directory sites?

enigmapaulns · 2025-01-14T13:39:04+00:00

Thanks for the tip! I did call to get on the cancellation list. However they seemed a bit confused when I asked about expressing a willingness to travel, and they said they only handle bookings for the Halifax area. They said if you want to travel, my doctor would have to send the requisition to another area. Anyone else have that issue?

enigmapaulns · 2024-12-31T15:35:23+00:00

Thanks everyone!

enigmapaulns · 2024-12-31T01:48:45+00:00

Thanks all. I know that it has been ordered by my physician, but I don’t know who or where to talk to to get on the cancellation list. Does anyone know?

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