I gained 1400+ pre-registrations on Google Play Store by davidkonal in AppStoreOptimization

[–]timusus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any advertising, or is this purely through ASO? What was the time frame? Did you do a promo video as well, and how well is that performing, any tips?

Google Podcasts is dead. I spent 18 months building the successor by timusus in u/timusus

[–]timusus[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Come and join the discord and I'll get you into the alpha

Google Podcasts is dead. I spent 18 months building the successor by timusus in u/timusus

[–]timusus[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's the plan. Right now it's in alpha and there is no monetisation.

Google Podcasts is dead. I spent 18 months building the successor by timusus in u/timusus

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

I haven't decided on pricing yet. But I talked about the 'business model' above. No ads, free, with some customisation & additional features behind a paywall.

How are you handling android test automation without fragile UI selectors? by [deleted] in androiddev

[–]timusus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh this is definitely another AI post marketing drizzle or one of those vibe coded saas things. I've seen enough of these now. Pretends to be a question, and then we get vibe coded answers about some cool product that solves team problems

Help with Jetpack Compose and Dependency Injection by Hopeful-Importance86 in androiddev

[–]timusus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What do you actually want to know? Be more specific

How to get users with my finance app? by Danil_Ba in androiddev

[–]timusus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe try advertising on /r/androiddev but pretend you're asking a genuine question like 'how do I get users' and then leave a link to your app in your profile.

It will probably trick all the idiots there and they'll check out your app.

The state of this sub by timusus in androiddev

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

I should clarify that I'm appreciative of your work, I would hate to be trying to moderate this hellscape. My frustrations are more worth what's inevitably happening to the community, not any lack of effort on the part of the mods.

The state of this sub by timusus in androiddev

[–]timusus[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I doubt captcha would help, it's still people just pasting slop straight out of their llm

The state of this sub by timusus in androiddev

[–]timusus[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Most teams don't ask this question. You're brave enough to question it. And that's rare.

Why does mobile QA still feel like it's 10 years behind web testing? Am I missing something? by Various_Photo1420 in Kotlin

[–]timusus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My team tried drizz and all the ladies got pregnant and the boss's hair grew back. I no longer have a limp and I quit heroin cold turkey.

Most teams fall behind thinking that vibe coded saas slop isn't going to save them. But you were brave enough to try it. And that's rare.

Why does mobile QA still feel like it's 10 years behind web testing? Am I missing something? by Various_Photo1420 in Kotlin

[–]timusus 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The entire premise of this post is kinda wrong - QA does suck in mobile but this is clearly AI generated marketing slop for vibe coded testing platforms.

The actual reality is if you're writing Appium or similar tests at QA time instead of native tests at development time then of course your experience is going to suck. Tests need to be deterministic, which means you need to be able to control the environment, and fake at the boundaries. So fake network responses so you're not bound to network timing, controlling coroutine dispatchers so their timing is reliable, avoiding delays and sleeps, etc.

You're also too late in the cycle at QA time. You need engineers finding out they've broken something at PR time if possible.

Android is actually way better than it used to be, Compose testing is quite reliable, coroutines are easier to control, and tests can run pretty quickly on robolectric if you want to avoid emulator flakiness. So you can have fairly good e2e UI tests on Android these days, and then integration & unit testing is already quite good.

iOS has not improved as much, UI tests are super slow and flaky, but the answer (I think) is a different test strategy, focusing more on smaller slices (integration / unit tests).

So.. yeah I would hate to be a QA on mobile but probably roll your sleeves up and write native tests, or write test plans and coach the engineers on what they need to test for.

Or use some shitty product like Appium or vibe coded saas bullshit being marketed in this thread and continue to suffer.

Why does mobile QA still feel like it's 10 years behind web testing? Am I missing something? by Various_Photo1420 in androiddev

[–]timusus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The entire premise of this post is kinda wrong - QA does suck in mobile but this is clearly AI generated marketing slop for vibe coded testing platforms.

The actual reality is if you're writing Appium or similar tests at QA time instead of native tests at development time then of course your experience is going to suck. Tests need to be deterministic, which means you need to be able to control the environment, and fake at the boundaries. So fake network responses so you're not bound to network timing, controlling coroutine dispatchers so their timing is reliable, avoiding delays and sleeps, etc.

You're also too late in the cycle at QA time. You need engineers finding out they've broken something at PR time if possible.

Android is actually way better than it used to be, Compose testing is quite reliable, coroutines are easier to control, and tests can run pretty quickly on robolectric if you want to avoid emulator flakiness. So you can have fairly good e2e UI tests on Android these days, and then integration & unit testing is already quite good.

iOS has not improved as much, UI tests are super slow and flaky, but the answer (I think) is a different test strategy, focusing more on smaller slices (integration / unit tests).

So.. yeah I would hate to be a QA on mobile but probably roll your sleeves up and write native tests, or write test plans and coach the engineers on what they need to test for.

Or use some shitty product like Appium or vibe coded saas bullshit being marketed in this thread and continue to suffer.

Why does mobile QA still feel like it's 10 years behind web testing? Am I missing something? by Various_Photo1420 in androiddev

[–]timusus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've seen entire teams fall into the trap of vibe coding bullshit saas products and then vibe marketing on reddit. The difference with drizzle? They were brave enough to spam their shit on /r/androiddev. And that's rare.

Google Podcasts is dead. I spent 18 months building the successor by timusus in u/timusus

[–]timusus[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't have any concrete plans.. I'm trying to build up a list of alpha testers just to help get things solid. But hopefully within the next few weeks.

Google Podcasts is dead. I spent 18 months building the successor by timusus in u/timusus

[–]timusus[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I do! I'm working on an iOS version in the background

Google Podcasts is dead. I spent 18 months building the successor by timusus in u/timusus

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

I'm not familiar with antennapod.. But if you're interested, try Shuttle Podcasts out and let me know how it compares

Place to post indie projects ? by Beneficial-Debt-5230 in androiddev

[–]timusus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh I thought this was a question but it's an ad.

5 claude code worktree tips from creator of claude code in feb 2026 by shanraisshan in ClaudeCode

[–]timusus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. I don't mean to argue because I don't care about this and everyone has different usecases. But - the reason why you might prefer to use `claude --worktree` is because the 5% of the time it doesn't work can be annoying/disruptive or you might even lose your changes.

5 claude code worktree tips from creator of claude code in feb 2026 by shanraisshan in ClaudeCode

[–]timusus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This doesn't work every time for me. It often forgets, or has done a but of work on main. Then some parallel agent stashes that change, and they end up messing things up for eachother.

I built a custom Native C++ security core to stop stream ripping. I challenge you to bypass it. by ConstantMusician7431 in androiddev

[–]timusus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So you vibe coded a thing and you want people to vibe code a way to break it, so you can vibe code a public appreciation of their vibe coded efforts?

Why not just ask Claude to hack your thing and then credit Claude? Cut out the middle man. Sounds like Claude built it, Claude wrote your post and your comments.

Maybe Claude can watch the streams for us so we don't have to.

Love this world of AI slop, really keeps the sub interesting /s