40
points
devgoth
Joined 114 karma
just a programming language nerd trying to recover from webdev
- im build an offline-first iPad-focused Dungeons & Dragons campaign app called Campaign Codex. i got inspired by watching Critical Role and saw a bunch of them using iPads during their sessions.
thought it would be cool to build something like this. im still building but feel free to download it via testflight and give some feedback: https://testflight.apple.com/join/kM4udJSZ
- I was working on a iPad-focused Dungeons & Dragons app focused on the Dungeon Master called Campaign Codex but I got a little bored with building CRUD apps.
Decided to pivot and start learning about databases and their internals more. Currently pulling down Clickhouse and reading some code along with the reading the book Database Internals by Alex Petrov.
So I'm technically not "working on" an app...I am working on myself to branch out and attempt to specialize a bit more as I progress in my career.
Any advice/papers/books to read is very welcomed!
- i think this is because of Clojure's mentality on backwards compatibility and not the JVM specifically. please someone correct me if im wrong tho!
- Location: Chicago, IL
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: iOS, Swift, SwiftUI, Java, Spring Boot, Elixir, Technical Leadership
Résumé/CV: https://www.commongroundtech.com/
Email: tyler@commongroundtech.com
hey all! i am looking for freelancing work in the Apple ecosystem space (Mac/iOS). I am looking to take on 5-8 hours a week.
available for: ios development, interesting web dev projects
hi im tyler! i have indie experience building Whenish, a productivity scheduling app for Messages (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whenish/id6745035749). i have scaled starts ups from seed to series c rounds. i am looking to consult on a weekly basis primarily building in the ios space but am open to start ups who need technical guidance and need a fractional cto like role.
- really cool to see a company using Common Lisp!
- > But the best programming language is like the best wine. Different people like different things, and that's OK. Drink whatever is the best fit for your palate, and code in whatever is the best fit for your brain.
never has anything rang truer
- this is awesome. is this on github? i would love to use it.
- this app never reads any messages. the iMessage framework is very strict around privacy...so much so that you are unable to get user information of. This is why you will see Participate 1, 2, 3 instead of the person's name. There is no way to get this information of who the sender is! Kudos to apple for this.
The only message that is written to the chat is when you hit submit. There is no external service as all information is stored as metadata on the message itself. I did not want to have an external server (which has its own challenges, see in another message around collisions).
Your entire group can see the message but in order to interact with the poll they will need to download the app. They will be redirected to the app store if they do not have the app after clicking.
- there is no external server! all meeting information is stored as metadata on the message.
this leads to some issues with potential collisions like if two people click the Whenish message at the same time and submit their message, there is no way to merge both that data. while this is an issue, i wanted to err on the side of privacy as much as possible and not rely on a server at all.
- <3
- alas this is focused on iOS and i do not have plans to port to Android for the moment :(
- heyo! so it will show the Whenish thumbnail in the chat when it is sent. when the user without Whenish clicks on it they will be routed to the app store to download Whenish.
- im toying with the idea of maybe releasing more features in a premium upsell (one time $0.99 purchase or something like that). still ironing that out.
i release ios apps under an LLC in hopes that one day an app will make money and i would rather that be associated with an LLC.
good question on past dates! i will fix that :)
- should be available in 24 hours...
if anyone knows about this (i remember i saw a warning by Apple) please let me know!
- let me take a look! iirc there was some compliance related documents Apple may have needed that freaked me out a bit? ill dig into it. apologies for this!
- i am building a little iMessage app called Whenish.
this was spurred from group texts with friends planning a vacation or outing. we would just throw a bunch of dates that would get lost in the mix and people would forget who was open on what dates. Whenish just allows user to select dates they are free and then it will show what is the best date that works for everyone.
i have a testflight right now and if anyone wants to give it a go please do! i would love feedback :)
https://testflight.apple.com/join/4HaADNMF
ps: i am not a designer and app icons are hard
- ive been using Go + HTMX + Go Templates. So far ive like the experience a lot. i mostly chose this stack to learn Go better coming from a web dev background.
I made Whenish cause i was frustrated with apps taking you outside of group chats to schedule events and find out dates when people are available. Whenish is an iMessage extension app and it works pretty nicely so far.
recently got my first user feedback email which was really exciting!
hope to figure out how marketing works to get some more users and hopefully double downloads + sales next year.