Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)
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Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)
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#2> “Snaplight serves an extremely niche need: mine.”
There is a subtle brilliance in this sentence. With this recognition comes the permission to not try adding a mountain of features and complicating matters. Build something you will use. Solve a problem you have. Enjoy the process and accept the vulnerability that comes with shipping something to the world. Chances are good things will come of it.
Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)
#3There's a strange double-scrollbar in the #content div, that makes viewing on a desktop a little awkward
(Chrome/ Win10)
Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)
#4> As of March 2017, two years after launching Snaplight, it’s still going strong with about 10,000 downloads each week.
Wow. I've been hearing for years that the gold rush of 99 cent apps on the App Store was done for, but this kinda gives me hope. I might get around to finally finishing any app I've worked on...
Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)
#5> As of March 2017, two years after launching Snaplight, it’s still going strong with about 10,000 downloads each week. Wow. I've been hearing for years that the gold rush of 99 cent apps on the App Store was done for, but this kinda gives me hope. I might get around to finally finishing any app I've worked on...
Snaplight is a free app though, so while the 10k number is high I think it would be hardly reached if he had placed a 99 cent tag on it, given the niche. Some people (me included) like to download and try new apps, only to remove them after the utility hasn't proven valuable enough.
That shouldn't stop you from finishing your app though. Building and later publishing an app to your audience can be an awesome experience. Go for it!
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#7> All-in-all the project took me an hour to program
That's amazing. I don't think I've ever written anything usable in an hour.
Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)
#8> “Snaplight serves an extremely niche need: mine.” There is a subtle brilliance in this sentence. With this recognition comes the permission to not try adding a mountain of features and complicating matters. Build something you will use. Solve a problem you have. Enjoy the process and accept the vulnerability that comes with shipping something to the world. Chances are good things will come of it.
*Non-programmers need not apply
Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)
#9> As of March 2017, two years after launching Snaplight, it’s still going strong with about 10,000 downloads each week. Wow. I've been hearing for years that the gold rush of 99 cent apps on the App Store was done for, but this kinda gives me hope. I might get around to finally finishing any app I've worked on...
You should follow the link to the AppStore where it says:
“This app is no longer supported by the developer“
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/snaplight-photo-highlighter/id...
He probably got 10,000 downloads a week while he was featured on that page then dropped to almost zero. Millions of apps in the store means you won’t get much random traffic.
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#10> All-in-all the project took me an hour to program That's amazing. I don't think I've ever written anything usable in an hour.
That is amazing.
One thing I often see is that enthusiasts and professionals spend too much of their life and energy working with an inferior set of tools such that they are very dismissive of people expressing themselves faster with a better set of tools, solely because the discipline is no longer required
I am personally all for people being able to express themselves more effectively