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Making small Swift/SwiftUI apps on the side. Research Scientist for a food safety company by day.
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Looks like a nice afternoon ahead in Dallas today. Want to check your own WxNmbr? Find it on the AppStore.

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

Post app release is a weird feeling. Like I know there’s work to do with promotion. I know there’s work to do with bug fixes and optimizations. And I know there’s a ton of features that I wanted to add but couldn’t fit into v1. But it there is something about release that’s just almost peaceful.

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

Have a lovely evening in Chicago! Not bad this time of year! Check your own WxNmbr with my SwiftUI made app available now on the AppStore!

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

Self promotion is so hard. 🫣

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

A bit windy in NYC today eh? Hold onto that hat 🤣 WxNmbr is a free app on iOS download it today to get your own glanceable, slightly subjective, weather forecasts.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Creating the App Store previews for WxNmbr was a fun challenge. The simplicity of the app made it difficult to figure out what to highlight. It also wasn't easy to provide a variety of images for the same reason! Let me know what you think of these and if you have suggestions for improvement!

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

After months of work self learning SwiftUI I’ve done it! WxNmbr is now available to download. 😅 apps.apple.com/us/app/wxnmb...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Back in August I had the urge to create a SwiftUI app and I wanted to do something with WeatherKit for this journey. However making a unique weather app in 2025 is not easy. So I got to brainstorming.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Now we wait. 😬

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Release a mostly working build now and fix bugs with updates or delay launch and release with fewer bugs? What factors do you consider since there will always be bugs that need fixing or optimizations to perform — you gotta draw the line somewhere!

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I think I’ve got my release build of WxNmbr. Testing now and if all goes well release soon! Phew this has been a journey. While I’ve learned a lot making this silly spin on a weather app. I actually am more impressed with myself for how much more attention to detail I had.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

One of the things I struggle with is knowing when to be done. I’m not cut out for the fine details and repetitive work of testing. Give me the vision planning, big picture direction, and quick and dirty prototype stage any day! What’s your favorite development stage?

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Am I crazy to use StoreKit2 for subscriptions locally over something like revenue cat? 😬

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

I really want to give the TRMNL thing a try. Looks like a fun little device for ppl who like to tinker.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

What I’ve learned about SwiftUI is that it’s great if you stick to the rules and are okay with the limitations, but it is a bit more restrictive in what you can do. I think this ends up pushing apps to look very similar in the long run. But maybe there’s other ways to stand out beyond design.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Since I started to learn Swift/SwiftUI programming on the side I’ve released 3 apps to the App Store. 1) a small arcade game built with SpriteKit 2) an even smaller game built with swift playgrounds. 3) a time tracking app built with SwiftUI — mostly as a way to learn SwiftData.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

As a solo / hobby developer When do you know an app is ready to ship? 😅 Pursuit of perfection and scope creep is killing me. 🤣

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

I can relate. 🤣

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Concerning.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

I’m a designer trapped inside a programmers mind. I want to make beautiful things I just don’t know how. 🤣

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

News moved so fast.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

There’s always more to fix. 😬

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

I love programming. Fix one bug. Create 3 others. 🙃

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Not a great weather day today. But WxNmbr is very close to release. So that brightens the mood a bit. 🤣 can’t wait to share this silly idea of a weather app with everyone.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

What if the weather was just one number? WxNmbr will let you answer that question.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

My silly idea for a weather app is almost done. Just testing a few little things now and then submitting to the App Store for approval! Hoping for a release towards the end of February. How can I promote this thing? 😬

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Actually a pretty cool SwiftUI trick.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

My unique spin on a weather app WxNmbr is close to being finished. I set out on this journey to experiment with SwiftUI, build some skills with using an API (weatherkit in this case) and ended up having a lot of fun. Rather than build just another weather app - WxNmbr has a unique spin.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Guess I tend to be productive on the Wednesday-Friday. 🤔

submitted 183 days ago • 0 comments