LIFE INSIGHTS
- Why Europe Doesn’t Have Air Conditioning: The Real Story Behind the 104°F Heatwave
If you’ve checked the international weather news lately, you’ve probably seen alarming headlines: Paris baking at 102°F (39°C), London scorching at 98°F (37°C), and parts… - Official Meal planning App Store Launch! Say Goodbye to Sunday Night Kitchen Stress with Dam’em
Say goodbye to Sunday night dinner dread with ‘Dam’em,’ the newly launched meal planning app. Perfect for monthly meal preppers, it features automatic smart grocery lists, a zero-waste fridge raid finder, and a global translation community dubbed the next ‘Foodstagram’ for creators. Complete with a hands-free cooking guide app mode, this is your ultimate kitchen companion. - The App Store Nightmare: Surviving the iOS App Review Process and My Brutal Cost Breakdown
The ultimate boss fight of indie development isn’t coding—it’s dealing with Apple and Google. This post covers my chaotic journey of overcoming iOS app review rejections due to Apple ID login issues, failing Google Play’s strict closed testing phase, utilizing external agency services to finally cross the finish line, and a completely transparent financial audit of my 6-week solo development journey. - Data Cleaning and Translation Hell: The Chaotic Reality of Building a Diet Recipe App
An honest and witty look into the chaotic reality of solo app development. The author shares the painful but rewarding process of cleaning messy recipe APIs and fixing a retroactive multilingual setup while self-studying Flutter, leading to the successful launch of the recipe diary app, ‘Damem.’ - Can You Launch an App with Zero Coding Experience? My Gritty Solo App Development Journey with Manager Claude (From Blueprint to Build)
This post details the realistic and bumpy ride of a non-coder solo developer using the standard Claude interface (affectionately named “Manager Claude”). It covers how they mapped out user behavior, UX, and core logic, and tackled the infinite loop of copying, pasting, and debugging while learning Flutter. - Every Sunday Night, I Faced the Same Nightmare. So, I Decided to Solve My Meal Planning Agony by Creating an App.
A relatable, raw, and witty story of a 10-year meal-prep veteran and corporate couple! To escape the living hell of endless monthly meal plans, grocery lists, and recipe hunting, a complete coding newbie spent 4 weeks hustling to build an app alone. Here is the prologue to a successful solo app development journey.
JOURNAL
- Why is Africa still poor even though it gets so much aid?
Why Africa is Poor: The Real Reasons 1.2 Trillion Dollars in Aid Haven’t Broken the Resource Curse When vacation planning rolls around, most people naturally… - Why Europe Doesn’t Have Air Conditioning: The Real Story Behind the 104°F HeatwaveIf you’ve checked the international weather news lately, you’ve probably seen alarming headlines: Paris baking at 102°F (39°C), London scorching at 98°F (37°C), and parts…
- Official Meal planning App Store Launch! Say Goodbye to Sunday Night Kitchen Stress with Dam’emSay goodbye to Sunday night dinner dread with ‘Dam’em,’ the newly launched meal planning app. Perfect for monthly meal preppers, it features automatic smart grocery lists, a zero-waste fridge raid finder, and a global translation community dubbed the next ‘Foodstagram’ for creators. Complete with a hands-free cooking guide app mode, this is your ultimate kitchen companion.
- The App Store Nightmare: Surviving the iOS App Review Process and My Brutal Cost BreakdownThe ultimate boss fight of indie development isn’t coding—it’s dealing with Apple and Google. This post covers my chaotic journey of overcoming iOS app review rejections due to Apple ID login issues, failing Google Play’s strict closed testing phase, utilizing external agency services to finally cross the finish line, and a completely transparent financial audit of my 6-week solo development journey.
- Data Cleaning and Translation Hell: The Chaotic Reality of Building a Diet Recipe AppAn honest and witty look into the chaotic reality of solo app development. The author shares the painful but rewarding process of cleaning messy recipe APIs and fixing a retroactive multilingual setup while self-studying Flutter, leading to the successful launch of the recipe diary app, ‘Damem.’
- Can You Launch an App with Zero Coding Experience? My Gritty Solo App Development Journey with Manager Claude (From Blueprint to Build)This post details the realistic and bumpy ride of a non-coder solo developer using the standard Claude interface (affectionately named “Manager Claude”). It covers how they mapped out user behavior, UX, and core logic, and tackled the infinite loop of copying, pasting, and debugging while learning Flutter.