don't you dare give up

submitted my app for review. waited a week. then woke up to apple removing every single app I've built from the app store. entire dev account flagged under 3.2(f). payouts frozen. years of work, just like that. anyone managed to get their account back? #terminator #apple

organic views are finally starting to come in. now just need to push the numbers a bit higher and turn those viewers into app users.

slowly figuring out us tiktok. once read that you can't create without consuming. turns out it's true. the more i watch, the more i understand what works and how to make better content. got my first mini hit today. small win, but we're getting somewhere

scary

opus 5.5 is way better than astra rn, hope astra’s new model can take the crown back

vpn+tiktok for the us is actually working. easy part’s done, now the real work starts. figuring out how to get the views up 🤡

It’s the last day of #Shipaton and I’m out. Apple never took my app into review. Sitting alone by the sea feeling pretty down… then this little cat walked up and decided I needed company.

Finally submitted my app! Hoping it gets approved before the deadline 🤞 #shipaton

gave grok 4.7 a shot, expected more honestly :( still not on openai or claude’s level

astra burns through the weekly limit even on tiny tasks. the model is excellent but the limit is not :(

Met @marclou and @alexwestco today after their talk. Thanks for the quick conversation. Even cooler in person.

Put together a trial conversion funnel in mixpanel for my latest app. Getting a decent number of trials organically, but the trial to paid conversion still has a lot of room to improve. Shipping an update to improve the core results and curious to see how much it moves the needle. If I can fix conversion, I’ll probably start testing some paid marketing channels next.

Today I was at the @RevenueCat x NeonApps IRL Shipaton Meetup 🚀 Saw old friends, met new people, and checked out some really ambitious and impressive apps the teams have built. It was a fun and productive event, hope we get another #Shipaton meetup in Istanbul soon!

Why is my app called tomomo, and why is its mascot a white cat? “Tomo” means “friend” in Japanese. Momo is a friend I met in Japan, and struggling to communicate with her became part of the idea behind my app. So the name came from tomo + Momo and I also liked that it can sound like “to Momo.” And the white cat? That’s based on my actual cat 🐱 So both the name and the mascot come from real parts of my life. #Shipaton #BuildInPublic

Push notifications live with @onesignal Chat alerts and practice reminders working great! (Yes, I was messaging myself because I need friends to test the app 😭) #Shipaton #BuildInPublic

I’m using different AI models for different jobs in tomomo. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite for live translations. GPT-5.6 Luna for mini lessons, similar cost, better explanations in my tests. If a few seconds feels too slow, I’ll switch as faster models come. #Shipaton #BuildInPublic

Translation helps you understand a message, but I wanted tomomo to help you learn from it too. So I made every translated sentence tappable. One tap turns a real conversation into a mini lesson you can explore, listen to, and practice. #Shipaton #BuildInPublic

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