Joel Sereno

Apple Watch Activity screen showing Dec 2 stats: Move ring nearly complete at 402/500 calories, Exercise ring at 7/30 minutes, with ‘Activity’ and ‘Trends’ tabs at the top and the time 9:56.

I recently updated my watch app Dance Calories:Arcade Burn to include new data screens. One screen gives me more a little more joy than the rest: The Activity Rings as retro arcade style status bars. 😊🕹️⌚️
#applewatch #closeyourrings

App Store link: apple.co/3Kh1OVF

I set up a new workflow recently on one of my projects using GitHub Actions, fastlane, and Claude Code. 🥹
Small change in Claude Code Web-> merge PR-> GitHub Actions triggers fastlane-> fastlane triggers internal Test Flight build.
Now I can do small changes on the go. 😁📱

Update, Android version now “good enough” for MVP, just RevenueCat and publishing left. Google Play store setup still new to me though.
Any differences between the apps is just “A/B testing”. 😅 I promise to post screenshots someday. #shipaton #iosdev #android

Spent time this weekend working on the Android version of my app, so I could release it alongside iOS version. I didn’t finish, so iOS will be released this week before Android gets out, to keep with the #shipaton deadline.

For my #shipaton app, it lets you create your own library of quotes and insights to reflect on them later. A humble app so I could test out Skip Tools. Pending developer release.

I initially had a very different app idea, but I switched to a less complex one due to limited time.

Few days left for #Shipaton. I built privately due to personal circumstances, missing out on the #buildinpublic experience. Bit of a bummer with that but I kept going so that I could get experience for another release process. App details next post.

I pretty much disappeared for all of August and September. Got real pretty sick with the flu for some weeks, then life hit me with a bunch of popups to address. Going to try and slowly get more active, miss interacting with the iOS dev community!

My #shipaton app idea list is narrowing as I get closer to choosing a project. However, some friends and I noticed a few ideas could qualify for the RevenueCat Peace Prize, which is actually pretty cool 🥹. It’s hard to choose which app because I want to do them all haha.

While waiting for this year’s #shipaton start, I’ve been pressing hard to get a V2 of last years app, Theater Room 7, by end of July. V1 never lived up to its potential 🥺 But I’ll announce when it finally gets updated. #iosdev

Extremely excited for #shipaton! 😁 #iosdev

I’m unable to fly out and attend Deep Dish Swift this year, but I am super excited for those who are going! 🤗 It’s such a great conference and experience!! #iosdev

Disappeared for 6 weeks due to moving and sickness, but now it's time to get back to my #iOS adventures! Going to start by resuming a Skip Tools course to regain my development grind/habit, and then go from there. It's been way too long!

Quick Updates!
In the house buying process! Takes up a lot of my time, so I’ve been more quiet with posts.
Started learning Skip for cross platform development. It’s been fun seeing iOS/Android run the same app!
Got bit by the pickleball bug and I have zero regrets 🏓 #iosdev

iPhone widget labeled ‘Chronicling’ with four icons: a green running figure (‘Sun’), a yellow person (‘Mon’), a blue phone (‘Mon’), and two people chatting (‘21 Jan’).

My widget for the Chronicling app shows I haven’t posted or really replied to anything for almost two weeks! Yikes! Quick update coming up next. Also note I missed iOS dev happy hour for Jan and still bummed out about it, definitely missing the iOS dev community

Skip Fundamentals - Build Native iOS and Android Apps Build Native iOS and Android Apps

I am taking Azam Sharp’s course on Skip Fundamentals! Anyone else interested and want to collaborate for accountability?
Curious to see how far I can get on Android through Skip/SwiftUI and determine ease of use.
#iosdev #swiftui

Course link: https://azamsharp.teachable.com/p/skip-fundamentals-b…

And our third speaker we are announcing is… 🥁🥁🥁

SwiftLee himself… its @avanderlee.com 🥰

Antoine will be giving a talk about unmissable Swift & SwiftUI snippets you need in all your projects

And thats it for this week! This is a 🔥 lineup and its only going to get more 🔥

Mostly didn’t want to have to pay for two developer accounts each year 😂 but also I just feel safer with any published apps under the LLC vs my personal name

Transferred my watch app from my personal to LLC Apple developer account. Process was pretty straightforward, but might still do a mini write up anyway.

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I haven't checked up on my feed, and have been in radio silence for almost 2 weeks. Spent some seriously needed away time with family and friends. But I'm back from the holidays and I'm ready to get back into the action, especially with iOS dev stuff! #iosdev

Black water bottle with a sticker that has a cat wearing goggles. Bottle is held in the foreground, with a parking area in the background. Background is out of focus highlighting foreground.

Black water bottle with a sticker that has a cat wearing goggles. Bottle is held next to a physical brochure map of Disneyland.

My favorite water bottle because of the limited edition RevenueCat sticker on it. 😝😁 Starting to take pictures if it goes on any adventures.

That’s fine! I actually ended up going to a local place nearby, Turkish food restaurant called Halaloglu - super delicious, definitely recommend it! It’s not a Vegan place but the cook was super friendly and made the dish from the heart I’m sure

Flighty app is a must have when traveling ✈️

Any good places to eat in Fountain Valley/Huntington Beach, CA?

I’m visiting family and would love a good dinner or takeout at for my hotel. My only dietary restriction is seafood.

Figured I’d ask the internet. Any input is appreciated!

🎉 Thrilled to see @chroniclingapp.com win Best Watch App in the 2024 MacStories Selects awards. Such an awesome celebration of indie apps that I still can't believe I'm a part of. The accompanying episode of @appstories.macstories.net is well worth a listen too 🎧

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Cold night, pretty sky.

Putting the goats in the barn, letting clover do one more round of perimeter barking to scare off the coyotes.

So I need to be realistic about this month's goals. I'm traveling for 12 days and also searching for a home. Needing to be strategic in getting iOS indie dev work done is pretty challenging. What do you do during a super busy month? #iosdev