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manuel

@manuel@iosdev.space

👨‍💻 Independent developer for Apple platforms
🛠️ Currently building 🧘https://indieapps.space/@zenitizer and 🗓️ https://indieapps.space/@daypeek
🍎 Previously worked at a Cupertino-based fruit supplier

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mergesort, to random
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Just married 🚙

manuel,
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@mergesort How wonderful! Y’all look real happy ☺️ Congrats!! 🥂

_Davidsmith, to random
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Real Talk. The most powerful design tool I use on a regular basis is the .border(.red) modifier in SwiftUI. The ability to quickly examine a view's bounds IN CONTEXT has always been super useful to diagnose weird layout bugs, fix alignment and correct visual spacing.

The same calendar widget is shown but this time every view in it has its views visible by wrapping it in a colored border.

manuel,
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@dlx @_Davidsmith Bookmarking this! 🔖 Thanks!

matt, to random
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I'm super excited to announce Comfort Zone, a new podcast with me, @nileane, and @ChrisLawley!

Each week we'll talk about new things that take us outside our comfort zone a little.

The trailer is out today and episode 1 drops on Thursday.

I'm so excited about this!

Announcement https://www.macstories.net/news/introducing-the-latest-macstories-podcasts-next-portable-console-and-comfort-zone/

Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1749879483?at=1001l3bhP&ct=cz

RSS feed https://feeds.libsyn.com/531557/rss

manuel,
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@matt @nileane @ChrisLawley Just heard the announcement on @appstories - super stoked about this 🙌

donnywals, to random
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A good morning and a happy Monday everybody! What are your plans for the week?

Are you working on something cool? Learning something new? Tell me all about it 😎

manuel, (edited )
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@donnywals Submitted my screenshot redesign for @zenitizer that I worked on with https://www.picassoapp.ca/ last week as an App Store A/B test.

It’s the first complete redesign since launching the app a year ago so I’m excited to see if it improves conversion 😁

Either way the process was really fun with Picasso 👨‍🎨

#IndieApps #IndieDev #BuildInPublic

manuel,
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E.g. Screenshot No. 2 shows the “advanced timer settings” as well as the “routines” screen, both of which are features realted to “timer customization and personalization”. Similar thing with the statistics and meditation history view - both related to “history” in a way and semantically fit well together. (2/3)

manuel,
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@alexkaessner I think my overall theme was “more friendly and inviting, less technical” if that makes sense? More organic and dynamic arrangement of device frames (like you said), but also the dimmed nature scene in the background and some visual emphasis on the soundscapes.

Also semantically it makes more sense in my mind now. Not using the same layout allowed me to group things conceptually where it makes sense. (1/3)

manuel, to random
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🍿 👀 TV+ https://mastodon.social/@iryantldr/112559041269720449

manuel, to random
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After finally giving @obsidian a try and quickly coming to the conclusion that it is incredibly well suited for the way I like to document and organize my thoughts, I have been trying to make it feel more “at home” on macOS and was happy that one of the first search results pointed me to a wonderful article by @konstantin who documented the steps he took to achieve exactly that 🤓

https://iamkonstantin.eu/blog/making-obsidian-look-and-feel-native-on-macos/

Thanks for this write-up 🙌

kyle, to random
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Sure sounds like those new conversational Siri features could be powered by AppIntents…

manuel,
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@thillsman @kyle Haha, you know, as a total geek adding numerous AppIntents to @zenitizer v1.0 was one of those decisions I always thought I’d mostly do “for my own inner nerd” without making much business sense…

But then Interactive Widgets came along, followed by the Action Button and now this 🥳

The work on AppIntents already paid off big time in terms of allowing to adopt new stuff and providing lots of value in different ways 🤓

manuel, to random
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Ohhh, thank you so much for including @zenitizer in this wonderful article about medtiation apps, @pixeldetective 🙏 🧘 🤩

https://lifehacker.com/tech/the-best-free-and-paid-meditation-apps-cheaper-and-better-than-headspace

The timing was fantastic with the article being published last week shortly before Zenitizer’s one-year App Store anniversary. The perfect "birthday present" for my app 🥹 Thank you!!

manuel,
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@pixeldetective @zenitizer Thank you! This really means a lot! ☺️

maxhandelman, to random
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Hi/Bonjour, I'm back. What did I miss?

manuel,
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@maxhandelman @MuseumShuffle BTW I use Arch

davidho, to random
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This thing where they don’t tell you what platform your train is on until the last minute is one of the dumbest parts about taking a train.

manuel,
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@davidho See, that’s why here in Germany, the railway company will announce it way ahead of time… Just to change it last minute, due to “unforseen circumstances” 🙃

manuel, to Meditation
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Happy #WorldMeditationDay everyone 🧘

If you're following me here, you probably know that I'm a bit of a #meditation and #mindfulness geek 🤓

And you might know that a little less than a year ago, I launched @zenitizer, a timer for unguided meditation ⏳

Curious what that's about? I recorded a video aimed to give a high level comparison between guided and unguided meditation 🍿

And in celebration of #MeditationDay, I’m offering a 25% discount using the code ZEN24 (also for current subscribers 😉)

A video showing me giving a high level overview of guided and unguided meditations and outlining why I personally really enjoy an unguided practice. Feel free to listen what I say throughout the video. The 25% discount code mentioned at the end of the video is "ZEN24" It can be redeemd via the offer code button when unlocking the Zenitizer+ plan inside the app.

MuseumShuffle, to random
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@manuel your shirt broke zoom.

manuel,
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@MuseumShuffle Haha multiple folks pointed that out to me. It was as not on purpose but kinda funny. Maybe next time I’ll wear it on purpose 😏 😜

MuseumShuffle, to random
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Didn’t know what to expect and I LOVED it. https://mastodon.social/@polygon/112457408490806200

manuel,
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@axxl @MuseumShuffle Seeing the word “main actor” in a conversation between two fellow iOS folks but NOT related to Swift concurrency gave my brain a hard time processing this while skimming through my timeline 😅

karppinen, to random
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The neighbor’s attic storage cage looks like it could fetch $2000/mo in San Francisco

manuel,
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@karppinen @pasi Yeah, if you’ve held it as a rent-controlled apartment for the last 10 years 🫠

popey, to random
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manuel,
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@popey

refactoredd, to random
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Some personal news… I accepted a new job as a helpdesk technician 😁. It’s gonna be my first tech job and I could not be happier and more excited! I’ve enjoyed my current job but have been wanting to make a change for a while. I think this will also free up much more time for my apps like @bridges and personal projects. So pumped for the future 👊

manuel,
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@refactoredd @bridges Awesome! Congrats, Jonathan 🥳 Wishing you a great start!

mergesort, to random
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Also, uh, Plinky is on TechCrunch! 🤯🤯🤯 https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/09/plinky-is-an-app-for-you-to-collect-links/

manuel,
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@mergesort Oh wow! That’s really frickin’ cool launch day coverage. Super stoked for ya 😁

marcel, to random
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i'm off to building-app-store-images hell. brb.

manuel,
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@marcel @rhazn I’ve been meaning to move my App Store artwork workflow from Sketch to https://www.picassoapp.ca as it seems like the perfect middle ground between being able to freely position and style things to my liking while automating the boring parts (importing screenshots from fastlane allowing for quick updates when the UI changes + automatically localizing all description texts on screenshots)

Will let you know how it works once I had a chance to try this for real!

mortengregersen, to random
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Today is my birthday 🇩🇰🎉 In celebration of my birthday, here are 5 promo codes for a year of @AppDabApp Pro 🥰

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manuel,
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@mortengregersen @AppDabApp Happy Birthday, Morten! 🥳 🎁

craiggrannell, to random
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Sometimes cameras pick up more than the eye can see. And that’s OK. Because every now and again, that can be a little bit magical.

manuel, (edited )
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@craiggrannell The view from our balcony here in Bonn, Germany, earlier today also didn’t look quite as impressive in person as depicted by the camera of my iPhone 13 Pro (but magical and beautiful nevertheless) 🌟

#aurora #northernlights #bonn

manuel,
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@kastine @craiggrannell Thank you! 😊 I honestly just held my phone up (not even using a stand or anything) and hit the shutter button in the default Camera app without thinking about it too much 😅

manuel,
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@meaningful_jan @kastine @craiggrannell You also signed an NDA about all this, which you’re now in breach of! You’ll be hearing from my lawyers soon. 😜

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