@raroque

I build apps (solo dev) and document everything here and on youtube (100K+ subs) 🤠

 Dallas, TX
chrisraroque.com/
Joined October 2009
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SaaS business vs service business Grass is always greener 🌱
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The things I do to build high quality apps 😮‍💨
Chris Raroque
@raroqueOct 25
Android users, does this look like a native app? 👀 Working on something but i have little knowledge of android design language
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experimenting with the biggest change to amy to date 👀 if you use amy, would love to hear your thoughts now calculations don't start until you type done previously: they would start the moment you stop typing which made people feel rushed to finish 😅
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video made with moonjar btw in 1 prompt 👀 moonjar.ai

AI Screenshots & App Mockups for Mac · Moonjar

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Follow up questions for android users, are there any apps you use that actually use material design? Studying the big ones and it seems like most use their own design systems (make sense tbh) Will buy an android this week to check for myself but would love to hear from people who daily drive it!
Chris Raroque
@raroqueOct 25
Android users, does this look like a native app? 👀 Working on something but i have little knowledge of android design language
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Android users, does this look like a native app? 👀 Working on something but i have little knowledge of android design language
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wow so this is material 3 expressive so interesting that android has variations of its design language (restrained, expressive, etc...) not a fan personally but thats actually kind of cool you can tweak it like that and have a "toned down" version of an app
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Absolutely insane the amount of iteration I’ve done on these calls I literally have Claude code pulled up and have a new build ready to test by the next call Doing 8 calls per day btw 👀
Chris Raroque
@raroqueSep 30
Anyone want to hop on a call this week and be hand onboarded to Moonjar? 👀 Looking for 10-20 people (form below)! tally.so/r/zxPG10

Moonjar Early Access Onboarding 🌙

Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.

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WE HIT 100K ON YOUTUBE! 🥳 Thought it would be fun to do a Q&A and answer your most asked questions to celebrate: "do your apps make enough to go full time (and how much)?" "what is your biggest app mistake" "any advice for marketing?" Enjoy :)
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3 weeks later i think ellie has a mascot 😮‍💨 can't wait to share the story of how this was made 100% code btw (thank you claude code 👀)
Chris Raroque
@raroqueSep 1
i think its time we revisit this one a bit more 👀 Ellie was built pre-AI (2022 😮) and I want to do a major sprint over the next few months to bring it into 2026/2027 I've learned a lot of fun things over the last year that we can apply 👀
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look what came in 👀 q&a video on monday 🫡
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its been almost 2 WEEKS and i still haven't found the right mascot for ellie 😮‍💨 i just can't seem to find the right balance of playful AND professional it was so much easier for my other apps because it was a blank slate but i have to be more intentional since ellie has actually people using it every single day (some for over 3 years straight!) i feel like im getting close but this is a tough one, maybe a video soon though 👀
Chris Raroque
@raroqueOct 5
Pulled the plug last minute 🥲 Did some reflection and I need to spend more time on the brand before committing Will definitely share more insights soon BUT still rolling out 50+ updates/improvements across Ellie today! 🥳
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Calling it now, every long running agent will adopt something like this in the next few months 👀 Just built something very powerful on top of it to help me manage my dot (after linear/slack/notion didn’t work out for me) Will polish and share!
Derrick Choi
@derrickcchoiOct 7
MCP Events lets you build automations that trigger work in ChatGPT when something happens in your app. Think of workflows like: - When a bug report lands, investigate it and prepare a draft PR with tests - When someone comments on this proposal, work through the edits and show me what changed - When a new podcast episode drops, pull out the ideas relevant to my project Essentially you're giving ChatGPT instructions upfront. A matching event can start the work, without you having to notice the update, copy it into a chat, and prompt again. Give this a try with a plugin that supports events!
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ellie x @screenshotfirst 😮‍💨 been a fan of their work for years, an honor to work with them on the ellie refresh 🤝
Chris Raroque
@raroqueSep 1
i think its time we revisit this one a bit more 👀 Ellie was built pre-AI (2022 😮) and I want to do a major sprint over the next few months to bring it into 2026/2027 I've learned a lot of fun things over the last year that we can apply 👀
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My original screenshots were made in 2023 and basically haven't had any love since then 🥲 I don't want to even think about how bad my ASO has been because of it This is already going to have a huge improvement, i can already tell
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Pulled the plug last minute 🥲 Did some reflection and I need to spend more time on the brand before committing Will definitely share more insights soon BUT still rolling out 50+ updates/improvements across Ellie today! 🥳
Chris Raroque
@raroqueOct 4
i will say im incredibly nervous about this brand refresh im doing there are some users who have used ellie for 3+ years (incredible problem to have 🥹) but change is always hard will try to do this delicately AND probably do a writeup so they can read more about the changes and my thought process
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i will say im incredibly nervous about this brand refresh im doing there are some users who have used ellie for 3+ years (incredible problem to have 🥹) but change is always hard will try to do this delicately AND probably do a writeup so they can read more about the changes and my thought process
Chris Raroque
@raroqueOct 4
lets see which company reaches out first with a take down notice 🌝 new ellie branding + unlockable app icons
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lets see which company reaches out first with a take down notice 🌝 new ellie branding + unlockable app icons
Chris Raroque
@raroqueSep 1
i think its time we revisit this one a bit more 👀 Ellie was built pre-AI (2022 😮) and I want to do a major sprint over the next few months to bring it into 2026/2027 I've learned a lot of fun things over the last year that we can apply 👀
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didn't forget about this btw 👀 spent the 30 days doing an INSANE overhaul (on top of creating moonjar 2 weeks ago 🥲) About to ship this weekend: - new brand + landing page - new app store screenshots (thank you @screenshotfirst 🐐) - 30+ iOS features (and lots of bug fixes) - 50+ desktop refinements / redesigns and more importantly, i have the systems in place to keep this up to date now thanks to moonjar so expect regular updates on the changelog and @ellieplanner I have a roadmap for Ellie over the next year and I'm ready to execute 😤
Chris Raroque
@raroqueSep 4
new mission build the greatest daily planning app in the world 😤 shipping more this week than i did in all of 2022 combined
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hot take: 5 live onboarding calls > 100 people using your app and sending in feedback 👀 there is something about watching a user struggle through your onboarding, be frustrated and watching them give up that you can't get from a "i stopped using it because i didn't like the screenshots it made" also shoutout @Eimen_Nur for hopping on with me and churning live on the call so i can improve 😭 im 100% doing this for all my apps once im done with moonjar
Chris Raroque
@raroqueSep 30
Anyone want to hop on a call this week and be hand onboarded to Moonjar? 👀 Looking for 10-20 people (form below)! tally.so/r/zxPG10

Moonjar Early Access Onboarding 🌙

Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.

tally.so
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Moonjar@moonjar_appOct 3
hello 🌙
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