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Entrepreneurship

December 11, 2025

The Importance of Talking About Your Idea with Entrepreneurs: How Feedback Led to a Game-Changing Feature

How conversations with fellow entrepreneurs led to a breakthrough feature for FitBuddy: location-based workout notifications that could transform user engagement.

Development

December 5, 2025

Redesigning FitBuddy with Fiverr: The Value of Professional UI/UX Design

Realizing the importance of good design, I hired a UI/UX designer on Fiverr to redesign FitBuddy's interface. Here's the journey from finding the right freelancer to receiving the user flow diagram.

Product Updates

October 4, 2025

Tester Feedback Priorities: Notifications, Recurring Workouts, and Accountability

What our first FitBuddy testers taught us about the must-have features before launch: smarter reminders, effortless recurring sessions, participant limits, and accountability workflows.

Development

September 21, 2025

My First App Store Submission: What I Learned the Hard Way

The complete journey from app development to app store approval, including unexpected roadblocks, testing requirements, and what I'd do differently next time.

Development

September 21, 2025

From Claude Code Ban to KiloCode: My Development Journey Continues

After getting banned from Claude Code, I discovered KiloCode - a superior alternative with pay-as-you-go pricing, no time limits, and model switching capabilities.

Development

August 20, 2025

UI First Development: Building Without a Backend

How we accelerated FitBuddy's development using mock APIs, static data, and AI-assisted design to build a polished user experience first.

Development

August 18, 2025

Building FitBuddy: From Idea to MVP

The story of how FitBuddy went from concept to working MVP, including our technology choices, AI-assisted development, and rapid prototyping approach.