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I believe one of the next major social issues will be overwork caused by collaborating with AI. I’ve already experienced it over the past few months, so I’d…

I’ve been making a living as an independent app developer for over 10 years, and lately, I’ve been experiencing—quite intensely—the so-called “AI-driven work…

Lately, I’ve been developing apps with AI every day. It’s incredibly easy. And fast. You can build out all kinds of features instantly. And the AI we use for…

It has been a year since I started using ChatGPT. I mainly use it for programming and language translation, and the translation tasks, in particular, have been…

The other day, I finally went to see the movie “Oppenheimer” that I had been wanting to watch for so long. It’s a Nolan film, and its historical background is…

Hello. I am someone who, about 15 years ago, wanted to listen to web news and blogs via text-to-speech while doing other things, so I created a reading app.…

About a month ago, I became hooked on mahjong, the ultimate game. It’s a bit late in my life to start, but that’s how it is. In the past, I might have thought,…

This year, around February, I started offering telephone support for Taxnote, which I hadn’t done up until then, because the idea made me anxious. I intended…

Pocket for iOS has own text to speech function, but it’s not useful enough because of the following reasons. Pocket App Problem 1.You can’t make Playlist to…

I’ve been developing iPhone/iPad apps for over 5 years as an indie iOS developer who makes a living from them. Nowadays, there are many useful tools for app…

There is one easy and secure way to make good user interfaces for mobile apps. That easy way is simply to listen to users’ questions. More specifically, design…

I believe the most important thing in mobile UI design is text messages used for buttons and messages. Regarding that kind of design, you don’t want to use…

I’m an indie iOS developer who sells an accounting app called Taxnote. Users of this app have been requesting the cloud sync feature for a long time. So, I…

I am an indie iPhone developer, and I’ve been working for 3 hours everyday for almost 2 years now. It may not work for everybody, but I started this habit in…

When I make new apps, I always try to check to see what is the riskiest part of the business. Plus, I try to look for the fastest way to check that. I think…

It is now the era of video. You see lots of promotional videos from dozens of new startups. Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey also said “Don’t let users read, let…

Recently, I read an interview with Nintendo’s CEO Satoru Iwata on the Japanese gaming website 4gamer (Japanese only), which was very entertaining and…

I made a redicuralsy simple timer app. I made it since I had wanted the app like this for a long. It’s free, search for “ListTimer” on the App Store. Download…

Sometimes on the internet, I happen to meet cool guys. However, this time was exceptional. Last month, I got a short message like this. My brother and I had a…

It’s often said that you should listen to your users to improve your product. However, the reality is, it’s a really tough challenge, and I believe you need…