Bart Jacobs @_bartjacobs

I'm a freelancer by day and a indie hacker by night. I write about Apple and Swift development on Cocoacasts. cocoacasts.com Belgium Joined May 2011

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Bart Jacobs @_bartjacobs

3 weeks ago

Despite being on Anthropic's Max plan, Claude Opus reaches its limit (too) fast using Claude Code. 🤔

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My vibe coding loop: - Scope the feature with ChatGPT - Turn the chat into a PRD - Commit the PRD to the repo as Markdown - Ask Claude Code to convert the PRD into a Markdown task list - Work the list

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Bart Jacobs @_bartjacobs

2 months ago

What I love about Swift and programming in general is that it's a never-ending creative challenge. Even after 15 years of building software, I learn something new every day. AI hasn't replaced that for me. It's accelerated it. Don't see AI as a threat. See it as a multiplier.

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Bart Jacobs @_bartjacobs

2 months ago

TIL that AWS charges $0.40 per secret stored in AWS Secrets Manager. 😵‍💫

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Bart Jacobs @_bartjacobs

2 months ago

I'm most productive when I work/build in blocks of 45 minutes. It's sometimes tempting to keep going when you're in the zone, but a break has its benefits. More often than not, those breaks are the source of solutions and creativity. Try it out.

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Bart Jacobs @_bartjacobs

2 months ago

I've been building apps for Apple's platforms for over 15 years, and I still love it as much as ever. 😍

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Bart Jacobs @_bartjacobs

2 months ago

Time-boxing turns procrastination into progress. Set a timer. Start. You'll be shocked how much you can do in 25 minutes.

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Bart Jacobs @_bartjacobs

3 months ago

You're not tired. You're just addicted to easy!

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Bart Jacobs @_bartjacobs

4 months ago

If you want to launch an MVP fast, then don't spend time reinventing the wheel. For a recent project, I leveraged @vercel , @pinecone , @triggerdotdev , and @AssemblyAI . It works like a charm.

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Catalin @catalinmpit

6 months ago

Developers reviewing the code generated by AI before accepting all the changes.

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Jake Mor @jakemor

7 months ago

This is wild. Apple is asking users to turn off Subscription Renewal Emails - right inside 3rd party developers apps… RIGHT AFTER A PURCHASE. This makes it feel entirely like the developer is asking to have notifications disabled instead of Apple! Bad Apple! Really doesn’t sit…

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Bart Jacobs @_bartjacobs

7 months ago

An expedited review isn't as expedited as it used to be. 🤔

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Naval @naval

7 months ago

Nobody who’s actually good at making money needs to sell you a course on it.

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Bart Jacobs @_bartjacobs

7 months ago

What's your go-to tool for managing (reading, replying) App Store reviews?

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Bart Jacobs @_bartjacobs

8 months ago

Xcode Cloud is convenient, but I have a strong suspicion it runs on an old Apple PowerBook.

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Bart Jacobs @_bartjacobs

8 months ago

AI is great for generating seed or dummy data. What I typically do is (1) provide a description of the project, (2) include the data model, and (3) describe a scenario. What also helps is asking whether everything is clear.