Sofa is an iOS app that helps you organize your downtime by keeping lists of apps, books, board games, movies, tv shows, podcasts, music albums, and video games.
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In this video, I dive into the realities of building an app: why starting is the easy (and fun) part, and why the real challenge lies in growing and maintaining it over time. I’ll talk about the excitement of launching a new project, the hurdles you’ll face when
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My video this week is a little messy, but I think it shows how this past week was for me…messy. Working through my board games data provider going away has been stressful, but in the end I think Sofa is going to be a more resilient app because of
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I don’t know when this happened, but Sofa has an Editors’ Choice badge in the App Store 🤯. Completely wild to see something like this.
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Hey gang 👋, I’m finishing up some much needed downtime after almost of year straight of grinding out a bunch of big Sofa updates. I also need to rest up because Apple’s WWDC is right around the corner. Back in December of 2022, I released a huge update that
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I recently added the ability for people to save custom items to Sofa. This post outlines the thinking behind the feature and how it works. Two of the main reasons people find Sofa so enjoyable to use are the rich display of the various media types and the mixing of
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In iOS 13, people will be able to choose a light or dark “theme” that will apply system wide. Regardless of what you think about dark mode, apps that don’t adopt this will stick out like a sore thumb. Luckily, Sofa already has a dark mode, but I needed
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Sofa was suffering from a tight-coupling problem between view controllers. I discovered this while trying to refactor my massive controllers. I stumbled upon the coordinator pattern, which ended up being a great solution. A quick note I’m a beginner when it comes to iOS development, and the coordinator pattern
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I go over the reasons for making Sofa a free app.
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I try to get a button working. Yes. A button.
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I conducted research on the Sofa App Store page. I also discuss the process & tools used to conduct the research.
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A video showing you the process I went through to design Quick Add in Sofa.
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There’s a constant debate about whether or not designers should learn to code. While I’m happy to talk about that at length, I think it’s helpful to look at it from a different perspective. What are you trying to accomplish? Are you trying to get a job,