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Notes from building apps in public — shipping, pricing, App Store lessons, and the occasional tool that earns its keep. Also available as anRSS feed.
21 July 2026
Managing secrets with SOPS: encrypted .env files you can actually commit
How SOPS encrypts secrets so they're safe in git — the age setup, the PGP path, working GitHub Actions and Gitea Actions examples, the offboarding caveat nobody mentions, and where a local tool like Envly picks up the friction SOPS leaves behind.
18 July 2026
How to Use the caffeinate Terminal Command on Mac
The macOS caffeinate command, start to finish — keep your Mac awake, prevent display sleep, set a timer, wrap long-running tasks, and where it stops being enough.
14 July 2026
form9: idea to App Store in 13 days
How a rented 30-day deadline turned a shape-sudoku idea into a submitted iOS app in 13 days — what got built, what got cut, and what I refused to cut.
8 July 2026
Localized app pricing: you can do it yourself — but should you?
What PPP price localization actually involves on the App Store and Google Play — tier snapping, country rounding, the spreadsheet trap — and when a tool like PricePush earns its keep.