Maxi Ruti

Creative Developer

Journal

Thoughts, Rejections, and Logs

Entry #13

2026-08-05

Shipping with Shipathon: My first global hackathon

development

shipathon

revenucat

indie dev

Why I'm finally taking the leap and joining RevenueCat's $1M hackathon. —>

Entry #12

2026-07-24

Monetizing with RevenueCat: Building the founder promise into Ritual

development

entrepreneurship

strategy

indie dev

ritual

revenucat

How I'm setting up RevenueCat to honor early users before Ritual even needs to charge. —>

Entry #11

2026-07-17

An app making its first bucks

development

entrepreneurship

strategy

indie dev

The first sales won't make you rich, but they'll make you happy. —>

Entry #10

2026-07-03

Don't clone success, build what you need

development

entrepreneurship

strategy

indie dev

Why following the 'find a successful app and improve it' advice is the fastest way to failure. —>

Entry #9

2026-06-20

Accessibility isn't a feature

accessibility

web

animation

design

Why I rebuilt my portfolio around accessibility instead of bolting it on later. —>

Entry #8

2026-06-15

Split 1.2, lifted by the community

development

marketing

mobile app

Why I added features I didn't need (but users requested) —>

Entry #7

2026-04-21

Niche down until it hurts

development

strategy

product

entrepreneurship

Extreme specialization beats features every time. —>

Entry #6

2026-02-25

Don't put all your eggs in one basket

development

ritual

marketing

socialmedia

Be everywhere, if you can. —>

Entry #5

2026-02-16

I launched the app, now what?

development

marketing

mobile app

A journey to mastering app marketing. —>

Entry #4

2026-02-12

The launch of RITUAL: BREATHE & REFLECT.

development

ritual

swiftui

ios

mindfulness

From React Native to SwiftUI —>

Entry #3

2026-02-06

Why I Built My Own Fitness App

development

journal

mobile app

And why your Notes app isn't enough —>

Entry #2

2026-01-20

GSAP GreenSock Snippets

development

journal

The best extension for creative developers —>

Entry #1

2026-01-05

The First Post

development

journal

mdx

Why I’m blogging again —>