Category: Developers journal

No rest for the wicked

The week actually ended on a high note. The previous app update finally went out, bringing translation support along with a bunch of new languages. We also sent a newsletter and received a few replies from customers. Positive ones. Always nice to see. Finished work early on Friday and made a conscious decision to spend […]

So… this is happening.

We’re live. The newsletter went out and the website instantly got very, very busy. Possibly a bit too busy. Shit. Might need to upgrade the server before it decides to catch fire. The first sale happened. Yay! That felt nice. Now I’m mostly waiting for the first “something is horribly wrong” email to arrive. Hopefully […]

Apparently, tomorrow.

The guys from the office, as well as a few people from Tickera, have been pushing me towards officially releasing Hydra and finally going live. And I don’t think we’re fully ready. Funny thing is, if someone asked me two weeks ago, I would’ve confidently said yes. Now I’m not so sure anymore. Which is […]

Privacy matters.

Woke up around 4 AM today after realizing something important was missing.
Privacy controls inside Hydra Bridge itself…

Windows happened

Got a Windows machine a few days ago and built the first Windows flavor of Hydra.
Works nicely. Suspiciously nice…

Approved. Properly this time.

After the initial f-up powered entirely by yours truly and a quick resubmission, Apple approved it…

Well that was dumb

The macOS release got rejected.
And reaction was somewhere between confusion and “what the actual f…udge?”

Couldn’t sit still.

While waiting for the apps to hopefully get approved, I started building another one on top of the existing Hydra infrastructure…

One huge W

Apple said yes.
Somewhat.
They sent a few questions yesterday to better understand how the app works and what exactly it does.
Fair enough.

Submitted apps

Spent nearly seven hours going through submission requirements for the Apple App Store and Google Play…