Caspar Voss

Any info on how much revenue this app generates? I feel like without active marketing, its quite hard to launch an app purely for passive income. I have never done it though so curious what it is like in the real world

What are you building?

That's an interesting idea, maybe a short introductory video? Im trying to make some of these features mandatory in new profiles so each profile meets a certain quality bar. I believe a dating app is only as good as the quality of the profiles on there.

After a weekend bender and a hungerover saturday, im back to #buildinpublic

Any dating app needs a profile creation screen. Currently mine has
- the option to upload up to 6 images
- the option to add a bio

What other options should I add? What is the best way people can convey their personality?

Day 4 #bulidinpublic

Just hacking away at a #MVP
How long is this supposed to take? 😅 (asking for a friend)

Also gotta keep that RSI in check whilst balancing this with my day job. Keep those nerves happy.

The thing that irks me the most is that in every demo and review they build an app from scratch and they often have well defined requirements (like a todo list). There is little amount of context and legacy and the requirements are predetermined, neither of which is the case for most real projects

I have considered picking a more "sidehustely" backend such as supabase, firebase, etc. However, my (very limited) experience is that they are quite hard to test since you depend on external services.

Also I'm inexperienced with these tools, so I can't utilize the promised development speed #SaaS

Day 3 #buildinpublic

Today I picked the technologies:
Backend: #SpringBoot + Kotlin
+ Love Kotlin
+ Very comfortable with spring boot
- Not as fast as a Baas, but allows for more flexibility

Frontend: #Flutter
+ 1 codebase, both IOS and Android
+ Strongly typed
- Relatively new to the ecosystem

Today is my second day attempting to #buildinpublic

I am wondering whether to go ahead and build an MVP, or perform a more in depth market analysis.

At what point are you ready to start building? What is your experience? #tech #IndieDev #SoftwareEngineer #SaaS

Do you have any examples of things you procrastinated at first?

Thanks for the advice Aleid! This is indeed something I struggled in the past with. The barriers to start a project seem quite significant, and maybe the only way to tackle them is to just start and learn as you go :)

One suggestion I have is to maybe add more contrasting colors to the chats sent by you vs the ones sent by them. I do really like how clean it looks already!

Question to those that #buildinpublic and the #indiedeveloper out there.

If you could go back in time and give advice to yourself when you just started out, what would it be?

I'm curious (for no particular reason at all, trust me 😅)

#tech #software #engineering #SaaS

Ah yea, it is quite similar on tinder/bumble. I feel though that adding more swipes only makes people more disposable though. I quite like apps that only give you 5-10 profiles a day. It encourages more mindful swiping IMO

trying to fix dating apps.

too much swiping, weird vibes, not enough meaning.
i'm building something slower, healthier, more human.

early days — but building in public as i go.
curious? follow along.

#buildinpublic #dating #startups #onlinedating

I am not familiar with her, how does purchasing premium get around this? You just get put in the spotlight more?

Yea I totally get that... you can get burned out quite quickly on these apps

Maybe if those apps stopped offering so many profiles a day, people would spend more time and intention on the matches they already have, and there wouldn't be an incentive to be super bold in your first texts

I've said in my previous posts that dating apps suck. I am trying to build one that doesn't.

There are still many unknowns and a lot of decisions to be made.

Im curious about your experiences on these apps, and if you have any ideas to make them better! Lets try this together

Im curious what you think is the most miserable aspect. I was surprised to learn the difference in experience between men and women on these apps

IMO, many don't realize how damaging this can be to society. The social gap between men and women is widening and hate towards the other gender is increasing. I think the modern dating experience is a big part of the issue. I believe solving this will be beneficial for us all. Do you agree?

For women, safety concerns are a huge issue. Men often cross the line on dating apps, and despite having more options, a lack of trust often leads to women ditching dating apps entirely.

Dating apps are often frustrating for both men and women.

For men, the lack of matches can be extremely frustrating. Not being able to form meaningful relationships - despite wanting to - is sad, but it can also seriously damage their self esteem and poison their view of dating and women.

Hey Bluesky, Do you also feel that modern dating apps are broken?

Too much swiping, not enough meaning and a huge gender imbalance.

Modern tech is awesome, but I feel like these apps are ruining romantic relationships.

I’ve decided to try and build a platform that makes dating healthy again ❤️