#buildinpublic porting Smashkey Freewriter v1.2 to the new navigation view is coming along. The entire experience is a lot faster than digging up files via Finder. In the future tagging will need to be implemented but I think this will do for now. I just want people to #write.

#buildinpublic I've been busy porting Smashkey Freewriter to a navigation style view. It's coming along. This upgrade will support #writers who jump between ideas.

#buildinpublic 2 more Smashkey Freewriter downloads this week. Working on v1.2 which will transition the editor away from being document based. TBH it's a pain. This new navigation based format will let me do more.

#buildinpublic I actually did something that I never do and checked out .net/maui and in theory it would be a very good contender for cross platform app dev, but baseline stuff is just broken or buggy. Blocked by a core bug trying to port Smashkey within the first 30 minutes 🤷

#buildinpublic so far I did some preliminary coding in Tauri, Flutter, and React Native. Leaning towards React Native as the new foundation for Smashkey Freewriter - which in theory means I can deliver to more platforms

#buildinpublic ok - haven't done one of these in a while but I'm looking into bringing Smashkey to other platforms (Windows, MacOS, mobile). Testing out several frameworks to do this. Maybe in the new year I'll have some more news around this.

#buildinpublic quick update - my #freewriting MacOS app Smashkey v1.1 is now out! It's available as a 14-day free trial. I also made some minor fixes! smashkey.gumroad.com/l/smashkey-fre…

More #buildinpublic - I designed Smashkey to work offline. History is stored in a local database. Why? Distraction-free sometimes means #writing without a network connection.

#buildinpublic also, I'm thinking that Smashkey's 14 day trial won't be too restrictive - you will still be able to write. Some features will be behind the license key.

#buildinpublic - a writer purchased Smashkey! I'm so grateful🙏 Adding a 14 day trial so that anyone can download and try it for free. Resized the app icon as well - it was 4 pixels off and getting under my skin.

#buildinpublic not bad for a week on Gumroad - traffic from emails and direct, a bit from here. My hope is that I can keep the momentum, I’ve talked to so many amazing #writers

Hello new Twitter #writer friends! A bit about me - I'm a writer/filmmaker. I'm working on a historical documentary right now.

I'm also a dev - I built an extremely restrictive #freewriting app via #buildinpublic called Smashkey.

I look forward to reading your stuff 👋

#buildinpublic holy smokes, my #freewriting app Smashkey sold one copy - thank you writer person! Today I eat ramen!!

#buildinpublic ok I come from a C/C++ background and the apps I made back then were tiny... I'm used to seeing huge files these days... nice to see Smashkey is only 1.19MB ... but I better test this on a different computer because now I'm suspicious 🤔

#buildinpublic Smashkey is now notarized, packaged, and stapled… not making this up, I had to do all of these things…I also made Smashkey backwards compatible with MacOS 12 🙌

#buildinpublic - I've almost figured out this notarization/ packaging process for Smashkey. I should have a beta bundle ready to upload soon!

#buildinpublic - I cleaned up Smashkey menus. Now I have to learn how to make a MacOS pkg installer but I think we're ready for beta testing!

#buildinpublic I'm being cautious with Smashkey. I've yet to build a landing page. I'm just going to pop this on Gumroad and see what happens. At the end of the day, if I helped one person build a writing habit, then Smashkey has done its job! 🔥

Export now works! Smashkey is essential for pre-writing, and not for anything else. If you want to format your document, import it into Word or something - beta coming in hot!

#buildinpublic #writers

Smashkey bugs have been addressed while watching only 2 episodes of 1899. Making some final adjustments before first beta! #buildinpublic