Hacker News: markznyc

New comment by markznyc in "Show HN: Vibe coding an iOS app from idea to release, here is what I learn"

markznyc — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:28:11 +0000

not sure what you mean, I added description about the learnings...

New comment by markznyc in "Show HN: Vibe coding an iOS app from idea to release, here is what I learn"

markznyc — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:27:51 +0000

Just release this app using Vibe Coding, it took me 2 weeks from idea to release in store, 1 week for building, 1 week to fix 3 apple review rejections. Here is what I learn: 1, I didn't write single line of code, Cursor+Xcode handle 90% of the work, but I still need to fix some weird issues and bugs myself.

2, You don't need revenueCat or Adapty for in app purchase, apple's new store kit2 handle all the cases including server side receipt validation, I didn't even use cocoapods which make things faster

3, Your main role is product manager that test each new features AI added, so remember to use many git push and branches to save work

4, Building the app is easy now, but the harder part is marketing and how to grow it into real business, which I am still learning

5, I got the app name from AI, even the main ICON is generated by AI, but I did spent $240 on upwork for App Store marketing design

6, sometime the cursor can't fix a compiler issue, I copy paste the code to chatgpt for 2nd opinion which is working.

Here is the app link, feel free to check out: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pinmapper/id6752612645

Show HN: Vibe coding an iOS app from idea to release, here is what I learn

markznyc — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 18:19:56 +0000

Just release this app using Vibe Coding, it took me 2 weeks from idea to release in store, 1 week for building, 1 week to fix 3 apple review rejections. Here is what I learn:

1, I didn't write single line of code, Cursor+Xcode handle 90% of the work, but I still need to fix some weird issues and bugs myself.

2, You don't need revenueCat or Adapty for in app purchase, apple's new store kit2 handle all the cases including server side receipt validation, I didn't even use cocoapods which make things faster

3, Your main role is product manager that test each new features AI added, so remember to use many git push and branches to save work

4, Building the app is easy now, but the harder part is marketing and how to grow it into real business, which I am still learning

5, I got the app name from AI, even the main ICON is generated by AI, but I did spent $240 on upwork for App Store marketing design

6, sometime the cursor can't fix a compiler issue, I copy paste the code to chatgpt for 2nd opinion which is working.

Here is the app link, feel free to check out: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pinmapper/id6752612645

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45406580

Points: 1

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Show HN: Summarize stock earnings call transcript using ChatGPT API

markznyc — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 16:23:10 +0000

Hey HN community, I built this app to save time on reading stock earnings call transcript. It's been alive for 6 months, this is my first time post here and hopefully got some attention from HN. BTW, I have added a tweet summary feature which convert earnings call into a tweet. You can use the demo stock in home page to play with it. Let me know any questions, comments are welcome. Cheers!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38614277

Points: 2

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Everpin – Private Map Journal Released

markznyc — Sat, 04 May 2019 13:00:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.everpinapp.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19826149

Points: 1

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Drone Business Ideas and Startup Opportunities

markznyc — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:41:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.dronebuddy.io/blog/drone-business-ideas-and-startup-opportunities

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19018847

Points: 2

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Drone Buddy – Drone Pilots best friend finally hits Android platform

markznyc — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 02:51:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.dronebuddy.io

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18812425

Points: 2

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Connect with other local drone pilots through Drone Buddy

markznyc — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 15:48:50 +0000

Drone Buddy just released a new feature that allow drone pilots to connect with each other. Pilots can post public message and chat with other drone pilots around 100km nearby. It's currently the largest social platform for drone pilots. The chat is built based on firebase realtime database and cloud storage. It can handle 100k simultaneous connection. Download: https://dronebuddy.app.link/FJx4M4Mb0R

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18494675

Points: 1

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New comment by markznyc in "IBM acquires Red Hat"

markznyc — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 14:50:57 +0000

why so many people want to work on their own project when whey work at IBM, I bet the job must be so boring there