Matthew Pierce
@lookwhatmattmade.com
iOS dev 📱 | Senior engineer @ Intercom 👷♂️ | Building apps on the side while my children sleep 😴
📱🚫 https://trytimeout.com
📱🚫 https://trytimeout.com
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Matthew Pierce
@lookwhatmattmade.com
· Apr 8
It’s here! My app Time Out has just launched. Manage your screen time with it by locking apps behind exercise goals or setting schedules for apps to be available throughout the day!
Download here apps.apple.com/ie/app/time-...
#ios #iosdev #indiedev #indieapp #screentime
Download here apps.apple.com/ie/app/time-...
#ios #iosdev #indiedev #indieapp #screentime
Bluesky in the last couple months has really started to feel like the bird site 10 years ago.
Awesome people building awesome things and I want to use all of them. Can’t remember the last time I’ve started this many git repos.
More of this please, I’m here for it.
#buildinpublic #indiedev
Awesome people building awesome things and I want to use all of them. Can’t remember the last time I’ve started this many git repos.
More of this please, I’m here for it.
#buildinpublic #indiedev
January 30, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Bluesky in the last couple months has really started to feel like the bird site 10 years ago.
Awesome people building awesome things and I want to use all of them. Can’t remember the last time I’ve started this many git repos.
More of this please, I’m here for it.
#buildinpublic #indiedev
Awesome people building awesome things and I want to use all of them. Can’t remember the last time I’ve started this many git repos.
More of this please, I’m here for it.
#buildinpublic #indiedev
January 26, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Really this title should be "Social media edges out deep fake child porn app" but hey, I guess we're still pretending X isn't some sort of cesspit
Threads’ daily mobile usage has quietly surpassed X as Meta leans on cross-promotion, creator tools and fast feature rollouts — even as X faces fresh controversies
Threads edges out X in daily mobile users, new data shows | TechCrunch
Threads’ daily mobile usage has quietly surpassed X as Meta leans on cross-promotion, creator tools and fast feature rollouts — even as X faces fresh controversies
techcrunch.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Really this title should be "Social media edges out deep fake child porn app" but hey, I guess we're still pretending X isn't some sort of cesspit
I rarely look at the benchmarks page but these numbers look pretty sweet!!
January 18, 2026 at 9:20 PM
I rarely look at the benchmarks page but these numbers look pretty sweet!!
January 17, 2026 at 4:10 PM
If I change my currency from euro to dollars then I’m over $100 MRR…. That counts right??? 😂😂
#indiedev #mrr #sideproject
#indiedev #mrr #sideproject
January 16, 2026 at 8:28 AM
If I change my currency from euro to dollars then I’m over $100 MRR…. That counts right??? 😂😂
#indiedev #mrr #sideproject
#indiedev #mrr #sideproject
January 12, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Couldn’t agree more with an article. Sick behaviour from spineless cowards.
Great writing @theverge.com / @lopatto.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
#x #grok #apple #google #elonmusk
Great writing @theverge.com / @lopatto.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
#x #grok #apple #google #elonmusk
Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards
Once you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company?
www.theverge.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Couldn’t agree more with an article. Sick behaviour from spineless cowards.
Great writing @theverge.com / @lopatto.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
#x #grok #apple #google #elonmusk
Great writing @theverge.com / @lopatto.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
#x #grok #apple #google #elonmusk
There’s so many tools out there for ASO keywords research, but I want a tool that will build me title, subtitle and keywords in the best possible way given a list of keywords with some data on them, such as where I rank, difficulty and volume. Does this exist?
January 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
There’s so many tools out there for ASO keywords research, but I want a tool that will build me title, subtitle and keywords in the best possible way given a list of keywords with some data on them, such as where I rank, difficulty and volume. Does this exist?
I’ve started to build up a bit of a cash reserve from the few months of Time Out’s revenue and want to figure out the best way to deploy it.
We’re talking a couple hundred €’s not thousands.
We’re talking a couple hundred €’s not thousands.
January 10, 2026 at 11:14 AM
I’ve started to build up a bit of a cash reserve from the few months of Time Out’s revenue and want to figure out the best way to deploy it.
We’re talking a couple hundred €’s not thousands.
We’re talking a couple hundred €’s not thousands.
A sad day when you remove your first app from the store. But it was time. Zero monetisation and costing me ~$25 a month to run. Plus fallen into disrepair 😢
#indiedev #sideproject
#indiedev #sideproject
January 8, 2026 at 8:05 AM
A sad day when you remove your first app from the store. But it was time. Zero monetisation and costing me ~$25 a month to run. Plus fallen into disrepair 😢
#indiedev #sideproject
#indiedev #sideproject
Genuinely forgot I write these down at the end of last year, but they’re the values I work by when addressing side projects. They’ve helped me stay on track. The first two are the most important to me.
#indiedeveloper #sideproject #values
#indiedeveloper #sideproject #values
January 4, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Genuinely forgot I write these down at the end of last year, but they’re the values I work by when addressing side projects. They’ve helped me stay on track. The first two are the most important to me.
#indiedeveloper #sideproject #values
#indiedeveloper #sideproject #values
Indie developer goals for 2025:
1) Get Time Out to 1K MRR. Might seem small to others. Big deal for me.
2) Launch 2 more things I’ve been mulling over
3) Combined projects hit 5K MRR
#indiedeveloper #newyearsresolution
1) Get Time Out to 1K MRR. Might seem small to others. Big deal for me.
2) Launch 2 more things I’ve been mulling over
3) Combined projects hit 5K MRR
#indiedeveloper #newyearsresolution
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Indie developer goals for 2025:
1) Get Time Out to 1K MRR. Might seem small to others. Big deal for me.
2) Launch 2 more things I’ve been mulling over
3) Combined projects hit 5K MRR
#indiedeveloper #newyearsresolution
1) Get Time Out to 1K MRR. Might seem small to others. Big deal for me.
2) Launch 2 more things I’ve been mulling over
3) Combined projects hit 5K MRR
#indiedeveloper #newyearsresolution
Apple search ads keywords recommendations are truly awful. Here are the top ones ordered by “estimated installs” for a campaign I’m running on Time Out. Completely unrelated. Plus they have square brackets denoting I should use exact match 🤷♂️
#applesearchads #indiedev #advertising #marketing
#applesearchads #indiedev #advertising #marketing
January 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Apple search ads keywords recommendations are truly awful. Here are the top ones ordered by “estimated installs” for a campaign I’m running on Time Out. Completely unrelated. Plus they have square brackets denoting I should use exact match 🤷♂️
#applesearchads #indiedev #advertising #marketing
#applesearchads #indiedev #advertising #marketing
Is it safe to say that the "wrapped" fad has gone too far now if I'm being offered my Raycast wrapped?
December 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Is it safe to say that the "wrapped" fad has gone too far now if I'm being offered my Raycast wrapped?
App Store Connect rant continued: the app is primitive in what you can see and do. So I have to use the site on my phone. So how, seriously how, is a site build for managing MOBILE apps so not mobile friendly??? 🤷
#iosdev #indiedev #appstoreconnect
#iosdev #indiedev #appstoreconnect
December 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
App Store Connect rant continued: the app is primitive in what you can see and do. So I have to use the site on my phone. So how, seriously how, is a site build for managing MOBILE apps so not mobile friendly??? 🤷
#iosdev #indiedev #appstoreconnect
#iosdev #indiedev #appstoreconnect
Imagine if one magical day there was a “remember me” option on this page so you didn’t need to re-authenticate multiple times a day ✨✨
#iosdev #appstoreconnect
#iosdev #appstoreconnect
December 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Imagine if one magical day there was a “remember me” option on this page so you didn’t need to re-authenticate multiple times a day ✨✨
#iosdev #appstoreconnect
#iosdev #appstoreconnect
New app stats. Built in three hours ✨
Need to do a bit of a push on ASO but could be cool to see this increase.
Built purely from keyword analysis and spotted a little gap.
Check it out here apps.apple.com/ie/app/age-c...
#indiedev #iosdev
Need to do a bit of a push on ASO but could be cool to see this increase.
Built purely from keyword analysis and spotted a little gap.
Check it out here apps.apple.com/ie/app/age-c...
#indiedev #iosdev
December 16, 2025 at 11:34 AM
New app stats. Built in three hours ✨
Need to do a bit of a push on ASO but could be cool to see this increase.
Built purely from keyword analysis and spotted a little gap.
Check it out here apps.apple.com/ie/app/age-c...
#indiedev #iosdev
Need to do a bit of a push on ASO but could be cool to see this increase.
Built purely from keyword analysis and spotted a little gap.
Check it out here apps.apple.com/ie/app/age-c...
#indiedev #iosdev
Why does AppStore Collect analytics default to show you top level stuff by month but then click into benchmarks and you can only break it down by week??
December 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Why does AppStore Collect analytics default to show you top level stuff by month but then click into benchmarks and you can only break it down by week??
Why is there no Mixpanel iOS app?
December 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Why is there no Mixpanel iOS app?