Tony Masek
@tonymasek.com
Wannabe Indie Hacker. Building ✨ purgoapp.com and 📸 retakee.app
If I'm not hacking on something I'm daydreaming about Australia 🇦🇺 or reading Harry Potter ⚡️
If I'm not hacking on something I'm daydreaming about Australia 🇦🇺 or reading Harry Potter ⚡️
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Tony Masek
@tonymasek.com
· May 13
A new exciting milestone 🥁
Users have collectively freed up over 2TB of storage with the help of purgoapp.com! 🎉
Users have collectively freed up over 2TB of storage with the help of purgoapp.com! 🎉
My first year is behind me. Let's hope the next one will be slightly better 😄 🚀
July 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
My first year is behind me. Let's hope the next one will be slightly better 😄 🚀
Whaaat, purgoapp.com is now #4 in Hong Kong in the utilities category, right after the Google app 🤯
Most likely won't be there for long, but I'm framing this screenshot haha 🥳
Most likely won't be there for long, but I'm framing this screenshot haha 🥳
July 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Whaaat, purgoapp.com is now #4 in Hong Kong in the utilities category, right after the Google app 🤯
Most likely won't be there for long, but I'm framing this screenshot haha 🥳
Most likely won't be there for long, but I'm framing this screenshot haha 🥳
Never mind, Apple just wiped 2 of them 😅
Wow, nice, four 5 ⭐️ reviews in the first day. I could get used to this 😄
Nice, my new app was approved on the first go 🚀 Should add that to my CV 😄
May 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Never mind, Apple just wiped 2 of them 😅
Wow, nice, four 5 ⭐️ reviews in the first day. I could get used to this 😄
Nice, my new app was approved on the first go 🚀 Should add that to my CV 😄
May 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Wow, nice, four 5 ⭐️ reviews in the first day. I could get used to this 😄
Nice, my new app was approved on the first go 🚀 Should add that to my CV 😄
May 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Nice, my new app was approved on the first go 🚀 Should add that to my CV 😄
A new exciting milestone 🥁
Users have collectively freed up over 2TB of storage with the help of purgoapp.com! 🎉
Users have collectively freed up over 2TB of storage with the help of purgoapp.com! 🎉
May 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A new exciting milestone 🥁
Users have collectively freed up over 2TB of storage with the help of purgoapp.com! 🎉
Users have collectively freed up over 2TB of storage with the help of purgoapp.com! 🎉
Decided to add a free trial to Purgo. Not sure why I haven't set it up from the get-go. Interested to see the stats after a few weeks.
May 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Decided to add a free trial to Purgo. Not sure why I haven't set it up from the get-go. Interested to see the stats after a few weeks.
This is amazing! purgoapp.com is slowly starting to get a bit of traction, and it is so cool to see people cleaning up their galleries almost every day now 🧼
But what really made my day was this comment on my latest Reddit post. It means the world to me! 🚀
But what really made my day was this comment on my latest Reddit post. It means the world to me! 🚀
May 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is amazing! purgoapp.com is slowly starting to get a bit of traction, and it is so cool to see people cleaning up their galleries almost every day now 🧼
But what really made my day was this comment on my latest Reddit post. It means the world to me! 🚀
But what really made my day was this comment on my latest Reddit post. It means the world to me! 🚀
Found a weird bug in TipKit in iOS 18.4. In a specific case, when using a popoverTip inside a modal view, the background can disappear.
May 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Found a weird bug in TipKit in iOS 18.4. In a specific case, when using a popoverTip inside a modal view, the background can disappear.
My promo for Purgo is almost at its end. Some stats so far:
⬇️ ~3k have downloaded the app
✅ Out of these ~28% made at least one review
🗑️ Out of those who have reviewed ~64% actually emptied the trash
⭐️ Out of those who should have seen the rating popup (upon emptying the trash) ~2% left a rating
⬇️ ~3k have downloaded the app
✅ Out of these ~28% made at least one review
🗑️ Out of those who have reviewed ~64% actually emptied the trash
⭐️ Out of those who should have seen the rating popup (upon emptying the trash) ~2% left a rating
April 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
My promo for Purgo is almost at its end. Some stats so far:
⬇️ ~3k have downloaded the app
✅ Out of these ~28% made at least one review
🗑️ Out of those who have reviewed ~64% actually emptied the trash
⭐️ Out of those who should have seen the rating popup (upon emptying the trash) ~2% left a rating
⬇️ ~3k have downloaded the app
✅ Out of these ~28% made at least one review
🗑️ Out of those who have reviewed ~64% actually emptied the trash
⭐️ Out of those who should have seen the rating popup (upon emptying the trash) ~2% left a rating
Well, this is new to me, but I love it 😄 A lot of people are trying Purgo out and I'm getting some great feedback. It feels great to have some actionable steps, rather than just building things out into the void which I am guessing someone might enjoy.
April 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Well, this is new to me, but I love it 😄 A lot of people are trying Purgo out and I'm getting some great feedback. It feels great to have some actionable steps, rather than just building things out into the void which I am guessing someone might enjoy.
Hello, friends! I just put Purgo lifetime for free for a couple of days 🎁 So if you'd like to give it a go, now's the perfect moment! I'd be grateful for any feedback you might have! More in my Reddit post.
www.reddit.com/r/iosapps/c...
www.reddit.com/r/iosapps/c...
From the iosapps community on Reddit: Clean Up Your Gallery & Cut iCloud Costs: My $39.99 App Now Free for 72 Hours! 🎉
Explore this post and more from the iosapps community
www.reddit.com
April 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Hello, friends! I just put Purgo lifetime for free for a couple of days 🎁 So if you'd like to give it a go, now's the perfect moment! I'd be grateful for any feedback you might have! More in my Reddit post.
www.reddit.com/r/iosapps/c...
www.reddit.com/r/iosapps/c...
Thanks, Xcode, that's exactly what I had in mind!
March 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Thanks, Xcode, that's exactly what I had in mind!
Today, I was setting up a new MacBook for my dad, and the process is getting easier and easier.
You just open the new one, connect it to the old one, and it transfers everything. It even uses a peer-to-peer connection so it is super fast 🚀
Very cool!
You just open the new one, connect it to the old one, and it transfers everything. It even uses a peer-to-peer connection so it is super fast 🚀
Very cool!
March 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Today, I was setting up a new MacBook for my dad, and the process is getting easier and easier.
You just open the new one, connect it to the old one, and it transfers everything. It even uses a peer-to-peer connection so it is super fast 🚀
Very cool!
You just open the new one, connect it to the old one, and it transfers everything. It even uses a peer-to-peer connection so it is super fast 🚀
Very cool!
Off to a great start! Turns out the heavy lifting for scanning can be handled quite easily with Apple's APIs. Today, I'll be focusing on the user flow (without iCloud for now).
Also experimenting with porting some of the ideas I love from Laravel to my SwiftUI workflow.
Also experimenting with porting some of the ideas I love from Laravel to my SwiftUI workflow.
Now that the similar photos feature for Purgo is done, it's time for a new project.
This time, the goal isn't so much about the app or the outcome but about learning to be faster. I always spend too much time on different details while the runway is steadily shrinking.
This time, the goal isn't so much about the app or the outcome but about learning to be faster. I always spend too much time on different details while the runway is steadily shrinking.
March 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Off to a great start! Turns out the heavy lifting for scanning can be handled quite easily with Apple's APIs. Today, I'll be focusing on the user flow (without iCloud for now).
Also experimenting with porting some of the ideas I love from Laravel to my SwiftUI workflow.
Also experimenting with porting some of the ideas I love from Laravel to my SwiftUI workflow.
Now that the similar photos feature for Purgo is done, it's time for a new project.
This time, the goal isn't so much about the app or the outcome but about learning to be faster. I always spend too much time on different details while the runway is steadily shrinking.
This time, the goal isn't so much about the app or the outcome but about learning to be faster. I always spend too much time on different details while the runway is steadily shrinking.
March 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Now that the similar photos feature for Purgo is done, it's time for a new project.
This time, the goal isn't so much about the app or the outcome but about learning to be faster. I always spend too much time on different details while the runway is steadily shrinking.
This time, the goal isn't so much about the app or the outcome but about learning to be faster. I always spend too much time on different details while the runway is steadily shrinking.
If you have tons of photos taking up your storage space, give purgoapp.com a shot. Now with similar photos detection ✨
I made a couple of promo codes, and I’d be super grateful for some feedback. DM me if you are interested and I'll send over the code.
Thanks 🙌🏼
I made a couple of promo codes, and I’d be super grateful for some feedback. DM me if you are interested and I'll send over the code.
Thanks 🙌🏼
March 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
If you have tons of photos taking up your storage space, give purgoapp.com a shot. Now with similar photos detection ✨
I made a couple of promo codes, and I’d be super grateful for some feedback. DM me if you are interested and I'll send over the code.
Thanks 🙌🏼
I made a couple of promo codes, and I’d be super grateful for some feedback. DM me if you are interested and I'll send over the code.
Thanks 🙌🏼
What the heck, that was super fast 🚀
Approved ✅
Approved ✅
March 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
What the heck, that was super fast 🚀
Approved ✅
Approved ✅
So far so good. A couple of people have tested it and it looks like it’s ready to go 🚀
Also gave it a bit of a stress test - my mom has 36k photos in her gallery 😄 Worked nicely and it found almost 10 GB of similar photos 😄
Also gave it a bit of a stress test - my mom has 36k photos in her gallery 😄 Worked nicely and it found almost 10 GB of similar photos 😄
Almost ready! Finally 😄 Just a couple tiny things to iron out, and I can send it to beta testers. If everything goes smoothly, I’m hoping to have it live early next week 🚀
Building UIs is just painful for me. I've managed to iron out most of the logic I need, but now I have to nicely package it, and it always takes me much longer than I'd like.
Hoping to finish it soon.
Hoping to finish it soon.
March 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
So far so good. A couple of people have tested it and it looks like it’s ready to go 🚀
Also gave it a bit of a stress test - my mom has 36k photos in her gallery 😄 Worked nicely and it found almost 10 GB of similar photos 😄
Also gave it a bit of a stress test - my mom has 36k photos in her gallery 😄 Worked nicely and it found almost 10 GB of similar photos 😄
Recently, I've read all three Hunger Games books, and I was surprised by how true the movies are to the books.
At least the first one, because I've seen that one several times and when reading the book, nothing surprised me or was new to me. Usually, this is not the case.
At least the first one, because I've seen that one several times and when reading the book, nothing surprised me or was new to me. Usually, this is not the case.
March 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Recently, I've read all three Hunger Games books, and I was surprised by how true the movies are to the books.
At least the first one, because I've seen that one several times and when reading the book, nothing surprised me or was new to me. Usually, this is not the case.
At least the first one, because I've seen that one several times and when reading the book, nothing surprised me or was new to me. Usually, this is not the case.
Almost ready! Finally 😄 Just a couple tiny things to iron out, and I can send it to beta testers. If everything goes smoothly, I’m hoping to have it live early next week 🚀
Building UIs is just painful for me. I've managed to iron out most of the logic I need, but now I have to nicely package it, and it always takes me much longer than I'd like.
Hoping to finish it soon.
Hoping to finish it soon.
Playing around with a similar photo detection feature for purgoapp.com. Made decent progress so far 🙌 Hoping to have it ready for testing soon 👀
March 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Almost ready! Finally 😄 Just a couple tiny things to iron out, and I can send it to beta testers. If everything goes smoothly, I’m hoping to have it live early next week 🚀
Going to start experimenting with A/B testing. Don't have as many impressions as I'd like yet, but no point in waiting. Planning to compensate with a longer test period instead. Just have to work with what I've got.
March 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Going to start experimenting with A/B testing. Don't have as many impressions as I'd like yet, but no point in waiting. Planning to compensate with a longer test period instead. Just have to work with what I've got.
It is kinda fun to have some constraints when programming. Be it memory footprint, CPU being the bottleneck, etc. Perfect for learning how to think outside the box.
March 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It is kinda fun to have some constraints when programming. Be it memory footprint, CPU being the bottleneck, etc. Perfect for learning how to think outside the box.
Repeat after me: Don't use complex computed properties. I repeat: Do not use complex computed properties.
March 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Repeat after me: Don't use complex computed properties. I repeat: Do not use complex computed properties.