Chris Free
@chrisfree.bsky.social
Former CEO and agency owner. Engineering leader. Developer of native apps and websites. Maker of NextGP. Helping devs make more 💰 at @RevenueCat
I made NextGP so I’d always have the #f1 schedule and standings on my Home Screen. There’s still so much I want to do, but it’s awesome to have the thing that I wanted out in the world.
July 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I made NextGP so I’d always have the #f1 schedule and standings on my Home Screen. There’s still so much I want to do, but it’s awesome to have the thing that I wanted out in the world.
Some thoughts and a highlight reel of my first year @revenuecat.com
www.optimistic-closures.com/my-first-yea...
www.optimistic-closures.com/my-first-yea...
My First Year at RevenueCat
One year ago today, I joined RevenueCat as a Sales Engineer.
After almost 17 years of running Chromatic – the agency I helped grow from 2 to 25+ people — I found myself in a completely different role...
www.optimistic-closures.com
July 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Some thoughts and a highlight reel of my first year @revenuecat.com
www.optimistic-closures.com/my-first-yea...
www.optimistic-closures.com/my-first-yea...
Had an amazing trip to Cupertino for #wwdc and the @revenuecat.com Bashcade.
Good to be home though and can’t wait to dig into more of the sessions.
Good to be home though and can’t wait to dig into more of the sessions.
June 15, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Had an amazing trip to Cupertino for #wwdc and the @revenuecat.com Bashcade.
Good to be home though and can’t wait to dig into more of the sessions.
Good to be home though and can’t wait to dig into more of the sessions.
Reposted by Chris Free
Can you keep a secret? 🤫
#Shipaton is coming back August-September and we're looking for community organizers and sponsors to make this year's mobile dev hackathon bigger... like _way_ bigger 😯
@charliemchapman.com's got the deets 👇
#Shipaton is coming back August-September and we're looking for community organizers and sponsors to make this year's mobile dev hackathon bigger... like _way_ bigger 😯
@charliemchapman.com's got the deets 👇
June 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Can you keep a secret? 🤫
#Shipaton is coming back August-September and we're looking for community organizers and sponsors to make this year's mobile dev hackathon bigger... like _way_ bigger 😯
@charliemchapman.com's got the deets 👇
#Shipaton is coming back August-September and we're looking for community organizers and sponsors to make this year's mobile dev hackathon bigger... like _way_ bigger 😯
@charliemchapman.com's got the deets 👇
Reposted by Chris Free
1️⃣ 🚀 Big news: We just closed a $50M Series C-2 led by
@baincapvc.bsky.social with @indexventures.bsky.social, @ycombinator.com.web.brid.gy, Adjacent, Volo Ventures, & SaaStr Fund doubling-down
🔗 Jacob shares more on the blog → www.revenuecat.com/blog/company...
@baincapvc.bsky.social with @indexventures.bsky.social, @ycombinator.com.web.brid.gy, Adjacent, Volo Ventures, & SaaStr Fund doubling-down
🔗 Jacob shares more on the blog → www.revenuecat.com/blog/company...
RevenueCat Part 2
We raised $50M to kick off RevenueCat Part 2—our journey from “simple API” to the most important software company for apps.
www.revenuecat.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
1️⃣ 🚀 Big news: We just closed a $50M Series C-2 led by
@baincapvc.bsky.social with @indexventures.bsky.social, @ycombinator.com.web.brid.gy, Adjacent, Volo Ventures, & SaaStr Fund doubling-down
🔗 Jacob shares more on the blog → www.revenuecat.com/blog/company...
@baincapvc.bsky.social with @indexventures.bsky.social, @ycombinator.com.web.brid.gy, Adjacent, Volo Ventures, & SaaStr Fund doubling-down
🔗 Jacob shares more on the blog → www.revenuecat.com/blog/company...
I don't think this is the end of Apple by any means, but AI is clearly the future and Apple is behind. Jony and his team joining OpenAI could be a turning point for personal computing devices. Exciting times for technologists. Less exciting for Apple shareholders.
openai.com/sam-and-jony/
openai.com/sam-and-jony/
Sam and Jony introduce io
Building a family of AI products for everyone.
openai.com
May 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I don't think this is the end of Apple by any means, but AI is clearly the future and Apple is behind. Jony and his team joining OpenAI could be a turning point for personal computing devices. Exciting times for technologists. Less exciting for Apple shareholders.
openai.com/sam-and-jony/
openai.com/sam-and-jony/
The whole performance is fantastic, but this song is the best of the bunch: youtu.be/z__mjdWEJjA?...
So good.
So good.
Hermanos Gutierrez at the Miami Beach Bandshell 6/21/23 (4K)
YouTube video by Make Music Miami
youtu.be
May 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The whole performance is fantastic, but this song is the best of the bunch: youtu.be/z__mjdWEJjA?...
So good.
So good.
Your avatar being added as a custom emoji in Slack is a Sass right of passage we don't celebrate enough.
May 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Your avatar being added as a custom emoji in Slack is a Sass right of passage we don't celebrate enough.
We're out here in the mountains, all together, shipping and testing all of this stuff and damn is it awesome. This is the way.
We just shipped some big improvements to our Web Purchase Button that significantly improve the web checkout flow! 🚀
💰 Apple Pay with email autofill
🔗 Redirect back to app with URL deeplinking support
⚡️ Removed multiple unnecessary taps to improve the checkout experience
💰 Apple Pay with email autofill
🔗 Redirect back to app with URL deeplinking support
⚡️ Removed multiple unnecessary taps to improve the checkout experience
May 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
We're out here in the mountains, all together, shipping and testing all of this stuff and damn is it awesome. This is the way.
Watching The Empire Strikes Back, at Sundance no less, with the @revenuecat.com team. Legit.
May 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Watching The Empire Strikes Back, at Sundance no less, with the @revenuecat.com team. Legit.
April 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Day 1 video recap of RevenueCat's recent Tokyo Tour. Epic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX7I...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX7I...
2025 Spring Tokyo Tour 🇯🇵 Day 1 – From Sensoji to Sakura
YouTube video by RevenueCat
www.youtube.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Day 1 video recap of RevenueCat's recent Tokyo Tour. Epic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX7I...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX7I...
I just had a 4 minute conversation with Siri wherein I was trying to pause a timer and she literally was stuck in an infinite loop. I hade the wherewithal to start recording the last minute. @gruber.foo stay for the end to hear what kids think of Siri.
Something rotten indeed.
Something rotten indeed.
March 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I just had a 4 minute conversation with Siri wherein I was trying to pause a timer and she literally was stuck in an infinite loop. I hade the wherewithal to start recording the last minute. @gruber.foo stay for the end to hear what kids think of Siri.
Something rotten indeed.
Something rotten indeed.
Reposted by Chris Free
Ok, so the last online event I did went better than I could have hoped! Fantastic questions and discussion.
Let's do it again, with more space and more time!
Come hang with me and talk Swift Concurrency March 29
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-concur...
Let's do it again, with more space and more time!
Come hang with me and talk Swift Concurrency March 29
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-concur...
The Concurrency Corner
Come, hang out, and talk about Swift Concurrency. Bring your questions or just listen in!
www.eventbrite.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Ok, so the last online event I did went better than I could have hoped! Fantastic questions and discussion.
Let's do it again, with more space and more time!
Come hang with me and talk Swift Concurrency March 29
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-concur...
Let's do it again, with more space and more time!
Come hang with me and talk Swift Concurrency March 29
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-concur...
Let me know if you can spot when I shipped a caching bug. 🔍
March 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Let me know if you can spot when I shipped a caching bug. 🔍
The @Metallica Apple Immersive thing is one of the most incredible pieces of content I have ever experienced.
This is THE reason for Vision Pro to exist.
I would pay gobs of money for more content like this.
This is THE reason for Vision Pro to exist.
I would pay gobs of money for more content like this.
March 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The @Metallica Apple Immersive thing is one of the most incredible pieces of content I have ever experienced.
This is THE reason for Vision Pro to exist.
I would pay gobs of money for more content like this.
This is THE reason for Vision Pro to exist.
I would pay gobs of money for more content like this.
Working late tonight and I hear my daughter from the kitchen, "Hey Siri, play some TOOL."
Then she comes into my office and says, "Hey Dad, I was wondering if you wanted to come hang with me in the kitchen."
This is it.
Then she comes into my office and says, "Hey Dad, I was wondering if you wanted to come hang with me in the kitchen."
This is it.
February 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Working late tonight and I hear my daughter from the kitchen, "Hey Siri, play some TOOL."
Then she comes into my office and says, "Hey Dad, I was wondering if you wanted to come hang with me in the kitchen."
This is it.
Then she comes into my office and says, "Hey Dad, I was wondering if you wanted to come hang with me in the kitchen."
This is it.
Yesterday, I wrote a React app from scratch using only Cursor.
Today, I deployed it to Vercel.
Tomorrow, it will power a new feature in NextGP.
Today, I deployed it to Vercel.
Tomorrow, it will power a new feature in NextGP.
February 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Yesterday, I wrote a React app from scratch using only Cursor.
Today, I deployed it to Vercel.
Tomorrow, it will power a new feature in NextGP.
Today, I deployed it to Vercel.
Tomorrow, it will power a new feature in NextGP.
I wrote an entire React app tonight with Claude. I don’t know anything about React. Wild.
February 15, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I wrote an entire React app tonight with Claude. I don’t know anything about React. Wild.
“Hey Siri, clear all of my alarms.”
You’re welcome.
You’re welcome.
February 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
“Hey Siri, clear all of my alarms.”
You’re welcome.
You’re welcome.
I just took my daughter to buy her first real skateboard and now we’re getting her nails done. I love how she’s already her own person.
February 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I just took my daughter to buy her first real skateboard and now we’re getting her nails done. I love how she’s already her own person.
Reposted by Chris Free
I had so much fun writing this one.
Siri Is Super Dumb and Getting Dumber
Siri with Apple Intelligence gives confident but embarrasingly wrong answers to sports trivia questions, both famous (Super Bowls) and obscure (North Dakota high school hoops).
daringfireball.net
January 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I had so much fun writing this one.
To the folks that told me, "Skeleton crew is even better than Andor..." I'm very upset with you.
Andor remains peak Star Wars and you are losing it if you think Skeleton Crew should even be mentioned in the top 5.
Andor remains peak Star Wars and you are losing it if you think Skeleton Crew should even be mentioned in the top 5.
January 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
To the folks that told me, "Skeleton crew is even better than Andor..." I'm very upset with you.
Andor remains peak Star Wars and you are losing it if you think Skeleton Crew should even be mentioned in the top 5.
Andor remains peak Star Wars and you are losing it if you think Skeleton Crew should even be mentioned in the top 5.
Reposted by Chris Free
It might be a while before we see Apple feature another company's computer on apple.com.
January 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
It might be a while before we see Apple feature another company's computer on apple.com.
Reposted by Chris Free
First contract of 2025....... falls through.
(I'm fine! But always planning 3-6 months in advance is something.)
I don't suppose you could use some Swift 6 training/workshops/consultation? I've worked with large teams all the way down to individuals. I'd love to talk!
(I'm fine! But always planning 3-6 months in advance is something.)
I don't suppose you could use some Swift 6 training/workshops/consultation? I've worked with large teams all the way down to individuals. I'd love to talk!
January 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
First contract of 2025....... falls through.
(I'm fine! But always planning 3-6 months in advance is something.)
I don't suppose you could use some Swift 6 training/workshops/consultation? I've worked with large teams all the way down to individuals. I'd love to talk!
(I'm fine! But always planning 3-6 months in advance is something.)
I don't suppose you could use some Swift 6 training/workshops/consultation? I've worked with large teams all the way down to individuals. I'd love to talk!