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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · 1d

ChatGPT App SDK widgets working ✅...and made a function to plan day trips in Switzerland.

Interested in trying it out? Comment "want" and I'll put it up for you to try out.

Next: figuring out auth...

#buildinpublic #chatgptapps

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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · 2d

Experiments with ChatGPT App SDK and the Swiss Public Transport API. Pretty simple to setup except for the widget ui...still figuring it out

#buildinpublic #chatgptapps

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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Sep 10

Train rides be like…

#buildinpublic #vibe

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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Sep 8

Did you know all AirPods come with super precise motion sensors that are easily accessible with CoreMotion?

What should I build?

#buildinpublic #swift #xcode

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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Sep 4

Wow! I'm in the top 100 builders on peerlist.io with #64… never made it into the top 3 in the weekly launchpad tho 🥲

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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Aug 18

Dealing with heat. Made an app to tell me when to open my window 😂

#buildinpublic #app #swift

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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Jul 29

Using #webflow is not good for my health

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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Jul 28

Snippet the visual sideboard is part of my process now.

Get it in the App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/snipp...

#buildinpublic #macOS #productivity

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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Jul 21

Snippet the visual sideboard for your clipboard is launching today! Would really appreciate an upvote!

www.producthunt.com/products/sni...

DM me for a free Promo code!

#buildinpublic #macOS #macapp #indiehacker

Snippet: Visual copy & paste for macOS (Notch App) | Product Hunt

Snippet is a lightweight, Mac-native sideboard for clipboard items. See recently copied text, images, colors, files, and URLs at a glance from your menu bar. Focused on the now, with options to lock, ...

www.producthunt.com

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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Jul 20

Another weekend, another project, and I’m looking for testers!
Meet Pixpress: a tiny tool that watches folders and auto-converts images. Drop one in, it’s renamed, resized, compressed..zero clicks.

TestFlight’s open (macOS 15+): testflight.apple.com/join/DNZ7brJZ

#buildinpublic #macOS

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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Jul 7

Decided to stick to the old app icon but liquify it.

Link.marcoluthi.com/paste

#buildinpublic #macos

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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Jul 7

Snippet is launching on product hunt on 21st of July. Would love your support!

www.producthunt.com/products/sni...

#buildinpublic

Coming soon

www.producthunt.com

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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Jul 5

If you’re Zürich on Wednesday, consider popping by the shipped.ch meetup

Shipped | Meet those who do in Switzerland

A support group for people in Switzerland who build businesses independently.

shipped.ch

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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Jul 5

working on lots of new features for Snippet. What you guys think about the new app icon?

#buildinpublic #macos

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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Jul 1

Sequential paste / queue paste and auto paste coming soon to Snippet

#buildinpublic #swiftui

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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Jun 30

Snippet is No. 2 on the Top Paid apps on the App Store 🎉

#buildinpublic #macOS

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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Jun 27

Made my first sale this week on the App Store 🎉. Funny thing is I didn't even start marketing it yet 🤪

#buildinpublic #swift

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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Jun 27

In Xcode, navigate to menubar "Product > Archiv". Let it build the app, and then a window will open after. Click on "Distribute" and select direct distribution. Apple will notarize it and you can share it with all your Macs (Airdrop is the quickest).

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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Jun 25

Was worried if it was not gonna pass the App Store lords

Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Jun 25

Released my first macOS app 🥹

Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Jun 25

So this just happened.

#macos #notch #buildinpublic

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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Jun 20

Happy to hear! I'm sending you a TestFlight link PM. Looking forward to your feedback

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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Jun 20

Just changed the free tier for Init.ly: no more ads, and you now get 5 smart links with full pro features—no limits. Perfect for devs, podcasters, and event planners across platforms.

Try it out!

#buildinpublic #reactnative #flutter #iOS #android

Smart link for Web, iOS & Android

Powered by Initly

Init.ly

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Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Jun 16

First try. Getting slowly the hang of this

Marco Luthi @marcoluthi.bsky.social · Jun 15

Started building an app. Need a tool. Started building a tool. Forgot about initial app...enough is good enough. Submitted the tool now for App Store review.

Can you guess what it is?

#buildinpublic #appstore #iOS

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