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Jordan Morgan
@jordanmorgan10.bsky.social
The cause of several bugs since iOS 4. Working on https://alyxcaffeinetracker.com for iOS 26.
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This is kinda of how I'm looking at my month of marketing.

Hiring an agency really helps, because now someone else is going to handle UGC stuff. I think I'm going to learn into the "Free Tools" type of marketing, since those have done well for me previously.
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Apple just approved a big update to Alyx ☕️☕️☕️

- Add your own custom drinks
- Sync with iCloud
- Set your own measurement unit
- SNES box art in settings (ofc critical) 👯‍♂️
- Lots more

Go snag it! itunes.apple.com/us/app/id64...
October 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I couldn't let the custom Alyx SNES box art go to waste. To the settings footer it goes. #ThankYouForPlaying
September 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I often forget this, but you can use a gradient with .foregroundStyle and SF Symbols. That's how I have the multi-colored one here:

```
Image(systemName: "yourSymbol")
.foregroundStyle(Gradient(colors: [.purple, .red, .blue])
```
September 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
#1 thing I heard was people wanted more direction for choosing a caffeine limit.

I think I finally got it right. Ended up writing my own scroll edge effect...effect. Worth it though ✨
September 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
One dumb idea I had (have?) for Alyx was for a chat room to open up once a day so we could all just vibe and talk about what coffee we are drinking.

Definitely a mission-critical feature, I know.
September 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🚨 Alyx is now LIVE 🚨

The silliest way to track caffeine, with all of iOS 26's bells & whistles. Scan stuff with Visual Look Up, use interactive Shortcuts, and tons more.

Since I'm terrible at making videos, I had SNES-style box art commissioned for it instead 😄🕹️☕️

itunes.apple.com/us/app/id647...
September 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Tomorrow is the day, Alyx officials launches 🚀

Here's hoping all this hustle this summer was worth it. As a pre-launch final video, on the splash page - you can actually tap and fidget with all of the little tiles 🪀
September 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I have no reviews to put on Alyx's paywall at launch, so....

I made reviews from my own real-world experiences 🤭
September 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
One of my favorite lil animations in Alyx is the bobble on the paywall.

I never really thought to use .brightness() in animation, but it gives it a nice pop and shine.
September 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I added AlarmKit support a day before uploads because if you can't get notified when to have your last sip of caffeine then this app is definitely worthless A
September 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
📸 Visual Lookup 2.0 in Alyx 📸

I rebuilt the Visual Lookup integration from the ground up. Now it can recognize most drinks and fetch their caffeine content, it's no longer limited to pre-defined app entities.

Here's my test run at Target 🤘
September 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Golly, really happy with how logging caffeine with Foundation Models turned out from a UX perspective. It's so fun I just keep using it even when I don't need it 🤓
September 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In dark mode, Alyx's Liquid Glass icon dons a sleep mask. Because why not. I just feel like it's a thing it should do 💤
September 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In the latest build of Alyx, the closer you get to your caffeine limit the more red the gradient blobs in the UI become 🔺Alyx
September 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🎨 I settled on four themes for launch, and I am proud to announce that Alyx is home to...

Cupercinno!

California's favorite exclusive color way that I completely made up. It's a crisp dark orange, harkening back to the region's distinct, bold cappuccinos ☕️
September 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
August 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
☕️ My hall of fame numbies for 2025 in Alyx ☕️

Curious if any of you noobs have me beat???
August 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The feedback from the beta has been great, some really great suggestions. Thank you all so much!

Themes coming in the next build later tonight🤘
August 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
How about caffeine intake compared to your daily limit expressed as a Github-style chart?

Why the heck not!

Now live in the beta if you have #iOS26 ☕️

* You can also scrub over it to see each day, which was a lot of fun to get working.
August 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Every indie knows an effective launch starts with Costco Marketing ™️
August 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I wasn't able to find a UI for this sleep analysis for launch, but it's super useful!A

If you're on the Alyx beta, check it out in Shortcuts. In fact, there is a lot more you can do in Shortcuts than you can even do in the app itself.
August 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
⚡️Log caffeine using Apple Intelligence

Not sure how much caffeine something has? Just describe it, put a rough size estimate and done!

This was super fun to make, Foundation Models rocks.
August 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Mapping the espresso picker Shortcut --> Action Button is undefeated for me 👌
August 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
😴 Introducing Sleep Forecast 💤

How much caffeine will be coursing through your veins at bedtime? How many minutes (or hours if you're feeling crazy) do you stand to lose based on historical data?

Live in the latest build of Alyx for #iOS26
August 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM