Francesco Papagno
papagno.bsky.social
Francesco Papagno
@papagno.bsky.social
I’m a software engineer with an interest in movies and TV shows, photography, science fiction and astronomy.

https://effectivebits.com
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🚀 My first iOS app is live on the App Store!

After struggling with ugly or overly complex expense trackers, I built this app as a simple way to track expenses and income.

👉 App Store: apple.co/3MMtYZA
👉 Website: effectivebits.com/apps/expenses

#iOSApps #PersonalFinance
Effective Expenses 1.3.0 is out with
- a redesigned built-in calculator
- redesigned form suggestions
- recurring transactions with confirmation
- new analytics section and widget for savings
- support for Shortcuts

👉 apple.co/3MMtYZA

#PersonalFinance #iOSApps #IndieDev
January 15, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Working on a new analytics section of Expenses dedicated to savings.
What else would you find useful in this view?

#PersonalFinance #iOSDev #IndieDev #SwiftUI #BuildInPublic
January 14, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Working on a new built-in calculator for Effective Expenses to match the iOS 26 design.

👉 App Store: apple.co/3MMtYZA
👉 Website: effectivebits.com/apps/expenses

#iOSDev #IndieDev #SwiftUI #BuildInPublic
January 13, 2026 at 6:34 PM
🚀 My first iOS app is live on the App Store!

After struggling with ugly or overly complex expense trackers, I built this app as a simple way to track expenses and income.

👉 App Store: apple.co/3MMtYZA
👉 Website: effectivebits.com/apps/expenses

#iOSApps #PersonalFinance
January 12, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Would you go with iOS 26+ for an app being published today or would you still support at least iOS 18?

#iOSDev #Swift #IndieDev
January 6, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Just wasted half an hour because I was passing a
SectionedFetchResults.Section directly to a function taking an array. All Xcode gave me was "The compiler is unable to type-check this expression in reasonable time". The state of this IDE is embarassing.

#SwiftUI #Xcode #iOSDev
August 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Working on an update for the analytics of my expense tracker.
You will now be able to see how much you're spending during the current week and month, along with a comparison to the previous week or month.

Let me know what you think!

#iOSDev #SwiftUI #IndieDev
August 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Over the past month, I’ve been diving back into a SwiftUI project I started a while ago to learn the latest technologies in iOS development.

#iOSDev #TestFlight #PersonalFinance #IndieDev
July 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Am I missing something or the only way to have some screenshots on a TestFlight beta is to actually publish the app on the App Store?

#iOSDev #TestFlight #IndieDev
July 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
What I really miss with iPadOS 26 on my iPad is being able to drag an app icon from the dock or spotlight into one half of the screen. You can drag the window after having opened the app but this is an annoying extra step.

#iPadOS26 #beta3
July 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM