Day 20: Flying with the Great Eagles
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
My latest app, Nudge Nudge, is finally released! It has been a challenge to get here, working off and on for over 20 days, plus a ton of days long before I started this log. With some more time, I plan to do a bit more of a recap of what I’ve experienced publishing an app in the current, rather crazy, software market.
What has been the most interesting for me though is how much I’m still motivated to keep working on the app, but even starting to think about my next big app project. While this app hasn’t taken off, and who knows might never take off, it has felt like me releasing it was a catalyst for my own motivation. Over the years, like most software developers, I feel like I’ve ebbed and flowed on motivation when it comes to releasing products. I would start a lot of projects, but very, very rarely release them. Now though, it feels different and I feel more motivated to keep releasing products and seeing if any will stick in any semi-large way financially.