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Inkdrop's current conversion rate after signups looks like this: It doesn't look so bad, but the number of signups is low around 200-300, while the website is getting 5k unique visitors per month. So, the Visitor-to-Signup rate would be 4-6%. It sounds like average but it&
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Hey, what's up? This is Takuya. Most people know me as a content creator on YouTube, called DevAsLife, but I consider myself as an indie developer who has been running a profitable SaaS for a long time. I've been sharing my journey of building Inkdrop, a
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Hey, what's up? This is Takuya. I'd like to share my plan to make custom UI themes support across both my Electron and React Native apps. Why React Native (A brief history) I have a cross-platform app, Inkdrop, which runs on Electron for desktop platforms and
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Hey, what's up? It's Takuya here. This article would be a supplemental resource for my latest tutorial posted on YouTube: This is a tutorial on how to accomplish the animation effect for a table of contents that I posted on X here: Implemented animated outlines using
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Hi, it's Takuya here. I've been updating the mobile version of Inkdrop, which is built with React Native. It is a simple Markdown note-taking app, which supports syncing notes with the server and offer an offline-first viewing and editing experience. To accomplish this, I've
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I bought Ikea's BROR to store my computer and camera gear (My review). My only complaint was that it doesn't come with casters by default. I asked on the web store if it was possible to attach them, but unfortunately, they answered it wasn't.
Hey guys, it's Takuya. I just had a great interview on Indie Hackers, one of the largest indie dev communities! 🎉I shared some of the tips and tricks I’ve picked up on my indie dev journey—from bootstrapping to marketing and monetizing. Check it out! 😄 Takuya Matsuyama
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Hello, it's Takuya here. The mobile version of my app Inkdrop is built on top of React Native. It is a Markdown note-taking app, which renders notes in webview. The notes can include images, and currently it can display them blazingly fast because of the hack I shared
It's been 7 years since I've been developing Inkdrop, a Markdown note-taking app. Thanks to its sales, I've been able to make a living from it. In the past, I've written various things about how to sustain indie development from a business
Hi, it's Takuya. It's been a while since I've shared anything about my life, so I thought I'd take a moment to dive into that. I've been living off of my app called Inkdrop for over 7 years. Our child
Hi, this is Takuya. What's up? I've been considering a change in the pricing of my app, Inkdrop, and have decided to proceed with it. The new pricing will be increased from $4.9/month ($49.9/year) to $9.8 ($99.8/year), effective February
Hi, it's Takuya. I've been preparing onboarding newsletters for my app, Inkdrop. In order to achieve a nice-looking email design, I researched several email templates and ended up creating my own. Here is the result: Designing emails is hard because there are so many limitations that
🥳My wallpaper packs are now available! Check out serene imagery from my coding tutorials on the devaslife YouTube channel here: https://www.craftz.dog/wallpapers Hey, what's up? It's Takuya here. It's been a year since I last posted a video about my Neovim
Hey, what's up? It's Takuya here. Recently, I've created a Neovim theme for myself called Solarized Osaka. As the name says, it's one of the Solarized-inspired themes for Neovim written in Lua. Here is what it looks like: 🎨 Supporting all major plugins
Hey, what's up? It's Takuya. I had a talk with Tsutsumi-san about his online developer community. He shared the secret to run a successful tech community online. We found that there is some unique Japanese culture behind the community. Let's dive in. TL;DR
Hey, what's up? It's Takuya here. Today, I'd like to talk about the current situation of my project and myself. I think it's helpful for people who are in the same boat now. WATCH VIDEO▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxFbDJXfshk
Hey, what's up? It's Takuya here. This week, I've been working on refactoring the core modules of the desktop app. WATCH VIDEO: https://youtu.be/AmeLjDl-_kk 💪 New Markdown processor/renderer
Hey, what's up? It's Takuya here. I tried out recent UI frameworks called Kuma UI and Panda CSS. They are basically kinds of CSS-in-JS libraries but focus on supporting Zero Runtime. I wanted to learn them and know which would better fit my project requirements. 📺 WATCH
Hello, this is Takuya. This week, my focus has been on enhancing the launch speed of the desktop application. WATCH VIDEO🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eohPPTIw1I Eliminating filler words like “mm”s, “ah”s, and “eh”s Before delving into the progress report, I want to share a