Side project succeeded from 0 to 400+ daily new users
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Build is a chess clock Android app that grows from near zero to 400–650 daily installs and ~1,500 DAU, ~8,500 weekly, ~27,000 monthly; growth comes from ASO tweaks and localized store listings, not paid ads. Development emphasizes a single working core, real-world device tests, user-sourced translations and ratings, and analytics-driven UX fixes. Releases and store updates are fully automated with Fastlane + supply and screenshot generation (about 114 autogenerated screenshots across locales).
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- 0:00Start
- 25:39app/Screengrabfile
- 26:39Dependency
- 28:52Folder structure
- 30:43Supplyfile
- 31:16Store listing on the file system
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