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There’s a neglected human side to indie app development that deserves to be told. This is a book about feelings as much as numbers. Achieving multiple awards, 500k downloads and $25k revenue in a single month wasn’t easy. Learn from my wins and mistakes.

There’s a neglected human side to indie app development that deserves to be told. So I wrote it. This is a book about feelings as much as numbers. My apps have been awarded by Google Design and the Google Play Store. They’ve been downloaded more than 500,000 times (and I still don’t understand ASO). Getting to where I am today has been the most stress-coated fun. The last six months have been an i

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