Takuya Matsuyama

Lessons learned while building my React Native mobile app

I’m developing a Markdown note-taking app called Inkdrop, and I’ve recently released a new mobile app for iOS and Android. It’s built using…

A Promising Idea Towards Supporting Plugins for iOS App

Inkdrop, the Markdown note-taking app, for desktop comes with highly extensible plugin system. It allows you, for example, to extend…

Apple Motion is the Cheapest Way to Make Professional Promo Videos

I’m planning to make a new promo video for Inkdrop. Current one is kind of outdated because of recent updates:

Before Moving on to the Next Roadmap…

I'd like to take a 30-day break Just a few days ago, I have rolled out the new mobile app. I'm happy to hear that you like it so far. Inkdrop keeps growing as you can see in below image that number of payments is gradually…

How to support Split View on iPad with React Native

An easy way to support iPad’s Split View on your React Native app

Inkdrop Mobile v2 Has Been Released

Hello there. I’m Takuya (craftzdog), the author of Inkdrop.

[Updated] Giving up complying with GDPR

Update(05/20): Inkdrop now does comply with GDPR. Please check out the updated privacy policy. Thank you so much for your help!

Great Zen Meditation Experience at Ryōsokuin in Kyoto, Japan

Zazen(座禅) — a particular kind of meditation and part of Zen Buddhism. I love doing it every morning to get a mindfulness and to concentrate…

Inkdrop Mobile v2 is Now in Private Beta

Hello there. I’m Takuya (craftzdog), the solo developer of Inkdrop.

A Simple Way To Run JS in Background Thread on React Native

CPU intensive tasks block UI, like indexing. Because, in React Native, JavaScript is executed on JavaScriptCore which means that you have…

Making HOC with prop type inference from Recompose and Redux connector in Flow

It seems like the type annotation for react-redux’s connect is not compatible with the recompose’s HOC type declaration. I often…

Get A Slow Tempo — Towards Becoming A Long-Running Product

I’m building a Markdown note-taking app called Inkdrop alone. Fortunately, I succeeded to make it a profitable product generating over…