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A day in the life of an indie developer dad
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
Takuya Matsuyama
A solo developer
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My strategy to survive the generative AI era as an indie developer
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
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How to build a live email editor using MJML, Pug, and Gulp
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
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Effective Neovim setup for web development towards 2024
🥳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
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I've created a Neovim theme Solarized Osaka🏯
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
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Japanese chat community culture is super interesting - Talk with Shuichi Tsutsumi
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
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Had a burnout 🛌
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
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Refactoring the extensible Markdown renderer 🛠️
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
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Kuma UI🐻 vs Panda CSS🐼 – My first impressions
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
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How I made Inkdrop 500ms faster to launch🚀
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
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My audio recording setup for outdoor vlogging
Hey, what's up? It's Takuya here. Today, I'd like to talk about my outdoor filming setup. WATCH VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSIohVvSgtw Recently, I discovered that it's fun to film vlogs outside like at a park, and to talk
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Fixed 2,500 TS errors / Got a share extension to work🔥
Hey, what's up? It's Takuya here. I made great progress on both the desktop and mobile apps of Inkdrop. 🔥 Desktop: Fixed 2,500 TypeScript errors The desktop app is in the process of migration from FlowJS to TypeScript and that's almost done now. It