What happens when you build your app in public? I documented the entire journey of building Boop. Idea → design → code → App Store → Shipaton. Here’s how it went. #buildinpublic #shipaton

I put a folding table on London Bridge at rush hour with a sign that said "Ask me anything." I'm building BOOP a pet app on my own, in public. It felt like the most public place in the country. People stopped. Some asked about the app, some asked for directions, some asked why anyone would do this, one asked if I had a permit. #buildinpublic #shipaton

POV: You take your DOG app to the biggest DOG show in London! #buildinpublic #shipaton

Testing my pet app BOOP at the biggest dog show in London! Feedback had been fantastic #buildinpublic is amazing! #shipaton

I'm from London, UK. I flew 1,500 miles to Hydra, a Greek island with no cars and hundreds of cats, to test my pet app Boop in the wild. Every cat I met is now a sticker in my collection. Some of them had some very strong opinions about it. Full video below. #buildinpublic #shipaton

🐶 THE FIRST APP EVER TO HAVE PET PERSONALITY TESTS! 🐱 Now in the latest version of my #shipaton app BOOP! This is all down to feedback I have received while #buildinpublic Can’t wait to see your pets results!

TURN ANY PET INTO A POKEMON CARD The latest update to my #shipaton app does exactly that in the latest update based on feedback #buildinpublic I really had so much fun working on this!

41/100. Dogs and cats met, photographed, and printed on the spot for their owner to keep. Every one becomes a die-cut sticker in the app I built. Almost halfway there! Breed recognition runs entirely on the phone. Offline, Free, no account. #Shipaton #buildinpublic

How many will you find? This feature was based on feedback I got while building my #shipaton app @booptheapp #buildinpublic

Day 5 of meeting pets IRL for my app. Building publicly in public, publicly #buildinpublic #shipaton

APPSTORE FRONT PAGE! Opening up the AppStore & the first thing you see is my face?!? Unreal! So unreal to be featured by Apple! A whole mixture of emotions right now, I hope this inspires a new generation of software engineers especially those from underrepresented backgrounds

28/100. Twenty-eight dogs and cats met, photographed, and printed on the spot for their owner to keep. Every one becomes a die-cut sticker in the app I built. Breed recognition runs entirely on the phone. Free, no account. #Shipaton #buildinpublic

8 days on the App Store. 119 downloads 9 paying customers $197 Boop turns dogs and cats you meet into die-cut stickers. Breed ID runs entirely on-device. 5% of everything it makes goes to UK animal welfare charities, published quarterly. #buildinpublic #Shipaton

i built an app that turns cats you meet into die-cut stickers, then took it to Cat Island to see what would happen. #shipaton #buildinpublic

Introducing Boop. The Pokemon go for dogs and cats that you meet in real life. #buildinpublic #shipaton

Building in Public, in public. #shipaton #buildinpublic

Building publicly in public and meeting pets everyday to test out my new app. #shipaton #buildinpublic