I’m at 2,600 users 🤯 For an app that started as a simple offline file converter app I needed. But now has now grown into a desktop app supporting over 5,000 types of file conversions.

One of the best feelings as an indie developer: You search your app on YouTube… and discover someone made a video about it. He literally says he went in expecting to “dis” HowToConvert, but ended up having nothing but good things to say. Really appreciate the honest review ❤️

Claude Opus 5 might just have dethroned GPT 5.6 Anthropic’s latest model has state-of-the-art results on several coding benchmarks while matching Opus 4.8’s pricing

I made a screen recorder that does something different to Screen Studio: It turns your recordings into cinematic 3D demos. And it’s a one-time purchase. All made solo by me!

HowToConvert's traffic has spiked recently. Just found out it lines up exactly with Google's June 2026 Spam Update That means: Google thinks my competitors are SPAM and I'm not Weeeepeeeee!

Bro’s still going 🥲

I've got a user who spends 15-20 minutes daily on my free PDF to CBZ conversion demo. They do 15-20 conversions, refreshing between each one to reset the limit. If they bought it once, they could batch everything in seconds. Instead they spend 15-20 minutes doing this every single day.

I’ve been programming for the last 12 years now. I use neovim, blog about programming and have released a few successful sites and apps. But still when a post blows up, I get labelled a Vibe Coder When does someone codes something = nice job again? Not, “vibe coder!!” just coz you use daisyui

Just wrote a bunch of new tutorial blog posts for my file converter app Asked Codex to make a demo video using the upcoming ShotGlass MCP integration It spat this out first try

Im a firm believer in celebrating every little win My auto-zoom screen recorder, ShotGlass, just crossed 230 users! Aaaannd it’s a one time purchase (no need for a subscription)

I made a screen recorder that does something different to Screen Studio: it turns your recordings into 3D demos. It also has a one-time purchase and is themed like a glass of whisky

If you’ve been scrolling on your computer or phone and don’t know how you got here, message a friend and play some board games instead

I built a simple app to convert almost any file to any other file 2,600 people are now using it And it supports over 5,000 document, video, image, audio, email and comic file conversions

Reppin’ my app logo even at a wedding Gotta always be hustling if you’re a solo dev

Been experimenting with new 3D transitions for this update of ShotGlass Also trying to get the coding in a medieval bar vibe going Am working on adding 3D props (like a jug of ale) as we speak

Spent weeks building this update for ShotGlass You can now do cinematic 3D camera moves with a simulated camera lens, table and background Makes your demos look like they were professionally shot Editor is way faster now too. Killed so many bugs

This is an app I made. It turns your screen recordings into demos that look like an Apple ad I launched it just over a month ago, and it now has 225 users

Coding in a cafe Can’t believe this is my job now Starting that side project is the best decision I've ever made

Spent today adding testimonials to the ShotGlass site Just some chill coding and making the landing page feel better People have been saying nice things about it so figured I should actually show that

4,000 Google clicks in a month for my local file converter That means people converted their files without uploading anything to a server 4,000 times. Hopefully that keeps growing

ShotGlass makes filming your product demos easy. Like this No editing skills needed. Just hit record and get cinematic 3D shots of your screen Just shipped v0.2.3 with cropping (after recording) and way more reliable recording on high-res external monitors (8k)

You can now use keyboard shortcuts to instantly start recording in ShotGlass No clicking through menus. Just hit a key combo and you're recording a cinematic demo like this straight away

Made a local file converter app that handles almost anything (docs, images, video, audio, email, comics) Drag in a file, pick the format you want, done No uploads to sketchy sites. No command-line BS. Just works offline I build it in public here 👋

Just fixed a bug that's been destroying me for 6 months Only 1% of users hit it, but when they did, the app was completely broken for them Almost everyone wanted a refund Spent weeks trying to reproduce it. Finally nailed it today Feels incredible

I love my new app update screen :)

Just shipped some insane noise cancellation for ShotGlass (powered by a local neural network) Now I can record while my vacuum runs right next to my mic Or just get clean audio anywhere

The bane of my existence

Just shipped ShotGlass v0.2.1. This update is mostly focused on making the app feel much smoother. The new WebGPU renderer fixes stuttery playback, laggy editing, and export speed. Thanks to everyone who sent bug reports and feature requests. You are helping make the app so much better.

I got sick of the same old screen studio look So I made a screen recorder that looks like you're filming your laptop (in 3D) It's called ShotGlass, is themed like a little glass of whisky, and is free to try. Only pay when you're ready to export

Improving render speed in a screen recorder is actually easy Just redo the code that takes the longest time and boom, twice as fast The hard part? Remembering to check if your videos still look good (learned this the hard way after generating blurry garbage for a week)