Daniel Paulino 🇨🇦
@kidjenius
Canadian indie app developer 🚀 Principal Software Engineer at Astera Labs in Vancouver. Canucks fan (unfortunately). Creator of Markerpad, Ambie White Noise, Nightingale REST Client, and Beeskie.
The deprecation of the app is so sad. Good thing is there are alternatives, like this native app I built called Markerpad. If you know anyone looking for an alternative, pls pass it on 🙂 apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nh0w...
🔥 Ambie’s latest update improves the layout of the Channels page. Instead of a single big grid, it’s now separated into sections, and we have filters now. 🗾 We also have new Channels from Japan. I filmed these in Hokkaido in June. Check it out! Download: apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p07x...
🚀 Markerpad usage is more than double since Microsoft announced they are killing off their whiteboard app for consumers, and the numbers are sticking!! Big thanks to everyone that has supported Markerpad so far. Hoping to address the flood of new feedback from everyone over the next few weeks!
Microsoft killing off their Whiteboard app for non-enterprise users is sad. Luckily there are good alternatives, such as my Markerpad app! It's 100% offline, high-performance, and purpose-built for Windows. #indiedev #whiteboard #microsoft Download it here! apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nh0w...
It's our first Canada Day since coming back home permanently after 7 years in the US, and I'm just so grateful to be home. Grateful for our new Canadian jobs, grateful for family and friends close by, and so much more. It feels so good to be safely home. Happy Canada Day to all! 🇨🇦🎆
Some personal news, I've joined Astera Labs as a Principal Software Engineer working on Windows apps. Feeling very fortunate for the 7.5 years of experience I gained at Microsoft, and now looking forward to a new chapter in my career 🙂
I'm working on a new feature for my Ambie White Noise app that adds category filters to the sounds catalogue page. It makes it easier to browse for sounds to download. Coming next week 🙂 Here's a sneak peek, turn on your volume! 🔉 Free download: apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p07x...
Good crowd at Brentwood mall at the start of the Canada Qatar game. Got much bigger as the game went on. #fifa #worldcup #canada #vancouver
The new Surface Laptop 8 base model is a $900 increase over the previous Laptop 7 base model. The starting price is now $2300. That’s insane. MacBooks are cheaper.
I don’t think Canadians say “aboot”. I think that’s something Americans made up about Canadians. But we do say eh a lot lol
Got myself my first e-reader from Kobo, which I just learned is Canadian! I was also impressed to see integration with libraries. So I can read ebooks from my local library for free. #kobo
Happened to discover this built-in macOS wallpaper and I think it's one of the best ones available. It has a day and night version. Ambie on macOS is also starting to look real nice with this background + Liquid Glass effects. Can't wait to show off the app once it's ready!
Playing around with macOS app development today. There are weird things about it, particularly around "native" macOS vs Mac Catalyst. But once you wrap your head around it, it's alright. Could Ambie arrive on macOS soon? No it's still too far away, but we'll see what happens.
It was never free from the store. From the dev's own FAQ: the store version is paid in case you want to support the developer. If you don't want to support them, then you can get it free from the website directly. www.getpaint.net
The Toyota CHR looked beautiful from the Vancouver Auto Show last week. Looking forward to test driving this soon. It’s apparently going to be 45k starting price. Combined with the government rebate, you can get it for $40k. Might just be one of the most affordable EVs available this year!
One of my OSS uwp apps (Ambie White Noise) has been used by over 70k users from the ms store and I'm earning decent monthly revenue from it. User satisfaction is high based on ratings + usage data. uwp as a framework has issues yes, but a blanket statement against all uwp apps seems a bit extreme
Extremely humbling to see that Ambie has eclipsed the 2000 ratings count internationally, and it's still at 4.8 stars. In the past, there were people who scoffed and told me my app's high score was only due to a small sample size. But at 2k reviews, it's becoming clear that people love Ambie 🥳
Wow, Markerpad's monthly premium sales have caught up to Ambie's monthly sales. Ambie's revenue is still far outpacing it, but Markerpad is trending the right direction! Seems like folks are liking the regular updates. I recently added Seyes lines to it! #buildinpublic #dotnet #csharp #edusky
Yesterday, I received a US patent award from Microsoft. I applied for a patent few years ago and it was granted by the US Patent office, and this plaque was sent by MS to commemorate the accomplishment. Never thought I'd be a patent inventor. Super cool 🙂 #microsoftlife
Have you tried installing it via the website? I believe it bypasses company policies. Like, click this download button directly from the website. Only if you want to try, tho! I'm not pressuring you to install the app haha
Is this whiteboard app starting to look cool or what? I'm adding more and more features every few days, and people seem to be really enjoying the recent updates! #whiteboard #edusky #buildinpublic #dotnet #csharp
Markerpad daily usage jumped 2x the past 24 hours! Very cool. Premium sales are also picking up steam. #buildinpublic #windowsapp #uwp #dotnet #csharp
Ambie's revenue this past January absolutely popped. Big thanks to the growing number of Ambie fans and supporters! Can I retire from my day job yet?! #BuildInPublic #windowsapps #indiedev #dotnet
Added new canvas options to Markerpad (dots and lines), and added new zoom functionality. Both have been strong feedback from the community so thanks to everyone that has given Markerpad a try and shared feedback! Give it a try if you haven't yet: apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nh0w.... #buildinpublic
Beautiful view from Microsoft Vancouver! #MicrosoftLife #Vancouver
Ambie+ lifetime is on sale! If you want to get productive at work, or stay focused studying, or want to relax to some soothing sounds, don't miss this sale for the premium tier! Download the app first, and then claim the offer from inside the app! apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p07x... #buildinpublic