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Cesar Pinto Castillo @jagcesar.bsky.social · 15d

Doing some final accessibility testing for one of our clients the night before catching a flight for @swiftleeds.co.uk. If you’re also attending and want to talk #a11y, come find me. 🦾

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Sofia @fosiadesign.bsky.social · Sep 16

Working in the dark all summer I can FINALLY reveal what @jagcesar.bsky.social
and I have been cooking 👩🏻‍🍳👨🏽‍🍳

Our latest update can be enjoyed on #iOS26, #iOS18 and #iOS17. Yes, we did it, we lowered our deployment target for the first time in history. Welcome onboard everyone💖

#liquidGlass

Ambre: Recipe Organizer @ambre.app · Sep 16

You can now search the web for recipes directly inside Ambre, and save them instantly to your Library

No switching apps - Just find, save, and cook🧑‍🍳

What recipes are missing in your Library?
Let us know in the comments 👇

Now available on the AppStore ❤️

#iOS26 #liquidGlass

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Ambre: Recipe Organizer @ambre.app · Sep 16

You can now search the web for recipes directly inside Ambre, and save them instantly to your Library

No switching apps - Just find, save, and cook🧑‍🍳

What recipes are missing in your Library?
Let us know in the comments 👇

Now available on the AppStore ❤️

#iOS26 #liquidGlass

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Cesar Pinto Castillo @jagcesar.bsky.social · Sep 15

Cool. And please take your time. As a user I prefer a stable and usable product over fancy new design all days of the week.

Cesar Pinto Castillo @jagcesar.bsky.social · Sep 14

Anyone seen this bug? Not sure why, but I can't download @ambre.app from the Mac App Store 😵‍💫

Hopefully its only occurring too me 🤞

Cesar Pinto Castillo @jagcesar.bsky.social · Sep 4

Anyone else seeing timeout issues with Xcode Cloud? If so, chime in on this Apple forum thread:

developer.apple.com/forums/threa...

#xcodeCloud #timeout

Xcode Cloud timeouts | Apple Developer Forums

developer.apple.com

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Mike Stern @mikestern.bsky.social · Jul 21

Adopting the new Apple design system in your app for this fall?

We’re bringing 3-day, in-person workshops to New York and Cupertino. Get hands-on help from Apple engineers and designers. We'd love to see you there!

apple.co/new-design-w...

Meet with Apple - Apple Developer

Join us around the world for a variety of sessions, labs, and workshops — tailored for you.

apple.co

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Cesar Pinto Castillo @jagcesar.bsky.social · Jul 2

Did you add your widgets target to the vision target? Ping me via iMessage if you wanna rubberduck further

cesar at ambi.se

Ambi Studio

An app studio located in Sweden, building privacy focused apps.

ambi.se

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Cesar Pinto Castillo @jagcesar.bsky.social · May 30

About to take off with SK935 to SFO 🤩 Who’s up for Bao for dinner? 🤤🤤🤤

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Sofia @fosiadesign.bsky.social · May 30

See you soon San Francisco, we have missed you! 🤩

@jagcesar.bsky.social

#WWDC25 #WWDC

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Cesar Pinto Castillo @jagcesar.bsky.social · May 27

We're piggy backing on Reminders to create a great grocery shopping experience. Fingers crossed Reminders gets even better with iOS 19! #wwdc #wwdc25

Ambre: Recipe Organizer @ambre.app · May 27

Grocery shopping just got way easier with Ambre 🛒✨

Add ingredients to your Reminders list directly from any recipe or Meal Plan, with just a few taps.

No more flipping between apps or forgetting key ingredients.

Plan smarter, shop faster.

Try it today!🥳

#recipeApp #kitchenHacks #mealPlan #ambre

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Cesar Pinto Castillo @jagcesar.bsky.social · May 18

Hahaha 😝

a cartoon of spongebob and mr. krabs laughing together

ALT: a cartoon of spongebob and mr. krabs laughing together

media.tenor.com

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Cesar Pinto Castillo @jagcesar.bsky.social · May 18

Well, did you tick this box? 😄

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Cesar Pinto Castillo @jagcesar.bsky.social · May 18

Look at that, App Store Connect can ping you when your app is featured! 🤩 How did I not know about this?

#appStoreConnect #appStore #featured #indie

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Cesar Pinto Castillo @jagcesar.bsky.social · May 16

THIS GUY MONEYS! 😂😂😂

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Cesar Pinto Castillo @jagcesar.bsky.social · May 16

In Sweden you’re making thousands a day! Move here to become an app millionaire 😂

1 EUR = 10 SEK 💰💰💰

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Cesar Pinto Castillo @jagcesar.bsky.social · May 16

Impressive stats! Good job Klemens! 👏

For a one man show, this is amazing!

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Cesar Pinto Castillo @jagcesar.bsky.social · May 16

Fully understand you're disappointed.

You're not on your own though, we are a great community of like-minded indies. You know we're all cheering you on! 🥳

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Cesar Pinto Castillo @jagcesar.bsky.social · May 16

Wow, interesting. Sounds like it was abruptly terminated.

Sorry it happened to you, I know how much time it takes to prepare and apply.

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Cesar Pinto Castillo @jagcesar.bsky.social · May 16

Has Apple Entrepreneur Camp been canceled? The former website now returns a 301 and forwards to developer.apple.com

`https://developer.apple.com/entrepreneur-camp/`

I was a big fan of Apple helping small companies get started. It helped @fosiadesign.bsky.social hit the ground running! 🏃‍♀️💨

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Cesar Pinto Castillo @jagcesar.bsky.social · May 16

PSA: In App Purchases are not instantly shared via Apple Family Sharing with StoreKit 2. It takes about 15 minutes on average to sync.

The purchase can be fetched by restoring purchases, but it's not very elegant 🥺

#iap #storeKit2

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Cesar Pinto Castillo @jagcesar.bsky.social · May 10

Thank you!

No, we will both be working with the product in all ways needed. I’m just taking the responsibility to make it grow.

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Cesar Pinto Castillo @jagcesar.bsky.social · May 10

Things I've done this week is:
- Started tracking number of shared recipes
- Fixed a bug that made it so recipes couldn't be shared to non-Apple apps
- Added slug support to our URLs
- Improved design on recipe website, used on platforms without AppClip

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Cesar Pinto Castillo @jagcesar.bsky.social · May 10

Ambre currently makes $500 / month and costs us ~$20 / month. We have a bit of margin to invest in marketing, but before going there I want to make sure we are doing everything we can to continue growing organically, without compromising with user privacy.

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Cesar Pinto Castillo @jagcesar.bsky.social · May 10

I've taken on a new role with @ambre.app. We have the tech in place, and @fosiadesign.bsky.social has become a great coder whom can do both design and implementation.

My task is to make Ambre a business that can stand on its own.

#sthlmTech #indie

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