Will Bishop
willrbishop.bsky.social
Will Bishop
@willrbishop.bsky.social
22-year-old indie app developer from Adelaide, Australia 🇦🇺

Working on Pestle and working at NextThere
This is probably overkill but I love it so much:

Every time I push to Github, an action runs which:

1. Connects to my tailnet
2. SSHes into my Mac mini
3. Runs xcodebuild and runs all my tests
4. Outputs the success/failure to Github
March 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Made an account for @pestlechef.bsky.social

Gonna post some updates there, so you should give it a follow :)
January 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Diving into a very old commit

I recently redid a lot of Pestle's scaling code, now I want to at least refresh myself on the converting code (I wrote it over 3 years ago)
January 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Question for AppIntent people:

I have an intent A, that when invoked returns a String and a View.

I have an intent B, which just invokes A.

When A is invoked, I get the view on screen.

When B is invoked, I get only the string from A, not the View as well.

Is this expected?
January 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
it's not even 11am and ive already had to reach for git bisect
January 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I'm running an A/B test right now of a rather subtle paywall copy tweak, and the results are very surprising.

This is off the back of a previous paywall experiment which increased conversions by 39%

Which represents a 119% improvement in 30 days... if I've done that maths right
January 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
iOS people, how would you interpret these results from an A/B test:

🔻Initial conversion rate down 16%
🔻Trials started down 16%
🟢 Trial conversion rate up 26.4%
🟢 Revenue up 5.83%

I guess all that matters is revenue, but those initial conversion rates worry me
January 1, 2025 at 2:06 AM
So how are Xcode String Catalogs supposed to work?

Because it's supposed to just extracts strings from your code, but it misses heaps and I don't fancy finding every single case across hundreds of files where something *might* be missed.

Is there a trick to making this work?
December 27, 2024 at 10:11 AM
One of those lovely days
December 27, 2024 at 2:19 AM
It is such a privilege to see people buying Pestle for their loved ones this Christmas.

A little app I made for myself being given as a gift!
December 23, 2024 at 6:41 AM
I love Swift enums so much, no other language comes close to them
December 11, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Recommend me song like Because the Night pls
December 10, 2024 at 9:07 PM
First time flying with the nano texture display and it is so nice
December 10, 2024 at 8:45 PM
The nano texture display is so lovely
December 3, 2024 at 7:46 AM
I put this code snippet in all of my projects.

Sorting an array with a KeyPath is a handy way to write concise code to sort arrays, so instead of a.sorted(by: {a.count < b.count}), you can write a.sorted(by: \.count)
December 2, 2024 at 6:04 AM
I don't mean to brag... but today I tempered chocolate and for the first time... it actually worked
November 29, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Indie Charity Weekend surpassed my wildest expectations!

I’m so happy to share that in just 2 days, 30 developers came together to raise:

$31,200

THIRTY ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS

Thank you so much to everyone who participated, developers and customers alike.
November 24, 2024 at 12:26 PM
🚀 Pestle 2.0 is out now 🚀

🎥 Save recipes from TikTok

📝 Get recipe notes straight from the source

🥕Save nutrition information from Reels and TikToks

🐞 Heaps of small bug fixes

Grab it: apple.co/3sWeyWl
‎Pestle: Recipe Manager
‎Save recipes from anywhere, set unlimited timers, plan your week with meal plans, and so much more with Pestle. IMPORT FROM ANYWHERE Import recipes from anywhere on the internet to Pestle, and keep ...
apple.co
November 24, 2024 at 12:22 PM
About to send out a lovely Pestle newsletter, if you're not already subscribed you're missing out!
pestlechef.app/newsletter
Pestle Mailing List
Save recipes from anywhere (even Instagram!)
pestlechef.app
November 22, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Far out everyone, we raised over $950 USD for Children’s Ground

Thank you all so much for your support!

As promised, my receipt:
November 18, 2024 at 10:36 AM
I’m not sure where all you followers came from

Was I recommended to you? Know me from Twitter? I wanna know!
November 17, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Reposted by Will Bishop
wanted to highlight an initiative from @willrbishop.bsky.social this weekend - indie charity weekend!

there's a list of nearly two dozen apps, all of which will be donating 100% of proceeds to a charity of the developers choice. wrote about it on 9to5mac earlier today 🙂
9to5mac.com/2024/11/16/i...
These 20+ apps are donating 100% of proceeds to charity this weekend - 9to5Mac
This weekend is Indie Charity Weekend – a new initiative started by notable app developer Will Bishop! Starting today, 100%...
9to5mac.com
November 17, 2024 at 3:21 AM
Reposted by Will Bishop
All proceeds from Dateminder this weekend will be donated to charity!

apps.apple.com/us/app/datemin…

indiecharityweekend.c
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It's Indie Charity Weekend! 🥳

There's 23 apps donating 100% of proceeds to the charity of their choice this weekend only!

Head to indiecharityweekend.com to see all apps and charities you can support!
November 16, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Reposted by Will Bishop
Hey this is an extremely cool thing that’s happening for a great purpose. You should check this out!
It's Indie Charity Weekend! 🥳

There's 23 apps donating 100% of proceeds to the charity of their choice this weekend only!

Head to indiecharityweekend.com to see all apps and charities you can support!
November 16, 2024 at 3:20 PM
It's Indie Charity Weekend! 🥳

There's 23 apps donating 100% of proceeds to the charity of their choice this weekend only!

Head to indiecharityweekend.com to see all apps and charities you can support!
November 15, 2024 at 11:50 PM