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Jared Sinclair
blog.jaredsinclair.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2013
Jared Sinclair, an iOS developer and former nurse, writes about app development, Swift, and running an indie app business.
What HN saysHN links it for 'A Candid Look at Unread's First Year', cited as real sales data showing $42k in revenue is hard to live on.
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Most-shared posts
- 1A Candid Look at Unread’s First Year3 people · 86 points · first shared 2014 · 15 comments on HN
- 2Beyond Objective-C, Beyond Swift2 people · 74 points · first shared 2014 · 55 comments on HN
- 3Untouchable2 people · 10 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 4Wishlist for Swift 3.02 people · 4 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 5My Critique of HealthKit as Both iOS Dev and Registered Nurse1 people · 141 points · first shared 2014 · 50 comments on HN
- 6Think Twice Before Downgrading to a Free GitHub Account1 people · 128 points · first shared 2019 · 97 comments on HN
- 7NSNotificationCenter is Probably an Anti-Pattern1 people · 22 points · first shared 2016 · 13 comments on HN
- 8Judicious Use of Shitty Code1 people · 9 points · first shared 2015 · 6 comments on HN
- 9A Practical Introduction to Photoshop for iOS Developers1 people · 5 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 10AutoLayout Myths, Table View Performance, Side-by-Side iPad App Multi-tasking1 people · 2 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 11Good design is about process, not product1 people · 2 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 12Reference Types vs. Value Types: The Original Sin of Programming1 people · 2 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 13Origin of the CMD Symbol1 people · 2 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 14App Store Search Is More Depressing Than the Game of Thrones Finale1 people · 2 points · first shared 2015 · 1 comments on HN
- 15Apps are content, too1 people · 1 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
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clarky07 · 2015-02-18
I beg to differ. Unread is a good example. Making 42k on 1 app in a year is pretty popular. 42k isn't really enough though. Maybe 60k (which is what it would be without the 30%) isn't enough either, but it's much closer.
http://blog.jaredsinclair.com/post/93118460565/a-candid-look-at-unread…
Personally I'll pass 100k paid out to apple this year. That is the difference between me making slightly below market rates for the last few years to being able to hire another developer or designer.
asperous · 2014-07-29
Here's yesterday's blog post he was inspired by:
http://blog.jaredsinclair.com/post/93118460565/a-candid-look-at-unread…
Here's an infographic with the sales for a much larger indie game [Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP]:
http://www.capybaragames.com/2013/07/a-sworcery-infographic/