Shawn Hickman

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Building an indie app business is a journey full of challenges, insights, and lessons learned. This channel is a behind-the-scenes look at my experience desi...

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Is My App Trying to Do Too Much

I Shipped the Biggest Update of My Life

One App for Trips, Tasks, and Your TV Schedule

How to See Everything You've Ever Watched, Read, and Played

One App for All Your Podcasts and Media

The Best Way to Track Your TV Shows (And Everything Else)

How I Organize Everything I Want to Watch, Read, and Play

An App for People Who Take Their Downtime Extremely Seriously (Sofa 5)

Sofa’s iOS 26 Update Liquid Glass, Voice Boost & More

10 Years, One App, My Dream Job

2 Years as a Full-Time Indie iOS Developer How It's Actually Going

Why I stopped using Figma & Sketch to design my app

Leaving the Appletech bubble

Using AI for customer support...(vlog)

Early thoughts on Claude Code for iOS Devs

Planning for iOS 26 and more…

8 Things Apple NEEDS to Fix for Developers at WWDC 2025

The Day Nintendo Crashed Sofa's Podcast Player Launch

A Full Walkthrough of Sofa’s New Podcast Player

The 5 Best Things in Sofa’s New Podcast Player

The Final Push App Launch, Marketing Prep, and iOS 19 Rumors

Deadlines, Launch Mode, and Knowing When to Ship

When to Remove Features from Your App

Should You Offer a Free Trial Here’s Why I Said “No” for My App

Leica Q2 Why I’m Torn on This Iconic Camera

Making an App Is Easy (Well, at First!)

What I learned spending $30,000 marketing my indie app

Marketing an Indie App When You’re Starting with Zero Budget

Should Indie Developers Start with One App or Multiple Apps

My 2024 Year in Review Indie Life, Sofa Updates, and YouTube Growth