iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

TypePairs has a stats page now. The most viewed font pairings each month, each set in its own fonts. Gonna start doing a recap each month. September's No. 1: Sora & Inter, 101 views, up from #5. Built the video with Claude Code. It remakes itself from each month's numbers. #buildinpublic

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Revitalizing some old sprite artwork and doing some physics tests for a super serious upcoming game. A game, about grilling.

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Working on a *rough prototype* in iOS sim right now to have quick access to change device colors and add stickers. Still some bugs and polish to do but it's coming together!

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Matt @mattmoss.me · 15/09/2026

been heads down w/ @atippins.bsky.social on our biggest COPY update yet 🎉 we’ve added your top requests plus surprises, and we’re trying COPY Club, our first subscription experiment. A link to try it on iOS drops later this week. #buildinpublic #iOS #indiedev #design

Screenshot of a skin in COPY with a sticker over the speaker grill that says copy that

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I can play with shapes, positions, gradients and foil, then save the combinations that feel right as recipes. When someone joins, the system will use those recipes to generate their card, member number and title. Some of the titles I’m rather proud of...

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I’ve always loved Arc’s membership cards and all the funny little titles on Poolsuite's business cards. We’re building Copy Club for COPY, a walkie talkie made for friends. I wanted joining to feel special, so I built a little card studio in Codex to make and customize ours.

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Matt @mattmoss.me · 10/09/2026

OK WAT this is sofa king cool. In our skin complier, we'll have an auto-mapping capability so any skin can tell the stickers what to do based on where they stick. Let’s us do freeform sticker placement. Stickers are coming soon as part of our (optional) COPY Club sub #BuildInPublic #IndieApp #iOS

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I've made a little menu bar app that lets you box. Replaces your cursor with a boxing glove, and has a little jab animation. You can place a punching bag on the desktop as well. Thinking about adding a second so you can do some crosses next. #buildinpublic

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Every Copy walkie talkie reacts when you record or play a message. Ghostline turns that shared behavior into a sci-fi receiver-style waterfall. It builds as you talk, then fills from left to right during playback. Ghostline is coming in the next release of Copy. #buildinpublic #skeumorphism

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Matt @mattmoss.me · 12/08/2026

gearing up for a big week. we’re in the home stretch of finalizing release 1.0.4, featuring: • Ghostline, a new tactical themed skin from @atippins.bsky.social. #BuildInPublic #IndieApp #software #design #iOS

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Copy handles channels, messages, errors, settings, and gestures underneath. We've used that system across devices built in Figma and code. Now we're building a way for other designers to make their own. open.substack.com/pub/atippins...

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The shared system under every device in Copy: Walkie Talkie

Nine devices, two builders, and a system that needs to work when someone outside Copy designs the next one.

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Copy is an async walkie-talkie app @mattmoss.me and I are building. Every device has the same four jobs underneath: decoration, channel plate, channel selector, push-to-talk. The designer decides how those parts look and feel. Copy handles product behavior underneath. #buildinpublic #designsystems

Side-by-side diagram of two Copy walkie-talkie skins. WT-01 on the left looks like a silver physical radio with a speaker grille, LCD, rotary dial, and large push-to-talk button. Interlinked on the right is a black-and-red sci-fi display with a frequency readout, message panel, rangefinder channel selector, and TRANSMIT button. Callouts show the four shared regions in both designs: decorations, channel plate, channel selector, and push-to-talk.

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

And check out the sneak peek of Ghostline: Sable Fields' newest line of low-light field communicators. Built for night missions, four display bands, and a tactile grip you can count on during field operations.

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Every device has the same jobs underneath. Channel selector, push-to-talk, a plate that says what's happening. The pipeline maps a new design onto those jobs, and that part's working really well so far.

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Working on an import pipeline for Copy, our walkie-talkie app. It makes it easier for me and @mattmoss.me (and soon other creators) to submit skins. First test: an HTML version I built in Claude Design. As I learn what makes importing hard, I revise the pipeline. Figma is next. #buildinpublic

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Android is almost ready for the Play Store. Become a Copy Test Pilot™: 1. Join the Google Group: groups.google.com/g/copy-andro... 2. Once you’ve joined, opt into the Play test: play.google.com/apps/testing... Anyone you invite to Copy will need to join the Google Group first too.

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COPY Android Testers - Google Groups

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

So night became a lighting layer over the same device. Colorways use the same idea. Most of the skin adapts automatically, so @mattmoss.me and I don’t need to recolor every component and state. Soon other people will be able to design and submit their own skins too.

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I wanted to design each device in Copy once. One base design. Light mode, dark mode, and every color should come from it instead of becoming another version to maintain. A Braun radio doesn’t change colors at night. You’re just using it in a darker room. #buildinpublic #productdesign

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Matt @mattmoss.me · 12/07/2026

We spent a lot of time making COPY private by design. Voice messages are encrypted on your device before they ever touch our servers. We can deliver them, but we can’t listen to them. #BuildInPublic #IndieApp #software #design #iOS

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Matt @mattmoss.me · 10/07/2026

We need 12 testers for 14 days to launch COPY on Google Play. 1. Join the group. Invited friends need to join too: groups.google.com/g/copy-andro... 2. Opt in, install, and send messages! play.google.com/apps/testing... Skins are free for testers (shouldn't charge you). #BuildInPublic #IndieApp

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Nothing better than people downloading what we built, and now it's part of your day. Wild! Thank you. #buildinpublic #productdesign #iosdesign

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Someone I've never met bought a skin in Copy, the walkie talkie app I'm building with @mattmoss.me. Extremely motivating when someone you don't know buys something you put a lot into.

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I built typepairs.com because I love typography. Launched it, then let it sit. Built a tool to decode my Google Analytics, and turns out 270 people have used typepairs so far, copying pairings into their work. So pumped about this. People using typepairs, and the analytics tool that surfaced it.

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TypePairs — Curated Font Pairings with Ready-to-Use Code

40+ designer-curated Google Font pairings with ready-to-copy code.

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Matt @mattmoss.me · 02/06/2026

COPY is now live on the app store! Couldn't be more proud of what @atippins.bsky.social and I were able to accomplish with this one. The most fun I've had working on software in over a decade. Check it out, invite your friends, and tell us what you think! #BuildInPublic #IndieApp #software #design

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Matt @mattmoss.me · 19/04/2026

after months of living with it daily, @atippins.bsky.social and I open the COPY beta tomorrow. walkie-talkie app. E2EE. skins! the first set of skins is an ode to the great industrial designers of the last few decades. join us: getcopy.app 📻 #BuildInPublic #IndieApp #software #design

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Settings icon? → Physical button. QR pairing? → Breaks the illusion. Dark mode? → A Dieter Rams radio doesn't change colors at night. The lighting does.

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

One early constraint solved almost every design problem: This is a device, not an app.

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I've been having a ton of fun building Copy with @mattmoss.me . An async walkie talkie. Twelve channels. Hold down and talk. Let go and it's sent. No accounts. Static on empty channels. Skin it, make it yours. 🧵

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Working on updating some analytics card patterns so you can talk to it inline and playing around with some new styles today. #buildinpublic

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Designing dashboard card states for property managers. Quickly scan compliance metrics to identify issues. I had trend arrows on each, but felt they added visual clutter. The +/- already shows direction, so I removed them. Plus smooooth gradients

Three portfolio compliance dashboard cards showing health states: green card with 8.7 score (healthy), yellow card with 4.9 score (warning), and red card with 3.5 score (critical). Each displays a semicircular gauge and three metrics: average emergency response time, average property turn time, and tenant satisfaction, with trend indicators showing changes versus last month.

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Testing a pattern for agentic dashboards. instead of chat, surface optimizations that trigger focused agents. Property operators don't want to chat about their portfolio. They want 'Phoenix maintenance costs up 15%, want me to fix it?' Curious what patterns you've been trying?

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

I have so much basil in my garden that it's now starting to spread outside of the containers like weeds.

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Testing a game as text before committing to 2D/3D, updating my site, AND building GitHub + Linear MCP for mkr.cards. This is either: a) parallel-track building b) procrastination c) how everyone works. Choosing (a) but it's probably (c). 10/10 would do again. #buildinpublic

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Hit "Generate README" and mkr.cards turned the spatial thinking into a proper spec. Dropped the README into Lovable. Built through 4 phases, mostly one-shot it. Minor polish after (gradient, borders, etc). You can clone it and see the exact README I generated: germany2025.lovable.app

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Started by mapping the spec out in mkr.cards Described how I wanted: - Photo stack layout - Hover/drag physics - Click interactions - Card styling Each card = a piece of functionality

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Instead of letting my photos sit around on my camera, I built this: germany2025.lovable.app Drag photos around and group them how you want. Simple but clean interactions. Took ~1 hour from idea to working site.

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Germany 2025 Trip

Interactive photo gallery of my 2025 trip to Germany built with Mkr.cards and Lovable

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

New and improved card hover and pickup animations. Added a little wiggle when you pick up a card, smoother transitions, and a bunch of subtle improvements that make it feel more natural. And... You can try it out yourself now at mkr.cards. #buildinpublic #aitools #productdesign #aifordesigners

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

AI coding tools can't see where you're going without context. Show them the map: □ → □ → □ → □ Not just "add user accounts" They need to see how everything connects. Think spatially. Build systematically. #BuildInPublic #AItools #ProductDesign #aifordesigners

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

me: "let's make B2B onboarding good" *6 iterations later* me: "ok this card shadow is CRITICAL" anyway here's property setup for Sibi

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

This is super cool! Maybe in addition to voice you could photograph your fridge and it could detect ingredients/suggest recipes too?

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Alan @atippins.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

So I got user accounts and Stripe finally working. CORS: lol no. #buildinpublic

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