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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 25/06/2025

Tired of string-based keys and runtime errors with Firebase Remote Config? 😩 I just published the remote_config_gen package, that brings type safety to your remote configurations! 🔥 Check out the article and the package! 👇 #Flutter

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 10/06/2025

It will never stop surprising me how an user can say that 4€ is a lot of money from a device that costs +500€ 😅 A coffee is more expensive nowadays!

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 04/06/2025

After more than eight years, I had the chance to water ski again today! I used to compete professionally throughout my youth, but once I started working, it wasn't possible to continue. It was fun! 😊

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 01/06/2025

POV: Your account's monthly interest gives more than your side project 😂

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 27/05/2025

I'm not sure what to do with this feedback 😅 Also, what screen density is that screenshot??

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 21/05/2025

Back to the Google office in Munich after 1.5 years. This time as a guest for a Flutter meetup! How things change 😅

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 20/05/2025

In my community WhatsApp group, someone threatened to keep the ball if kids continue playing football games in the yard (not allowed), and someone replied with the penal code 🤦‍♂️ This is the most German answer I could imagine..

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 07/05/2025

Is your USB-C phone not charging or failing sometimes? All you need is this 👇

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 04/05/2025

My Google Play graveyard 🪦 These apps are 10 years old 🤯

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 01/05/2025

My product comparison Spanish site clearly noticed the Spain total blackout 🫣

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 29/04/2025

What is that for a request? Over my dead body, I allow Jira to override "Do Not Disturb" and maximize notification volume. 😅

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 11/04/2025

The cost of running and app with 1k monthly users using Firebase and Gemini 👇

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 02/04/2025

Oh wow... Already one year since I officially started pibi studio! - 4 own published apps - 1 starter-kit - 10 projects for clients - 20 mentoring sessions - 135k unique visitors across all my sites It has not been easy, but it's looking better and better! #buildinpublic

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 27/03/2025

Yeah who pays for something nowadays? Seriously it's 3$ one time... If you don't want to pay just don't use it.

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 24/03/2025

I have a new hobby with my daughter. We create LEGO constructions and we use my Maika app to generate a book out of them. It's super fun 😊

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 16/03/2025

An interesting fact about my AI comparison site: From Sunday to Tuesday, users search for products more than on other days of the week. Fridays consistently see the lowest activity 🤔

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 12/03/2025

My baby names app has been generating steady revenue for a few months, but it hasn’t grown much. It’s stuck in the ASO rankings, and I believe the main issue is the lack of ratings. I spent an hour today copying an approach I observed elsewhere. Will this work? Let’s see 😬

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 11/03/2025

Love Jira? Who has ever said that 😅

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 05/03/2025

TIL You can actually use the iOS simulator hardware buttons! 🤯

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 03/03/2025

Pro tip for handling customer support emails: After resolving the issue, encourage the customer to leave a review by providing them with this direct link to the review section 👇

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 28/02/2025

I didn't know what to do, tbh. So I decided to not do anything and pray to the SEO gods 😅 After a few weeks, the prayers became reality, and my traffic recovered to the expected levels. Not only that, the traffic for the names part on the new domain is booming!

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 28/02/2025

Have you ever done a site split migration? Here is my story on how I migrated the names section of @ComparaCat into it's own domain and how it affected my SEO 👇

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 22/02/2025

Enjoying a relaxing break in the mountains near my hometown with friends and family 🧘‍♂️

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 21/02/2025

Today is a special day in my hometown. One of our traditions is to ascend and descend the main church stairs with the traditional Catalonian human tower 🫣

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 20/02/2025

I did a thing... I am a Google Developer Expert for Firebase now 🤭

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 19/02/2025

I have also created a Python script to generate quick "clickbait" videos for my other product, "Cuqui Baby Names," but I will be reusing it for Maika too! The idea is simple: it generates a set of images associated with a title and puts them together in a video!

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 19/02/2025

Short video format FTW! Let's see if that's true. I am using @getcaptionsapp to generate AI-influencer video ads like this one, and posting to TikTok and YouTube shorts.

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 19/02/2025

Generate and post 10 pins a day from my blogs on Pinterest. I am using @blog_to_pin to scrape my website and automatically generate tons of different images and texts.

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 19/02/2025

Alright, let's try to step up my marketing game 🎯 Sharing my strategy #buildinpublic 🧵

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 18/02/2025

Who dis?? It seems Flutter v3.29 generates this now, so remember to update your .gitignore file. Otherwise, you'll end up committing a large number of files!

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 15/02/2025

Escaping the German winter back in my hometown 😍

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 14/02/2025

Google: "The functionality or feature(s) outlined in the app screenshot(s) are not present in the app experience" Also Google:

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 12/02/2025

New store screenshots! There is still room for improvement, but I think they are looking better, right?

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 11/02/2025

After the initial release, I took a couple of days to polish the design and functionality of Maika! 🎨 Beautiful reader mode with immersive colors ✨ AI rewrite actions (and revert) 🖨️ Print your story #buildinpublic

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 09/02/2025

Google Play appeals support is useless. It's probably just a bot. The email even shows quote text colors since it's exactly the same as the first one... How can I provide the specific policy violation if that's all they say in the console....

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 08/02/2025

I sank my traffic last week... I decided to move an unrelated part of my site into a standalone domain. That caused Google to down rank all of my existing pages 🫣 I followed best practices to do the migration but no luck... Any SEO guru advice?

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 07/02/2025

Redesigned Maika story view featuring an elegant PageView that adapts to the picture's color, along with a blur container overlay on the image. What do you think? #buildinpublic

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 05/02/2025

Announcing Maika - Translate, rewrite, and reimagine your kid's favorite stories! Available for iOS and Android (soon). Maika is the perfect app for parents (especially multilingual) who are tired of reading the same story again and again.

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 04/02/2025

Launching a new app tomorrow! Can you guess what it is?

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 04/02/2025

As a non-native speaker when I use the "fix writing" feature of @typefully.com and get the "No changes" I feel good 😅

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 04/02/2025

1. A little change in your app listing can be brutal for ASO. I've changed small things and jump 5x on views but the same applies the other way around. I sank my traffic twice by changing small things 🫣

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 01/02/2025

I think I have a new hobby... Go through Upwork's unrealistic jobs and laugh... Look at this one: - Strava-like app for riders - To be done in 3 weeks - Crash detection and SOS nearby alerts - Budget: $1,000 Wait for it... You need to host it on your own server 🤣🤣🤣

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 31/01/2025

I was told about how shitty is Upwork but I had to experience it myself... Besides the amount of unrealistic job posting, there are click bait postings that change their description afterwards... Great....

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 29/01/2025

I couldn't find a nice, size-optimized language picker, so I created my own! There are two major things I focused: 1. Quick selection 2. Size optimization What do you think? #flutter #buildinpublic

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 28/01/2025

🔀 301 Redirects! I am using Firebase Hosting. I set up the following redirects to help search engines find the new content and re-index it 👇

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 24/01/2025

Oh! Yeah, and for the ones that reached the bottom you get a nice annoying pop-up! I hate those, but they seem to convert, right?

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 24/01/2025

Last but not least, I integrated the ShipFlutter demo inside the landing page with the device preview plugin. This allows visitors to play around with the different templates and understand what they are getting. That's pretty neat, right? One of the superpowers of Flutter!

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 24/01/2025

Pricing! The most important one. I used to have a complex pricing system to try to satisfy everyone, but that didn't convert. The new pricing uses a license model: 📆 1-year access to the builder and updates ♾️ Lifetime access and priority support WDYT?

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 24/01/2025

Inspired by @marc_louvion ShipFast landing, I created a tabbed component to show the different features and the tech behind it. Would you add anything here?

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Marcel PiBi @pibi.studio · 24/01/2025

I removed a lot of "blah blah" from the first section and just showed a quick "How-to" timeline. Do you think that helps to understand it, or should I bring this section later?

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