PinnedEvgeny CherpakYearly Summary — 2022, 6th year as indie developer.As this year ends, it’s time to summarize another year as an indie developer. This year was good for me; the business grew slowly but…Dec 29, 20222Dec 29, 20222
Evgeny CherpakThe pains and gains of the subscription modelSome short history — in 2016 I left my job and became a full-time indie developer. I launched my first app as a paid upfront app, and…Oct 31, 2021Oct 31, 2021
Evgeny CherpakUIMenu — how to perform action on openApple added ability to assign menus to buttons in iOS 14, but unfortunately UIMenu is poor mans replacement of NSMenu. There are no…Sep 10, 2020Sep 10, 2020
Evgeny Cherpak4 years as indie — neither success nor failure.I can’t believe it has been 4 years since I quit my job and became an indie developer. It was my birthday present for myself on my 35th…May 15, 2020May 15, 2020
Evgeny CherpakWhy would remote control for Mac support Windows?To answer this question I would have to compare past year to 2018. During 2018 I was super optimistic, up until that point, downloads and…Feb 1, 2020Feb 1, 2020
Evgeny CherpakNotarizing Mac apps with AppleSince I can’t distribute my app via the Mac App Store due to sandboxing restrictions, I’m forced to do it via my website.Oct 31, 2018Oct 31, 2018
Evgeny CherpakDon’t crap where you eat… App Store versionI have been quite busy the last couple of weeks trying to wrap up all the minor stuff in my apps in anticipation of the WWDC. Last week I…May 26, 20181May 26, 20181
Evgeny CherpakEvery morning I worry I F’ed things up, and go to sleep knowing I did — or — 2nd year as indie.So its time to summarize 2nd year as an indie developer. A lot has changed — one thing remained constant: Every morning I worry I F’ed…Apr 28, 2018Apr 28, 2018
Evgeny CherpakSettings a goal and achiving it… barely OR how Phil Schiller helped meSo I just finished reading the story I wrote about first year of being an indie, and decided to write this one… not sure why my mind works…Dec 30, 20171Dec 30, 20171