Smart Keys
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Smart Keys, Idea to Profit
This is a summary of a 16 months journey. From idea to profitable business. The idea was born from a personal need. I wanted a tool that could help me proofread my texts on my phone or computer. My main inspiration was Grammarly. But better. (Delusion is a requirement for starting a business). I didnātā¦ Read more
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The Vibe Life: Building Smart Keys for Mac
I didnāt realize I was about to enter the āvibeā industry when I started building Smart Keys. All I really wanted was a way to sound fluent in languages without doing the hard work. Letās be real: learning languages is tough. So, I built an app that lets me fake my english fluency until Iā¦ Read more
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Store Conversion? More like Store Distraction.
Appleās polished and carefully curated Benchmark Metrics are an illusion, designed to impress on paper but often disconnected from real-world performance. In other words, BS. Apple lays out a glossy percentile system, letting you compare your appās metrics to others in the same category. It shows if youāre brushing shoulders with top performers (the 75thā¦ Read more
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Can Smart Keys translate other peopleās messages?
Hereās how I started talking to people on RedNote Xiaohongshu (å°ēŗ¢ä¹¦) without knowing Mandarin. Well, everything started when I first showed Smart Keys to my psychologist friend, https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAABJQKVYB-5cC4OeK02nzIAWNhoG3xc1srksJavad Salehi Fadardi, he hit me with a question I didnāt see coming: āCan it translate other peopleās messages?ā āNo,ā I said, feeling pretty confident. āThatās impossible.ā Thenā¦ Read more
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No-BS Friday Metrics: Store Conversion Rate
App Store gurus love to talk about ASO tricks and how to squeeze every bit of conversion juice from the app store. But what if I told you it doesnāt really matter? Smart Keys store conversion rate is over 50% while the best apps barely scrape 8%. So either Iām a wizard or this isā¦ Read more
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I just wanted to stop sounding awkward in English, then...
I believe in a world where communication flows effortlessly, where words can heal, connect, and inspire. But letās face it, not all barriers are visible. They appear in misunderstandings, cultural divides, and language struggles. Even the toughest walls can crack, and in those cracks, thereās a chance for empathy to grow and real connections toā¦ Read more
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Did Apple copy me?
As a non-native speaker, I relied heavily on Grammarly for years. I couldnāt write a simple text without its proofreading capabilities. Recently, though, I found myself turning to ChatGPT with a simple prompt: āproofread this.ā It did a much better job, but the constant copy-pasting was a hassle. I tried various AI keyboards, but mostā¦ Read more
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Is my brain LLM-based?
When Iām asked to check a box to confirm Iām not a robot, I donāt give it a second thought, of course Iām not a robot. On the other hand, when my keyboard guesses the next word Iām about to text, I start to doubt myself. Just thinking out loud about building something to helpā¦ Read more