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 didn’t… Read more
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The Vibe Life: Building Smart Keys for Mac
I didn’t realize I was about to enter the “vibe” industry when I started building Smart Keys. All I really wanted was a way to sound fluent in languages without doing the hard work. Let’s be real: learning languages is tough. So, I built an app that lets me fake my english fluency until I… Read more
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Store Conversion? More like Store Distraction.
Apple’s 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 app’s metrics to others in the same category. It shows if you’re brushing shoulders with top performers (the 75th… Read more
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Can Smart Keys translate other people’s messages?
Here’s how I started talking to people on RedNote Xiaohongshu (小红书) without knowing Mandarin. Well, everything started when I first showed Smart Keys to my psychologist friend, Javad Salehi Fadardi, he hit me with a question I didn’t see coming: “Can it translate other people’s messages?” “No,” I said, feeling pretty confident. “That’s impossible.” Then… 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 doesn’t really matter? Smart Keys store conversion rate is over 50% while the best apps barely scrape 8%. So either I’m a wizard or this is… Read more
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I just wanted to stop sounding awkward in English, then...
I started Smart Keys for a pretty selfish reason. English is my second language, and I just wanted to stop sounding awkward in it. Then it turned out a lot of people have the same problem, and not only with English. Some barriers are invisible, a cultural gap or the wrong word at the wrong… Read more
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Did Apple copy me?
As a non-native speaker, I relied heavily on Grammarly for years. I couldn’t write a simple text without its proofreading capabilities. Recently, though, I found myself turning to ChatGPT with a simple prompt: “proofread this.” It did a much better job, but the constant copy-pasting was a hassle. I tried various AI keyboards, but most… Read more
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Is my brain LLM-based?
When I’m asked to check a box to confirm I’m not a robot, I don’t give it a second thought, of course I’m not a robot. On the other hand, when my keyboard guesses the next word I’m about to text, I start to doubt myself. Just thinking out loud about building something to help… Read more