Making it: Indie iOS developer Becky Hansmeyer
Becky Hansmeyer is an indie iOS developer and corgi fan I've been following for a while. I've always admired Becky's wealth of knowledge and willingness to try ...
13 Mar 2017
11 Jan 2017
By Belle
Why I blog about my code even though I'm not an expert
I've written a handful of posts for the Hello Code blog and my own blog about my experiences as a junior developer working on iOS apps. I've written ...
07 Jan 2017
By Belle
Why mentoring didn't work for me
Last year I decided to look for an iOS mentor. I was frustrated at how slowly my programming skills were progressing, and how often I was running into specific problems ...
13 Dec 2016
By Belle
What it's like to be a junior developer in charge of half a company's development
We're a two-person company at Hello Code. Josh handles web and Android development while I handle marketing and iOS development. (We both share things like business admin and customer ...
08 Dec 2016
By Belle
Things that make me feel unwelcome online
As a fairly green developer, I can use all the help I can get. Particularly since Hello Code is made up of just two people, and I'm the only ...
30 Nov 2016
By Belle
Why we chose content marketing
Since we started working on Exist, our first Hello Code product, we've been using content marketing to get the word out. Now that we're working on Larder as ...
24 Oct 2016
By Josh
Making it: HabitChamp developer Matthias Meilicke
As part of my work looking for apps to integrate with Exist, our personal analytics platform, I came across HabitChamp. HabitChamp is almost certainly the best habit-tracking app for Windows ...
19 Aug 2016
By Belle
When I questioned my assumption that I'm an early bird I started getting way more done
Ever since I knew there was a difference between night owls and early birds, I've thought I was an early bird. Even though I didn't always find it easy to ...
12 Aug 2016
By Josh
Making it: Belle B. Cooper
One idea that I've been wanting to explore for our nascent Larder blog is to interview indie developers and startup founders about how they work, and the process of "making ...
07 Aug 2016
By Belle
Ways I use Larder
We recently launched Larder, our new bookmarking app. I’ve been using Larder since it was possible to add a link (before we even sent it out to beta testers), so ...