Andy Allen
@andy.works
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Designer of !Boring Software notboring.software
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Make software that you wouldn't be embarrassed to hang on your wall.
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Soon, itāll be about as easy to find a true-blood software developer as it is to find a blacksmith.
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Find your mastery.
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In Habits '26, we made it much faster to jump between many habits ~just swipe~
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9 days ago
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Perhaps the best weekly newsletter on software design you'll findā¦
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10 days ago
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The oddest thing about Software Design as a field has gotta be that most ādesign leadersā are quite shitty at doing any actual design.
11 days ago
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Made a photo style for sharing achievementsā¦
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We built achievements for !Habits with original hand-drawn stickers + metal shaders, so you can earn awards for your reps, streaks, and other secret moves. We had a blast, so I hope you enjoy it!
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12 days ago
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With !Habits '26 we built a new level called The Crossing where every repetition of your habit will drop a new stone and get you across a rough river.
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13 days ago
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Foggy morning run. š· !Camera, Style: Mono Faded
14 days ago
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Frosty morning run. š· !Camera, Style: Wes
17 days ago
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We leave a piece of our soul in everything we make.
17 days ago
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Make software, not war.
18 days ago
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Making room for nature
20 days ago
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Do less, better.
24 days ago
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The Boringification of Software
25 days ago
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A closer look at our new Personal Quests feature in !Habits that utilizes on-device Apple Intelligence to craft a personalized story for you based what habit you're tracking.
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26 days ago
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Silly math in vintage games is my perfect weekendā¦
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2022 - Non-Euclidean Doom: what happens to a game when pi is not 3.14159ā¦
Since this is a very popular video; did you know the follow up Dutch Camp where we have talks like this is coming August this year?!August 8-12 2025, 42 KM a...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZSFRWJCUY4
27 days ago
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The only social app that sends you a postcard.
29 days ago
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Dear Apple, Please let app developers issue refunds. If a customer requests a refund and weāre cool with it, please get the fuck out the way. Sincerely, Developers
29 days ago
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Software was better when it came in boxes.
about 1 month ago
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!Habits '26 so big it needed a fresh new app iconā¦
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about 1 month ago
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Introducing⦠!Habits '26 Edition! We built !Habits from theĀ belief that making personal changeĀ doesn't have to be hard. But shouldĀ be fun!Ā This our biggest update ever and makesĀ habit tracking more flexible, more powerful, and most of allā¦Ā more fun.
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about 1 month ago
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Taste the start of the new year with our 2026 !Camera š·
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about 1 month ago
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I picked up Brian Eno's latest "What Art Does" and was pleased to find these fun little illustrations in it. Reached out the artist to learn they were all sketched in Paper š¤
about 1 month ago
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Find that I increasingly enjoy doing the slow & tedious work like this activity indicator for a big
@notbor.ing
Habits update coming soonā¦
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about 2 months ago
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Fun passion project from @itaydre on opinionated design featuring interviews with Teenage Engineering, Daylight, Futureland. Thanks for opening up a spread for me to proselytize about Design.
about 2 months ago
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Excellent generational book written and hand-built by @
alexobenauer.com
on how we grew software.
about 2 months ago
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!Camera Art Model : Graphite Edition
about 2 months ago
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There are no rules for good design processes, there is only good design.
about 2 months ago
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I've grown to enjoy crafting the packaging as much as the product.
about 2 months ago
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Peak branding = great name + great mark + great placement
about 2 months ago
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In the workshopā¦
about 2 months ago
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Wanted to create a fun camera appā¦Ā Accidentally made a gateway drug to the derelict life of a photographer.
2 months ago
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!Camera App Store billboard
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2 months ago
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Apple gets it. "Think of (Not Boring) Camera as a camera you can actually feel."
2 months ago
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Looking forward to the day software gets true media coverage & marcom efforts outside of these bland funding announcement reel.
2 months ago
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Draw the curtains, Dear⦠MKBHD just mentioned !Boring by name in a video of what's on his phone in 2026.
2 months ago
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Looking for alternative gifts this year? Give something handcrafted that won't fill landfills while supporting indie software makers. Here are a few of my favoritesā¦
2 months ago
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Fall colors on iPhone 17 Pro
2 months ago
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Find yourself a camera that sees your mistakes as beautiful moments.
3 months ago
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I š¤ stickers
3 months ago
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The inspiration : The product
3 months ago
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reposted by
Andy Allen
!Boring
3 months ago
Nothing captures weekends like !Camera @atq_ren @HerbieDuah @trumanhalladay @_atilla1
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Make software you want to hold.
3 months ago
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Introducing something a bit different⦠The !Camera Collectible Art Model True-scale art model of the (Not Boring) Camera app interface with moveable dials, buttons, sliders and sticker decal sheet. Each model is hand-signed by me. Available in 2 editions: Graphite + Cube
3 months ago
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Easiest way to boost happiness is to inject more art into your daily life. Buy prints. Go to the theater. Install indie apps.
3 months ago
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Happy š!
3 months ago
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Collab with
@ryanputnam.bsky.social
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@apostrophi.bsky.social
on a trippy new !Camera wrap.
notbor.ing/curiosity-c...
3 months ago
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What's our roadmap? We're just remaking the original iPhone home screen apps⦠one at a time.
3 months ago
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Let's fight the algorithm. Share a post of something you made that didn't get its due because it was too wholesome and didn't ragebait.
4 months ago
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