this is the best Orbit clone yet I hope they animate around the earth like that

korean goes so hard

building a product will literally beat patience into you

never give up

found a forgotten subscription? Share to Orbit ✅

amazing way to start the week

is this beta button juicy enough?

promising to see ChatGPT is finally recommending Orbit! with a conversion rate of 41.7% 🤯

You are a designer, Dyson. What do you know about business?

aim to sit amongst the greats

naive enough to try dogged enough to persist crazy enough to keep going

Orbit has generated revenue every single day since launching I put it down to running a beta pre-launch for 3 months, working almost daily with test customers to make sure it’s something people would love regardless of where you’re at, speak with customers everyday

Jedi senses are tingling with another Disney+ price hike this Christmas

I've been wanting to work on something huge for WEEKS but fixing bugs comes first. I want to make the best product possible and that means ensuring it works flawlessly. plus it's nice to tell customers who report bugs to you that it's been fixed, they're on the journey with you too!

visiting Apple’s beautiful London office at Battersea power station today learning how to make Orbit more accessible ✌️

see you tomorrow at Config 👋

make software beautiful

"How do you get over a failure?" "You go back to work. You take advantage of the quiet time that a failure allows you."

it’s hard to understate how much you will learn building your own product it’s the fastest crash course on what it really takes to ship

Orbit's refund rate is 1.46% ✨ be obsessed and focused with delivering the best possible experience and speak with your customers every single day

finally shipping the most requested feature customers have longed for and seeing their response in the private discord is everything ❤️

ask o3 to help you create a pain + solution map for your product It’ll help you empathise with core needs, spark creative ideas and ship with ruthless focus

I absolutely love speaking with customers everyday in the Orbit discord I get to share in-progress work, hear from them directly and ensure I'm building the best possible version of the product for them

$242/mo is not too bad imo (personal + business) – what's your subscription spending? btw Orbit by @joshnewtonn.bsky.social is pretty cool ✨

recently, someone asked me, "How did you know to go all-in on Orbit?" It was a combination of financial signals, my intuition, and mostly the positive feedback from early customers, like this one:

when I left my job, friends suggested taking a week off to clear my mind but I was just so excited to continue building Orbit It gave me energy. Make something that excites you.

using your own software is a wild feeling

shoutout to the 1 mad lad running Orbit on Apple Vision

today is a day I've dreamed about for 12 years. It's the first day of being full-time on Orbit Nov 23 - I had the idea Jul 24 - Started building in my spare time Jan 25 - Launched, $5.5k revenue in the first week Mar 25 - Left my job and going all-In 🚀 I can't wait to show you what's coming

the copycats are coming

"I could not imagine my iPhone without Orbit" 🔥

never give up

orbit customers send the best emails ❤️

I almost talked myself out of building @AppOrbit I was so embarrassed behind the idea before I’d ever started “No-one will like it” “It’s not novel” “It’s a boring idea” Thankfully I followed my curiosity and continued. I was too early and didn’t see it through far enough. I’m so glad I did.

lights out 🔭

I’ve started receiving funding and acquisition offers for Orbit 😅 guess I’m doing something right

feedback is a gift - reply to every comment. - build relationships with customers - bring them along the journey building your product

follow your curiosity and make things

in the wild 🥹

these reviews mean the world

Orbit doesn’t meet the bar of my design expectations But, that’s a good thing. If I made it perfect, I would have never launched. I can’t wait to level it up and show you where it’s going 🚀

hire people that have side-projects clear signs they’re a self-starter, crave learning and love to build

200 ratings! 🥳❤️

one of my favourite things about building Orbit is how so much complexity is hidden away, making it feel insanely simple

me too Claude... me too...

I tried to cancel my Mailchimp plan today and I had to speak to staff in order to do it. 0/10 experience. Orbit will personally guide you in the future to make it feel effortless. It shouldn’t be this hard.

follow your curiosity

Personal finance is boring and stressful. It doesn’t need to be this way. It's time to change the future of financial wellbeing. The way that it should have always been: Fun, approachable and empowering.

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making AppStore search gains