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7/1/2026
From Zero to 10 Apps: My Multi-App Productivity System

From Zero to 10 Apps: My Multi-App Productivity System

Short summary

A solo developer shipped 10 macOS Android dev tools by building reusable infrastructure first: a shared Rust crate for system logic, standardized React components and CSS tokens for UI, and small independent codebases. This approach compressed shipping time from 3 months to 2 weeks per app, proving that architectural investment compounds across products. The pattern demonstrates how infrastructure-first development enables exponential productivity gains for solo makers.

  • •Shared Rust crate (hiyoko-helper) provides licensing, auto-start, and path management across all 10 apps
  • •Standardized CSS tokens and React components eliminate UX decisions and reduce new app scaffolding to 10 minutes
  • •Shipping time improved from 3 months (app #1) to 2 weeks (app #10) through accumulated architectural leverage

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