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Deleted Instagram and built this in 2 weeks

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I got so annoyed with Instagram stealing my attention that I built my own anti-social media app from scratch. From designing in Figma to a failed React Native build to shipping a working MVP — here's the full build in public journey. 🧡 Built with Replit: https://replit.com/refer/rosadiaznewyork 📱 Want to try the "Stay Away" app? 🍎 iOS TestFlight (first 100 people): https://testflight.apple.com/join/QmWzyUtA 🤖 Android: Join the google group - https://groups.google.com/g/stayaway-app-testers-v1 Then click this with the same google account - https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.stayaway.app ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Why Instagram is stealing your time 02:50 Designing the app in Figma 04:55 Trying to build it natively (and failing) 05:56 The tool that saved everything 07:13 What my friends told me I got wrong 08:56 Final app walkthrough & demo MY FAVOURITE TOOLS 📚 Audible (Increase your knowledge) - https://www.amazon.de/hz/audible/mlp?ie=UTF8&tag=ihre_gaurijoshiyt-21 Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/72lawne9a7kb Scrimba to Learn to Code!! https://scrimba.com/?via=lifeofgaurz HOW I EDIT ♫ Epidemic Sound - https://share.epidemicsound.com/rc6lgm 👋 Say Hi : Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lifeofgaurz/?hl=en [though i might not check it much so just comment down below] For Business Inquiries: gaurijoshi.business@gmail.com About me: Hey guys! I am Gauri, a software engineer from Singapore 🇸🇬, now living in berlin. I love consuming content about technology, productivity and travel. I decided to show snippets of my life here and hope you enjoy watching the videos I create 🤪 FYI! Some of the links in the video are affiliate links. This means that if you click on those links and make a purchase, I may earn a percentage of commission from that sale. It's important to note that this will not cost you anything extra and the commission earned helps support the channel and the creation of more content. Thank you for your support! 🏷️ Hashtags: #BuildInPublic #AppDevelopment #DigitalMinimalism #SoftwareEngineer #InstagramAlternative

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I deleted Instagram two months ago, and yet my thumb still kept hovering over that empty spot on my home screen like a phantom limb. The urge was only ~90 seconds, but in those 90 seconds I’d either reinstall Instagram or bounce to another app, which is basically whack-a-mole for my dopamine receptors. I tried the Reddit trick of opening Notes and writing what I was feeling (FOMO, boredom, “I want to scroll”), and it worked… until my Notes app started looking like I was going through something. So, in the most normal developer way possible, I decided this was “inefficient” and needed an app. In this video I build “Stay Away” in public: I design the whole flow in Figma (including an emergency button and a mascot sloth named Steady that’s actually nice to you), then I attempt React Native and immediately start my Xcode villain origin story. Instead of sinking weeks into native pain before even validating the idea, I used Replit to ship a working MVP fast, test it on my phone with Expo, and push it to TestFlight. The app randomly serves a technique (breathing, grounding, drawing, a small puzzle) to distract your brain for those 90 seconds—because the goal isn’t perfection, it’s interruption.

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