I Made $44K From an App That Moans When You Slap It | build in public

Toni made $44,000 in 60 days from a Mac app that moans when you slap it. He coded it in two days, posted two Instagram reels, and got over 50 million combined views, all while working a 9-to-5. In this episode he walks me through the playbook: - How he trains his Instagram algorithm to surface viral app ideas - The refund mechanic he engineered to turn customers into a free marketing army - His one big piece of advice for anyone trying to go viral with their app If you've shipped a serious app and it's not moving, or you want to ship something silly that prints, this is the episode. Follow Toni: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonnozfpv/ - X: https://x.com/tonnoz Chapters - The $44K moaning Mac app - $0, a laptop, 60 days. How does Tony do it? - Two reels, two days of code, $44K - Where the idea actually came from - "Don't try to go viral" - The hidden cost of going viral - When your boss texts you on Slack - Talk to users, test before buy - The refund hack that engineered the virality - The full $0 and a laptop playbook New episodes of My First Dollar drop weekly. Builders going from zero to their first dollar of revenue. Subscribe if that's the direction you're going. 🔗 Newsletter (My First Dollar) → https://getmyfirstdollar.com 🔥 SuperX (grow faster on X) → https://superx.so 𝕏 Follow me on X → https://x.com/robj3d3 📸 Follow me on Insta → https://instagram.com/robhallam_