Dev log by Jared Hall. Building apps, breaking things, shipping anyway.https://mononz.com/en-ushttps://mononz.com/blog/seo-strategy-for-a-solo-developer/https://mononz.com/blog/seo-strategy-for-a-solo-developer/API Alerts has a domain authority of 2.9. My personal site is at 0. Here's what I'm doing about it.Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTseoindie-devapi-alertsmarketinghttps://mononz.com/blog/deploying-astro-to-firebase-hosting/https://mononz.com/blog/deploying-astro-to-firebase-hosting/I've migrated 4 websites to Astro + Firebase in a couple weeks. Here's everything I've learned about the setup, SEO, and deployment.Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTastrofirebaseseowebtutorialhttps://mononz.com/blog/rebuilding-my-personal-site/https://mononz.com/blog/rebuilding-my-personal-site/My personal site has been sitting untouched for 5 years. It was time to do something about that.Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTastrowebpersonalhttps://mononz.com/blog/i-built-a-free-webhook-tester/https://mononz.com/blog/i-built-a-free-webhook-tester/I got tired of guessing whether my webhooks were working, so I built a tool to see them in real time.Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTapi-alertswebhooksdeveloper-toolshttps://mononz.com/blog/why-i-made-an-email-for-my-cat/https://mononz.com/blog/why-i-made-an-email-for-my-cat/Earl has his own Gmail account. It sounds ridiculous but there's a real reason behind it.Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTtestingandroidindie-devhttps://mononz.com/blog/i-keep-forgetting-about-my-long-running-mobile-app-builds/https://mononz.com/blog/i-keep-forgetting-about-my-long-running-mobile-app-builds/My Android builds take 15-20 minutes. iOS with Fastlane? 30 minutes. I kept forgetting about them, so I built something to fix that.Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTci-cdmobiledevopsproductivityhttps://mononz.com/blog/why-i-keep-getting-apple-review-rejections/https://mononz.com/blog/why-i-keep-getting-apple-review-rejections/Apple has rejected my apps multiple times over the years. Here's what happened, what I learned, and why I'm weirdly grateful for it.Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTiosappleindie-devlessonshttps://mononz.com/blog/hapi-api-health-checks/https://mononz.com/blog/hapi-api-health-checks/I built a tool to check all my APIs at once because I was tired of not knowing which one was broken.Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTapi-alertsmonitoringdeveloper-toolshttps://mononz.com/blog/why-i-built-api-alerts/https://mononz.com/blog/why-i-built-api-alerts/The origin story of API Alerts. From helping a friend with push notifications to building a full event routing platform.Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTapi-alertsindie-devsaashttps://mononz.com/blog/the-story-of-shadowcat/https://mononz.com/blog/the-story-of-shadowcat/I built an app to fix Twitch notifications. It worked, until I hit a wall that I couldn't get around.Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTshadowcattwitchindie-devandroidioshttps://mononz.com/blog/the-app-that-nearly-broke-me/https://mononz.com/blog/the-app-that-nearly-broke-me/I spent two years building an app that never shipped. Here's what happened with FansLineup.Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTindie-devlessonsandroidios