We got rejected again, but I'm happy we did

The store submission was rejected, but honestly, I’m kind of happy it was. I don’t know if this is a common experience, but for me, it feels like I’m always pulling the trigger too early. Last night, when we got the message from Apple, I was relieved—believe it or not. I thought, “Good, we can make the app even better for its first release.”

Today, as my brother headed off to teach guitar—a gig he’s had for a while now—I sat down at my computer for more bug hunting and polishing. I ended up switching the avatar image service again, this time in favor of Ecency’s. Unsurprisingly, they’ve got their act together, and it’s a lot more reliable than the one provided by hive.blog. That said, I made a few other changes today that, to me, are the kind of small tweaks that can make a big difference.

Once again, I have to thank my friend @mengao for a solid suggestion. He pointed out that Snaps can also have a community tag, and that the Snaps made with @snapie weren’t tagged. Community tag? I thought. Honestly, I didn’t even know that was a thing. Goes to show this old dog still has plenty left to learn about Hive, even after all this time.

The actual change was just a single line of code. Nothing more, nothing less. But I also went ahead and created a new community for @snapie—one that will contain the Snaperinos of the world. More on that later… or maybe my wife will end up writing about it from @snapie’s account.

With all that rambling done, I think this is it. I think we’ve reached Snapie 1.0. Once my brother approves the three pull requests I left him, I’ll compile the code again, and then he’ll probably resubmit it.

I’m anxious, but I’m also happy. A weird mix, I have to say. Like deviled eggs with peanut butter—I’ll eat them, but something ain’t right.

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