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I released my first app to the Apple app store in 2012 from conception to completion - https://ayahbyayah.com

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Nice, I have been working on something similar and really nice to see how you have approached the UI.

My approach was to focus on the tuition market with the voice comments for feedback from the tutor.

Always impressed seeing ideas come to market.

SEEKING WORK | Birmingham, UK | Remote

Technologies: Swift, SwiftUI, C#, .NET, Xamarin, MAUI

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Senior software engineer with a range of experience from the last seventeen years across a number of different domains. I released my first app to the Apple app store in 2012 from conception to completion.

An ideal project would be to work on an MVP, Prototype or Proof of Concept mobile app and deliver it to your phone via TestFlight within a month.

Location: Birmingham, UK Remote: Yes

Willing to Relocate: No

Technologies: Swift, SwiftUI, C#, .NET, Xamarin, SQL

CV: available by email.

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Senior software engineer with a range of experience from the last seventeen years across a number of different domains. I released my first app to the Apple app store in 2012 from conception to completion.

An ideal project would be to work on an MVP, Prototype or Proof of Concept mobile app and deliver it to your phone via TestFlight within a month.

Location: Birmingham, UK

Remote: Yes

Willing to Relocate: No

Technologies: Swift, SwiftUI, C#, .NET, Xamarin, SQL

CV: available by email.

Contact details on profile.

Senior software engineer with a range of experience from the last seventeen years across a number of different domains. I released my first app to the Apple app store in 2012 from conception to completion.

An ideal project would be to work on an MVP, Prototype or Proof of Concept mobile app and deliver it to your phone via TestFlight within a month.

CV available upon request.

Announcing her conversion, she said, "This is to announce that I am proud to have become a Muslim. This is the natural conclusion of any intelligent theologian's journey. All scripture study leads to Islam. Which makes all other scriptures redundant."

Really appreciate the kind comments, thank you.

Ayah means verse in Arabic but can also mean a miracle. For Muslims every Ayah is an Ayah. There are 6236 such Ayat in the Qur'an.

In the last four months since turning 41, I've restarted my memorisation of the Qur'an and have just completed finishing the longest chapter this morning, all 49 pages of it.

The timeless nature of the Qur'an is such that it speaks to you directly, it challenges you to pause and reflect.

I finished memorising this verse this morning

"God does not burden any soul with more than it can bear: each gains whatever good it has done, and suffers its bad- ‘ Lord, do not take us to task if we forget or make mistakes. Lord, do not burden us as You burdened those before us. Lord, do not burden us with more than we have strength to bear. Pardon us, forgive us, and have mercy on us. You are our Protector, so help us against the disbelievers.’"

https://quran.com/2/286

A humble request is open up Ayah By Ayah or any other Qur'an app or website at a 'random' place and see what you are shown.

I initially developed an iOS app (https://ayahbyayah.com) using Objective-C in 2012 (10 years on the AppStore next month)

Re-developed in Xamarin.iOS in 2016 which has been a solid decision due to the productivity gains I get from C# and Visual Studio tooling.

Xamarin.Forms works well for line of business apps and the performance with iOS was fine, however encountered a number of Android performance issues which is simply due to the nature of the framework.

Having worked on my side project https://ayahbyayah.com for the last 10 years, (10 year anniversary on the AppStore next month) my biggest take-aways are

1. Consistency instead of Intensity - steady progress in small chunks help instead of all-nighters which lead to burn out

2. Fall in love with the process - ignore the outcome and keep working on your steps instead, it stops the worry about what's going to happen in the future

3. Ship an initial version before talking about it - talking about a project before you've released something makes you think that you've already achieved it.

SEEKING WORK | UK | Remote I'm a fullstack C#, .NET and Xamarin certified mobile professional developer with a range of experience from the last sixteen years across a number of different domains.

I released my first app to the Apple app store in 2012 from conception to completion.

An ideal project would be to work on an MVP, Prototype or Proof of Concept mobile app and deliver it to your phone via TestFlight within a month.

CV available upon request.

Location: Birmingham, UK

Remote: Yes

Willing to Relocate: No

Technologies: C#, .NET, Xamarin, SQL

CV: available by email.

Contact details on profile.

This is wonderful and incredibly insightful.

My grandfather undertook months long journey to perform Hajj in the 1960's, travelling by so many different means. Carrying dried fruit, bread and meat with them, it truly was a once in a lifetime trip.

Having performed the Hajj in 2014, there is a sense of nostalgia for what it was but equally the practically of accommodating millions of pilgrims from across the world has led to a number of changes.

In University I developed a simulation and model of crowd evacuation based on certain rites of the Hajj. Something which was previously not an issue.

Brings back memories of my final year dissertation at University nearly 20 years ago, "An emergent model of an Ant colony" (in VRML and Javascript).

Incredibly fascinating and great to see this.

SEEKING WORK | UK | Remote | 15-20 Hrs/Week

I'm a fullstack C#, .NET and Xamarin certified mobile professional developer with a range of experience from the last sixteen years across a number of different domains.

I released my first app to the Apple app store in 2012 from conception to completion.

An ideal project would be to work on an MVP, Prototype or Proof of Concept mobile app and deliver it to your phone via TestFlight within a month.

CV available upon request.

Contact details on profile.

SEEKING WORK | UK | Remote

I'm a fullstack C#, .NET and Xamarin certified mobile professional developer with a range of experience from the last sixteen years across a number of different domains.

I released my first app to the Apple app store in 2012 from conception to completion.

An ideal project would be to work on an MVP, Prototype or Proof of Concept mobile app and deliver it to your phone via TestFlight within a month.

CV available upon request.

Location: Birmingham, UK

Remote: Yes

Willing to Relocate: No

Technologies: C#, .NET, Xamarin, SQL

CV: available by email.

Contact details on profile.

Super impressed with the launch, really well executed.

I can relate to part of your journey, I developed an iOS app in 2012, learnt just enough Objective-C to develop it.

The post popular request had been for an Android version, I redeveloped it using Xamarin a few years ago and have been very impressed with how close to the 'metal' you can get.

I've been working on https://ayahbyayah.com an iOS app which I originally released in 2012 as a simple app for listening to the recitation of a single Ayat (verse) of the Qur'an.

I've been performing intermittent upgrades over the years as I wanted to retain the simplicity, ease of use with a focus on providing the most accurate and clearest Ayat text in any app.

The latest update has incorporated word by word audio timings and advanced play back controls for a completely hands-free operation, even serves as a teleprompter for the Qur'an.

I've been building iOS apps as a solo builder for nine years and definitely agree that it gets lonely, both in the development of it and then waiting for users to stumble across it.

Maybe its time to focus on marketing and product fit ;-)