Operator·Builder·Marketer
DaveFore
I build small apps — and run the marketing that gets them found.
I find problems worth solving, then design, code, launch, and market the fix. One operator, six apps, the whole loop in public.
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The work · 2024–2026
Six apps. One operator. Find the problem, ship the solution.
Every project below starts with a problem I've actually felt — then becomes a small, shipped solution with the marketing to match. Click into any one for the story behind it.
02Shipped · Reading companion
Bound
A reading companion for people who actually want to read more.
04Shipped · Opinion polling
The Take
Drag the dial. Lock in. See where the country lands.
05Coming soon · Reading ritual
My Daily Read
Save it now. Read it tonight.
Get notified when My Daily Read ships
Coming soon
By the numbers
Shipped apps
5
Live in production
Avg App Store rating
4.8★
Across iOS & web
People reached
30k+
Newsletter + App Store + organic
Operator. Just me.
1
Build, launch, market — all me
The process
Problem. Solve it. Make it. Ship it. Market it.
- 01Problem
Pick something I can actually feel — a friction I've lived, a habit that's slipping, a moment worth slowing down. No problem, no project.
- 02Solve it
Sketch the smallest thing that makes the problem go away. Strip everything that isn't the fix. The shape of the solution is the shape of the app.
- 03Make it
One operator, weekend sprints, real code. No team to coordinate, no committee to please.
- 04Ship it
Out the door before it's perfect. Iterate in public. Polish what users actually touch.
- 05Market it
My other specialty. Positioning, landing pages, App Store copy, launch threads — the work that turns a build into an audience.
Newsletter
Notes from the build.
Occasional dispatches on shipping small apps and the marketing behind them.
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The opening
Let's make
something good.
Got an app that needs a launch, or a marketing problem worth chewing on? I'd love to hear it.