Big updates
Well it's been a crazy past few weeks in the Joiner household. I've landed a new job as a Product Manager with the federal government in the Baltimore area. I'll share more specifics of this once I've formally accepted the finalized job offer and have been in the role for a week or two. I've been interested in the federal government and politics since Jr. High/High School, and minored in political science. This is a big deal for me, and the role I'm taking is a highly consequential one. After seven years in big tech, this feels like a refreshing next step -- a more mission-driven role while further refining my Product Manager chops at a scale close to or exceeding what I was doing at the big G.
In Hudley Holdings world, I've just been accepted into the Claude for Startups program! This is a major deal for me and lets just say tokens won't be a limiting factor anymore. I've launched several apps since my last post and have a few still in app review purgatory. Not everyone can have Sundar Pichai push the approval along.
Mower Mogul - heavily inspired by Tiny Wings, although the gameplay is totally different. I wanted a super simple app that is ZEN. I think I've done that, but will keep iterating. Game dev is much harder than utilities, etc.
Restava - sleep app. Breathing exercises, white noise, rain sounds, et al.
Coming soon: Bible for Me: Audio Bible for Android, News App for iOS (companion app to the Mac version I launched a few months back).
Bible for Me: Audio Bible for iOS has been absolutely crushing it. People love the app, and are purchasing annual and monthly subscriptions at a high rate. I keep adding features every week or two. I just shipped a new narrator powered by Qwen Audio 2.1, and a big 'facelift'. Here's a look at the current state of things:
As AI models keep improving at an insane rate, I envision the future of Hudley Holdings as a near-automated software factory that I command from my phone and in brief check-ins on desktop/laptop every now and then to review deliverables and regroup on strategy. It sounds ridiculous, but I'm literally laying the groundwork for it. Just this week, I launched a new HudleyOS page/database on Cloudflare for my internal project tracking - bugs/FRs/tasks. It's agent first with an API that any agent can use. Claude Code, my Muse agent - both can help manage it.
That's all for now!