The FoxDog Blog

Getting your AI-built app out of localhost and into the world — the playbook for first-time builders.

The big picture

The new 0 → 1 is one local user to infinite users

Building the app used to be the hard part. AI flipped that. The new bottleneck — and the new 0→1 — is distribution.

Read → The gauntlet

Your app runs on localhost. Here's everything between you and the App Store.

Developer accounts, signing keys, privacy labels, review queues — the whole maze, demystified, in order.

Read → Setup

Do you need an LLC to publish an app? (And why it can save two weeks.)

The real reasons to form a company before you publish — privacy, and skipping Google's 12-tester gate.

Read → Distribution

How to get your first 100 users for an app nobody's heard of

A realistic launch playbook for solo builders — where the first 100 actually come from, and what to skip.

Read → Growth

Early ratings make or break your app — how to earn your first 5-stars

Ratings drive discovery. Here's how to ask at the right moment and protect your launch from one-star drive-bys.

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