writing a custom parser for VNRecognizeTextRequest to pull line items from crumpled receipts. on-device ocr is fast, but regex matching for tax totals is a special kind of hell when every store formats their receipts differently. currently testing on an old iphone xs to make sure the thermal throttling doesn't kick in.

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A lot of iOS devs create accounts for their apps

Is there a particular reason for this?

Does it bring users to the app?

#indieios #ios #iosdev

Using MKLocalPointsOfInterestRequest in #MapKit on #iOS, is there a way to get the same results than Apple Maps?

For example, my request for beaches near Bonifacio with a 10km radius provides me *one* MKMapItem 😫. Apple Maps shows 29 results… 🤩

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Is there any privacy-conscious tool like countapi.xyz but for timestamped events? Simple API to send basic analytics (event name, date, userID, some properties) and then get the data (json or even CSV).

Mixpanel/Amplitude are not made for indie devs.

Firebase is a no go (Google).

TelemetryDeck is nice but the number of signals in the indie plan is too low. And I can’t afford (yet) the business plan.

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