{"podcast":{"title":"Programming Tech Brief By HackerNoon","slug":"programming-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6364125","podcast_index_feed_id":6364125,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/programming-tech-brief-by-hackernoon","website_url":"https://hackernoon.com/c/programming","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AKbQjnYbCNDgF_frZ_Hpi8tkLS7aZezqecpWn6o-Rh8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxMTY2LzE2ODM1/ODIzMzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"HackerNoon","episode_count":100,"summary":"Learn the latest programming updates in the tech world.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T06:19:42.842448+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/programming-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6364125"},"episode":{"title":"I Built a Sleep App for Myself. My First Review Was 1 Star","slug":"i-built-a-sleep-app-for-myself-my-first-review-was-1-star","published_at":"2026-06-12T16:00:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/programming-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6364125/i-built-a-sleep-app-for-myself-my-first-review-was-1-star","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/programming-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6364125","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/cccc900e","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/cccc900e/6364b54a.mp3","summary":"This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/i-built-a-sleep-app-for-myself-my-first-review-was-1-star . I built Sleep Island to fade out sleep sounds after I fall asleep. A 1-star review pushed it toward snore recording and sleep reports. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming . You can also check exclusive content about #ios-development , #indie-hackers , #vibe-coding , #sleep-tracker , #sleep-habits , #sleep-medication , #sleep-island , #sleep-app , and more. This story was written by: @ethan . Learn more about this writer by checking @ethan's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . I built a small iOS app because fixed sleep timers never worked for me. It started as a simple “play sounds, detect sleep, fade out” tool. Then my first App Store review was 1 star because the app did not record snoring, so I added snore and sleep-talk recording. The biggest lesson: small personal problems can become real products when you use them yourself and listen carefully to blunt feedback.","meta_description":"This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/i-built-a-sleep-app-for-myself-my-first-review-was-1-star . I built Sleep Isl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":649,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/programming-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6364125/episodes/i-built-a-sleep-app-for-myself-my-first-review-was-1-star/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/programming-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6364125/i-built-a-sleep-app-for-myself-my-first-review-was-1-star.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}