Anton Kosenko, Lead Product Designer at Kiss My Apps, created the Dittoday app for daily selfie timelapses. According to him, during the development, he almost completely abandoned Figma and worked directly with the code using Claude Code.
Anton Kosenko, Lead Product Designer at Kiss My Apps, created the Dittoday app for daily selfie timelapses. According to him, during the development, he almost completely abandoned Figma and worked directly with the code using Claude Code.
He announced this on LinkedIn.
The idea for the application arose from a personal need. Since the end of 2022, Kosenko has been taking pictures of himself every day from the same angle, in order to later combine the pictures into a timelapse and track changes in his appearance.
According to him, the biggest challenges were two things: not forgetting to take photos every day; and manually aligning hundreds of photos before creating a video.
«Even if it seems like you’re taking photos in roughly the same way, the shots still come out a little off: your head is higher or lower, your face is closer to the camera, your angle or pose is different. When you have hundreds of photos like this, manual alignment quickly becomes a pain,» he explains.
That’s why the designer created Dittoday, an app that helps maintain the same angle when taking photos, reminds you to take a daily selfie, and automatically prepares material for timelapse.
The author paid special attention to the development process. Due to the relatively simple interface, he decided not to create mockups in Figma, but to immediately work on the finished product using Claude Code.
According to Kosenko, this approach allowed for faster testing of micro-animations, haptic feedback, transitions between screens, camera operation, and other interface elements directly on the device.
«Micro-animations, haptics, transitions, camera behavior, small states are things that are difficult to properly experience in mockups. But on the device, you can immediately see what works and what doesn’t,» the designer notes.
He is currently finalizing the application’s preparation for public release, including working on App Store Optimization (ASO).
Dittoday is currently in closed testing. The author invites those interested to test the application via TestFlight and share feedback before the official launch.
