James Montemagno

Introducing My Cadence for Arduino, a DIY Cadence Display for Indoor Cycling

It is official, my holiday hacking is officially complete! This past week I started and launched a brand new app called My Cadence [https://www.mycadence.app] for both iOS [https://montemagno.com/introducing-my-cadence-for-ios-a-simple-cadence-sensor-display/] & Android [https://montemagno.com/my-cadence-now-available-on-android/]. This simple cadence display app is a perfect pair for my recent $400 DIY spin bike [https://montemagno.com/building-an-at-home-diy-spin-bike-for-peloton-apple-f…

James Montemagno

Asking for app reviews really works! It just takes 1 line of code!

Last week I launched a new app called My Cadence [https://mycadence.app] for both iOS [https://montemagno.com/introducing-my-cadence-for-ios-a-simple-cadence-sensor-display/] and Android [https://montemagno.com/my-cadence-now-available-on-android/]. Even though it was a quick app that only took me a week or so to build and ship [https://montemagno.com/building-testing-shipping-my-cadence-for-ios-in-less-than-a-week/] , I still followed my checklist of best practices to ensure as much success as…

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Porting My Cadence to Android in 1 Day!

It seems like it was just yesterday that I was writing up a blog post on how I was launching My Cadence for iOS [https://montemagno.com/introducing-my-cadence-for-ios-a-simple-cadence-sensor-display/] and then blogging about how I wrote and shipped the app [https://montemagno.com/building-testing-shipping-my-cadence-for-ios-in-less-than-a-week/] in under a week. Well, it wasn't yesterday, but it was just 5 days ago! After I shipped the iOS version, I was watching some HGTV on Hulu and thou…

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Donating $250 to Warm Hearts Winter Drive Thanks to Hacker News!

A little over a week ago I published a blog post on how I put together a DIY spin bike [https://montemagno.com/building-an-at-home-diy-spin-bike-for-peloton-apple-fitness/] for Peloton & Apple Fitness+ classes for under $400, and to my surprise it got shared on Hacker News [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25447710]! It was not only shared, but it got upvoted and at the peak it was ranked at number 7 of all Hacker News articles for the day! It was a wild ride watching the real time traff…

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Building, testing, & shipping My Cadence for iOS in less than a week

My holiday hacking [https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-holiday-season-hack-ideas/] came early this year when I decided to build my own DIY spin bike [https://montemagno.com/building-an-at-home-diy-spin-bike-for-peloton-apple-fitness/]. Soon, after a few rides, my mind started to swirl with app ideas of how to improve my ride. Then when Apple released Apple Fitness+ without support for displaying cadence information from sensors I knew I had to build an app. That app is My Cadence [ht…

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Introducing My Cadence for iOS & Android - a Simple Cadence Sensor Display

It has been nearly 3 weeks since I put together my DIY spin bike [https://montemagno.com/building-an-at-home-diy-spin-bike-for-peloton-apple-fitness/] and I have now clocked in over 25 rides! Let's just say I am really enjoying have the bike at home now that it is chilly and more rainy outside. Last week I wrote a blog [https://montemagno.com/building-an-at-home-diy-spin-bike-for-peloton-apple-fitness/] on my experience and did a full Apple Fitness+ review video [https://www.youtube.com/wat…

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Building a $400 at home DIY spin bike for Peloton & Apple Fitness+

TLDR: I combined the Sunny SF-B1002 Bike [https://amzn.to/37gQMcB], the moofit cadence sensor [https://amzn.to/349DpZM] (now sold out, checkout the Magene sensor [https://amzn.to/3raJ0Jd]), a tablet holder [https://amzn.to/3ntQZit], and gel seat cover [https://amzn.to/2ILSWaN] to build my own at home spin bike ready for Apple Fitness+ and Peloton digital. In this blog I break down my entire decision process, review the bike setup combined the services, and give final impressions after 2 weeks.…

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5 Must Install NuGet Packages for New Xamarin Projects

Starting your first project can be a bit overwhelming. I mean heck, I wrote nearly 3,000 words [https://montemagno.com/build-your-first-for-ios-android-app-with-xamarin-and-visual-studio/] breaking down every bit of what to select and what each option means. Oh, and I also have a full video series [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwOF5UVsZWUiHY1CkRVjYJ6dm0iCvAlfw] walking you through it step by step on my YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/jamesmontemagno]. Before I start writing…

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Introducing My Cadence for Arduino, a DIY Cadence Display for Indoor Cycling

Asking for app reviews really works! It just takes 1 line of code!

Porting My Cadence to Android in 1 Day!

Donating $250 to Warm Hearts Winter Drive Thanks to Hacker News!

Building, testing, & shipping My Cadence for iOS in less than a week

Introducing My Cadence for iOS & Android - a Simple Cadence Sensor Display

Building a $400 at home DIY spin bike for Peloton & Apple Fitness+

5 Must Install NuGet Packages for New Xamarin Projects

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