Notes from building Duta

Things that cost us hours, written down with the numbers, so they cost you minutes.

Iqbal Hakim, Software developer at Baloot.my.

Builds for the web, iOS, Android and Windows. Writes here about what came up while building Duta.

How to post to all your social accounts at once
Writing the same post seven times is not a content problem, it is a copying problem. Here is what it takes to write once and have it published to every account you choose, at a time you set, without your computer being on.
11 August 2026 · 6 minute read
What Duta is, and what it can actually post today
Duta schedules social posts across connected accounts. As of 9 August 2026, eleven platform adapters exist, seven have carried a real post, and four are still waiting on the platform’s own approval. Here is exactly which is which.
9 August 2026 · 5 minute read
Why your Facebook Page posts are invisible to everyone but you
A Meta app in Development mode publishes successfully, returns a post id, and shows the post as Public, while nobody without a role on the app can see it. Here is how to confirm it and how to fix it.
5 August 2026 · 4 minute read
The Instagram publishing rules that have nothing to do with file size
Instagram’s API refuses posts for reasons its error messages do not name: JPEG only, no text-only posts, two aspect-ratio windows that do not overlap, and a hashtag limit. Verified against Meta’s documentation in August 2026.
5 August 2026 · 5 minute read
What it actually costs to post to X through the API in 2026
X moved to pay-per-use pricing in February 2026 with no free tier. A plain post costs about $0.015 and a post containing a link about $0.20, roughly thirteen times more. Observed while building a scheduling tool.
5 August 2026 · 3 minute read