hampowder
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Comment · 6 months ago
please elaborate
Comment · 7 months ago
It certainly appears like the short term impacts of this war have been:
- martyrdom of the previous ayatollah
- increase in energy price globally
- increased ability for the west's adversaries to sell their oil at higher prices through reducing sanctions
Comment · 7 months ago
I wanted to make it exceedingly easy to learn vocabulary in Catalan and Spanish.
To me good is - Pre-determined lists of words - Audio examples - Sentence examples - Native app with offline support
most importantly: - No business model that requires a subscription
I'm trying to see it more as writing a text-book, than starting a business
Comment · 10 months ago
The idea that Bezos' specialty is taking government subsidies and not ecommerce is hogwash..
Comment · 11 months ago
The parent is talking about needing _brighter_ headlights, not headlights in general.
Comment · 1 year ago
I love your landing page, it makes it very easy to determine how the product would be useful to ops.
Comment · 1 year ago
Whilst that might true as per your observations, I've also seen people do zero research, take a substance in the wrong place/frame of mind, and subsequently had a more turbulent experience than they were expecting
Comment · 1 year ago
Does anyone have a view of the 80/20-type automations I can make?
It seems like there's an endless amount of automations that can be done, but are there any simple ones that provide outsized returns?
Comment · 1 year ago
When making LearnTheWords[1] I had to wait 6 weeks for approval from Google. They weren't happy with how I documented what this testing process was like. I had to wait 3 rounds of 2 weeks between submissions, writing ever more kafkaesque descriptions of the insights i gleaned from the definitely-not-paid-for test users that i'd required.
I wasn't expecting it to be easier to launch on iOS than Android, but here we are.
Comment · 1 year ago
Yes there is, look on Fiverr.
It's crazy to have to pay someone to do this, particularly because Google don't want you to use paid testers.
The idea was to stop spammy apps, i believe. But they've really thrown the baby out with the bathwater here, making it really hard for small-scale innovation.
Comment · 1 year ago
You state it as if it were a coincidence. The important point is that the author identified the problem and filled the gap.
> I started reading forums, comments, and online discussions. It turned out the built-in Wiki in Microsoft Teams annoyed users really a lot.
Comment · 1 year ago
Mm, please see previous comments on dealing with the respective app stores.
In this case Apple have de-listed me from the various EU app stores while they verify my 'trader information' - the requirement to publish my name and home address on the app store, next to my app.
Comment · 1 year ago
I'm trying to make an analogous product (native app) for learning vocabulary after Memrise shut it simple, flashcard app down.
One thing about the vending machine model is that the transaction is done. You don't require any continued interaction from the vendor to enjoy what you bought.
For that reason I made it:
- a native app so it didn't require a server once downloaded
- offline first, using WatermelonDb to sync with a server if available
- all data bundled, so my server doesn't need to exist when downloading
The hardest elements have actually been complying with the various app store requirements. Google Play now requires developers to have 20 users test your app for 14 days. I've been stuck with 4x 14 day cycles for the Catalan version with no specific feedback as to how to satisfy their desire that it has been sufficiently tested.
Interestingly with Google Play, if you want to make an up-front paid app, your testers must pay for the app too. If you make the app free, such that your testers can download it, you can't make it paid again afterwards. You can add in app purchases later, though.
If anyone wants to check it out, it's available for Spanish and Catalan for now: https://learnthewords.app/
Comment · 1 year ago
It's not annexation if you're not appropriating it
Comment · 1 year ago
I went from disposables to a refillable one as part of my cutting down.
Being able to mix my own liquid meant I could slowly reduce my nicotine levels, whilst maintaining the habit of smoking, making it easier to finally come off it at the end.
Good luck!