joshuakcockrell
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Comment · 2 days ago
I became active on SO late (2018) and now have 6K reputation. Providing good answers to new questions was worth basically nothing. No one upvotes you.
90%+ of the upvotes come from super old questions that have been around forever. Google indexed them and sent traffic there. Old inactive accounts get 1000s of upvotes a day and if you weren’t active when Python 3 was new or when Apple released Swift or whatever then trying to build reputation felt like a waste of time.
Contrast that with Reddit: commenting on new posts is the only way to build karma. It incentivizes new activity.
Comment · 29 days ago
Umm, yes. How’s that relevant?
Comment · 1 month ago
I agree with this. I had a production Play Store submission approved within 4 hours last week. It feels so random.
Comment · 2 months ago
It’s also about friction.
No one wants to troubleshoot a card decline by logging into their mobile browser bank account in checkout at the grocery store.
Comment · 2 months ago
This is like saying, “teens shouldn’t learn how to make their own game engine because no one is hiring for that.”
You’re missing the point. Understanding how Unity works fundamentally makes you a better Unity dev.
Comment · 3 months ago
Ah yes, the glory days when you had to sift through 200+ lines of NSLayoutConstraint just to fix a simple layout bug.
Comment · 3 months ago
Complaining about needing special code to support iOS 15 definitely weakened the argument.
Comment · 3 months ago
I’m working on Envelope. https://envelopebudgeting.com It’s a budgeting app that comes with a built in checking account and debit cards. Because your budget can actually decline card transactions it’s a very effective system for stopping overspending.
I’m currently migrating the codebase to Swift 6 and dealing with the new concurrency system.
Comment · 4 months ago
They have the same movement as their equivalent chess pieces.
Comment · 4 months ago
Why not? Just because the screen is so small? I’m sure the right mount could hold this on your dashboard without issue.
Comment · 4 months ago
To save others the click: the article is just saying minimalism.com is for sale.
Comment · 4 months ago
Existing discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48554215
Comment · 5 months ago
I'm working on Envelope. It's a budgeting app that comes with a checking account built in. https://envelopebudgeting.com Because the checking account is built in, you can assign real money to digital envelopes for bills, groceries, savings, and everyday spending, then spend from the money with built-in checking, debit cards, and envelope-based spending controls.
The idea is to guide spending before it happens, not just track transactions afterward.
https://envelopebudgeting.com
Former iOS Engineer @ Robinhood, Twitter, Tesla