zio99

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blog: startupframework.tumblr.com

startup: dinopost.com

email: aaron at dinopost

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Comment · 13 years ago

Hi Kevin, Thank you for your feedback. The '^' was meant to reveal a translation feature that I was working on, but I suppose 'Open All' would be a more worthwhile feature to implement. The markdown on HN makes it a little tricky to render comments (with their nesting), but glad you mentioned it [1]. Anyone second that feature request?

[1] Wasn't sure of how many people read comments before the article, or read them at all - I stopped when I found that it gave me a biased read, especially on the Show HN type posts.

Comment · 13 years ago

Thanks for the feedback. I'll probably open source it at some point. Right now, the components are somewhat tightly coupled.

Comment · 13 years ago

I worked on a similar app [1] and it runs as a standalone web app on the iOS homescreen as well. A couple of things that I love about it:

  1. I've done away with a lot of the features the OP has - such
  as comments (unless it's Ask HN), time of post and link. This 
  has made it more lightweight and faster to load on slow mobile 
  networks in my area.

  2. Also, it's only updated twice a day since I actually built 
  this for myself to stop spending so much time on HN.
  
  3. And since I found myself only reading the front page on my 
  commute to  work, it aggregates all the front page articles into 
  one nice page instead of opening one article up at a time.

Not to take away from the OP, but would love any feedback on the whole "less is more" approach.

[1] http://hn.dinopost.com/

Comment · 14 years ago

Refreshing indeed to see a hacker talk about faith.

I was talking to a friend the other day that said the Devil had internet from the start; but it's only now that we see blogs pop up on faith. So thank you Paul for this.

Also, being the top post on HN is just the push I needed to write on my faith. Was initially afraid that it'd turn my readership away. So thank you once again for teaching me to not hold back.

As an Engineer, I'm finding that faith and logic can go hand-in-hand after all. The more I question my faith, the stronger it gets.

I'm also reminded of Dostoevsky's search. Who am I to argue with a Great Thinker who spent years arguing against God's existence only to admit he was wrong in the end.

Comment · 14 years ago

+1. How long did development take you?

Mind sharing what you learnt in a blog post?

Thanks!

Comment · 14 years ago

Well, let's not be so quick to judge - maybe they used the same themeforest template, or hired the same designer through YC - they are both YC after all.

Comment · 14 years ago

PG said it:

  A startup is too much work for one person.

http://ycombinator.com/faq.html