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What was the hack?

• asadlionpk 9y ago
  When using React Native (and also storing your network in JS) you can choose to push updates and fixes to JS part of your code without going through store again. Check: http://microsoft.github.io/code-push/ http://microsoft.github.io/code-push/
  • timanglade 9y ago
    Yup that's basically it. The hack was just in getting Tensorflow to accept/load its neural network definition from the JS bundle (what CodePush distributes for you) rather than from the main Cocoa bundle.
    • Grustaf 9y ago
      Really cool stuff! I didn't even realise you've switched jobs, but that explains why I didn't see you when we popped in at Townsend the other day! Keep up the good work.
    • joncrocks 9y ago
      Just as a note, people/developers have had messages from Apple telling them that they need to remove code which allows them to update their app outside of the app update/review process. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13817557 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13817557 for some more detail/discussion. [edit: Apart from in Apple-approved manners]
      • B1FF_PSUVM 9y ago
        Well, that's not gonna fly with the "code is data, data is code" crowd ... If the newspaper apps get to load fresh front page images, why should a poor neural net be discriminated in its quest for fresh coefficients? (Raw oppression and injustice there, get yer indignation reservoir topped up.)
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      • Kiro 9y ago
        https://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/information/iOS_Program_Information_4_3_15.pdf https://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/information/iOS_Pro... > 3.3.2 […] The only exception to the foregoing is scripts and code downloaded and run by Apple’s built-in WebKit framework or JavascriptCore […]
  • wcummings 9y ago
    I'm surprised Apple allows this, I thought they hated this kind of thing.