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Great work! I'm going to buy it.

by hilti 6y ago

hilti 6y ago
Done :-) Would you mind sharing some tech insights (Swift or Objective-C) ... I love reading those stories.
- murph37 6y ago
  Sure thing! My stack for Dark Hacker news is React Native and Expo. Since I've primarily been a web developer and have some React Web experience, React Native made the transition to mobile development a lot more seamless. From building this a year ago to today, I've learned so much more about React/React Native and in general my technical skills have gotten much better. There are definitely things I can refactor to make more performant that I'd like to do. I'd also like to make a pass through the code to convert any remaining React class components to functional components using React hooks. I'd also like to update to React Navigation 5 which recently released. Let me know if you have any technical questions about some aspects of the app and I'd be happy to answer them. Thanks again for the download!
  - halfmatthalfcat 6y ago
    Are you using the managed or bare workflow? I just ejected because IPA size was massive (around 180mbs). Ejecting reduced IPA to around 90mbs and actual app store size was around 9mbs.
    - murph37 6y ago
      I'm still using the managed workflow for the time being. I've considered ejecting to the bare workflow, but haven't made the jump quite yet. Wow that's awesome! At the very least I should try ejecting to see how slim I could get the app size.
murph37 6y ago
Awesome! Thank you so much for the support!
- fraXis 6y ago
  Great job! Just bought it too. At $1.99 it's a steal considering how much I am on HN on a hourly basis. :-) I've been using the "Hacker News (YC)" app on iOS written by Dharmesh Patel, and it works good, but it hasn't been updated in over 2 years, and unfortunately it has occasional display formatting issues on the iPhone 11 Max Pro.
  - murph37 6y ago
    Thank you for the support! That's one of the reasons I really wanted to make it a paid app so I had more of an incentive to support it long term and keep it updated. If there's any suggestions you have or features you'd like to see added just let me know. Enjoy!

Great work! I'm going to buy it.

by hilti 6y ago

Great work! I'm going to buy it.

hilti 6y ago

Done :-) Would you mind sharing some tech insights (Swift or Objective-C) ... I love reading those stories.

murph37 6y ago
Sure thing! My stack for Dark Hacker news is React Native and Expo. Since I've primarily been a web developer and have some React Web experience, React Native made the transition to mobile development a lot more seamless. From building this a year ago to today, I've learned so much more about React/React Native and in general my technical skills have gotten much better. There are definitely things I can refactor to make more performant that I'd like to do. I'd also like to make a pass through the code to convert any remaining React class components to functional components using React hooks. I'd also like to update to React Navigation 5 which recently released. Let me know if you have any technical questions about some aspects of the app and I'd be happy to answer them. Thanks again for the download!
- halfmatthalfcat 6y ago
  Are you using the managed or bare workflow? I just ejected because IPA size was massive (around 180mbs). Ejecting reduced IPA to around 90mbs and actual app store size was around 9mbs.
  - murph37 6y ago
    I'm still using the managed workflow for the time being. I've considered ejecting to the bare workflow, but haven't made the jump quite yet. Wow that's awesome! At the very least I should try ejecting to see how slim I could get the app size.

murph37 6y ago

Awesome! Thank you so much for the support!

fraXis 6y ago
Great job! Just bought it too. At $1.99 it's a steal considering how much I am on HN on a hourly basis. :-) I've been using the "Hacker News (YC)" app on iOS written by Dharmesh Patel, and it works good, but it hasn't been updated in over 2 years, and unfortunately it has occasional display formatting issues on the iPhone 11 Max Pro.
- murph37 6y ago
  Thank you for the support! That's one of the reasons I really wanted to make it a paid app so I had more of an incentive to support it long term and keep it updated. If there's any suggestions you have or features you'd like to see added just let me know. Enjoy!