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Show HN: I made an app to automate some of my texting because I’m bad at it

1 points by binkHN 5y ago

binkHN 5y ago
Hello hackers. I wrote the app and I hope it can help others like me. My girlfriend likes little text messages here and there, and I’m not good at sending them. So “there’s an app for that,” right? No, there actually wasn’t. So I made one. I define the app as a smart device automation tool for SMS text messages, calls and email that’ll help you stay in touch. The story on how the app got started, my eureka moments, repeated failures and a little technical detail is at https://medium.com/@mtc.dev/my-first-android-app-story-331c98270ec4?source=friends_link&sk=d01250707057ed71f2c7af8ed4ac9eea https://medium.com/@mtc.dev/my-first-android-app-story-331c9.... I’d love some feedback. Cheers.
mtmail 5y ago
I get "We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server."
- binkHN 5y ago
  I'm sorry, but the app is currently in beta and limited to 67 countries/regions to better support this. Please let me know what country you are in so that I may rectify this.
  - mtmail 5y ago
    One of the European G7 and G20 countries.
    - binkHN 5y ago
      Thank you; I just added most of the G7 countries. Not sure how long it’ll take the change to propagate though.
topicseed 5y ago
Seems fun and useful as I tend to be very forgetful, even with the people I love the most. Sadly, I mostly use WhatsApp — does it work with it or is it planned? Also, the UX is a bit too hacker-y for my liking but the overall concept is great.
- binkHN 5y ago
  Thank you for the feedback. I chose to support SMS text messages initially because the functionality is built into the device and the app can make better decisions based on SMS text messaging history. I plan to review support for WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and friends in the future. As for the UX, I concur; more work needs to be done here. I see the app UX as more of a utilitarian/set it and forget it and kind of thing with little interaction with the app itself once it’s configured, but point taken.

1 points by binkHN 5y ago

Hello hackers. I wrote the app and I hope it can help others like me. My girlfriend likes little text messages here and there, and I’m not good at sending them. So “there’s an app for that,” right? No, there actually wasn’t. So I made one. I define the app as a smart device automation tool for SMS text messages, calls and email that’ll help you stay in touch. The story on how the app got started, my eureka moments, repeated failures and a little technical detail is at https://medium.com/@mtc.dev/my-first-android-app-story-331c98270ec4?source=friends_link&sk=d01250707057ed71f2c7af8ed4ac9eea https://medium.com/@mtc.dev/my-first-android-app-story-331c9.... I’d love some feedback. Cheers.

mtmail 5y ago

I get "We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server."

binkHN 5y ago
I'm sorry, but the app is currently in beta and limited to 67 countries/regions to better support this. Please let me know what country you are in so that I may rectify this.
- mtmail 5y ago
  One of the European G7 and G20 countries.
  - binkHN 5y ago
    Thank you; I just added most of the G7 countries. Not sure how long it’ll take the change to propagate though.

topicseed 5y ago

Seems fun and useful as I tend to be very forgetful, even with the people I love the most. Sadly, I mostly use WhatsApp — does it work with it or is it planned? Also, the UX is a bit too hacker-y for my liking but the overall concept is great.

binkHN 5y ago
Thank you for the feedback. I chose to support SMS text messages initially because the functionality is built into the device and the app can make better decisions based on SMS text messaging history. I plan to review support for WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and friends in the future. As for the UX, I concur; more work needs to be done here. I see the app UX as more of a utilitarian/set it and forget it and kind of thing with little interaction with the app itself once it’s configured, but point taken.