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by Guzba 14y ago
I actually submitted the launch post on reddit as an afterthought to the HN submission and was shocked when it was going better than the HN post. It kind of destroyed my preconceived notions of HN as the best launchpad and reddit as no-op o
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by Guzba 14y ago
Presently no, thats something I need to get on. I've set up an account and am leaning toward SendGrid right now since I dont need an SMTP server as MailGun requires. Am I wrong about that, btw? It's all new to me. (I use Google Apps for Gma
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by Guzba 14y ago
Presently, $0. Yeah, I know that's not as good as anything > $0 but two weeks ago I didn't think this was going to be a 'real thing'. I'll figure something out, I work full time so I can manage the costs without noticing but that isn't
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by Guzba 14y ago
Files are pass-through uploaded from users to an S3 bucket and given a UUID name. That name is stored with the push data in Postgres and a GCM tickle is sent to their phone with a push_id to act on. The app receives the tickle and makes a q
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PushBullet: From 0 to 15,000 users in 2 weeks(blog.pushbullet.com)
151 points by Guzba 14y ago|55 comments
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by Guzba 14y ago
Good question. I use Google's Cloud Messaging to actually deliver the pushes but the data in a push is not plaintext, and the push sometimes doesn't even have the data at all (the GCM message is just a tickle). All interaction with PushBull
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by Guzba 14y ago
Nothing in PushBullet should fire up your Twitter client. :? Very strange.
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by Guzba 14y ago
I optimized around getting the app out and supporting devices pre ICS got cut for now, that's all. (Holo theme + new apis means cleaner code and in my experience with other apps, ICS+ is much less quirky so I can guarantee a better quality
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by Guzba 14y ago
For sure, the ability to edit what you've pushed is something I'll be working on very soon. Right now it seems like Chrome extension would be a good next project as well...
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by Guzba 14y ago
Glad to hear they made it though the pipes!
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by Guzba 14y ago
I agree there are easy ways to do most of PushBullet's functionality through other means but I think there is a lot of power in not just actually getting the list on your phone with Google Drive, but actively pushing it into your notificati
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by Guzba 14y ago
Thanks a lot for the feedback. I 100% agree I need to make pairing more clear.
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by Guzba 14y ago
I bet your right. Too funny, you'll never think of everything you should test, right? :)
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by Guzba 14y ago
I did see in the logs that someone's Google account wasn't playing nicely. I should be passing along error messages better, hah. If you wanted to message me the Google account you signed up with, I'll look into it.
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by Guzba 14y ago
Chrome to Phone has had a big influence on PushBullet. The convenience of things being placed in your notifications is huge but Chrome to Phone hasn't pushed past being all about web stuff. I want to be able to put my own notes, lists, etc
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Hello, PushBullet - push anything to your Android phone from your browser(blog.pushbullet.com)
43 points by Guzba 14y ago|46 comments
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by Guzba 14y ago
A free Heroku setup survived the front page of HN? Cool. Makes it all the more unacceptable when sites do go down under the traffic. Especially when they're just blog posts.
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by Guzba 14y ago
Such a great comment. You've improved my life.
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Android's new identity(plus.google.com)
1 points by Guzba 15y ago|0 comments
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by Guzba 15y ago
Had a feeling, thanks for the link.
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New Google top bar replacement?(i.imgur.com)
2 points by Guzba 15y ago|2 comments
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RIM should get in bed with Microsoft, Nokia style(plus.google.com)
20 points by Guzba 15y ago|10 comments
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Making Hipmunk Hotel Search on Mobile(blog.hipmunk.com)
19 points by Guzba 15y ago|3 comments
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I miss the Incoming stream on Google+(plus.google.com)
1 points by Guzba 15y ago|0 comments
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by Guzba 15y ago
Sonic Fusion Broadband subscriber here. Works great. Live in the bay area? Sonic should be your internet provider.
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by Guzba 15y ago
I completely agree now that you mention it. One of those things where you take it for granted but it isn't clear by default to everyone. On our website we have a highlight that indicates what your next click will do, and I think something t
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by Guzba 15y ago
I'm actually keeping an eye on this post as well so feel free to post feedback here.
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by Guzba 15y ago
The only reason I said anything was because I noticed how much you had put into making the app look as good as it does (very good). Everyone's a critic, right? :)
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by Guzba 15y ago
One thing--the curved edges feel very iOS'ey, Android is usually characterized by less to no rounding. Probably less for your case. Other than that it looks great.
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by Guzba 16y ago
Honestly, it really is quite annoying to keep hearing how big of a problem fragmentation is. I've developed for Android for over a year now and I can tell you supporting every single device out is not hard. I get the feeling most of the com

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