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by Sakes 12y ago
Consistency / familiarity is a very important part of developing UIs/UXs that are intuitive. What you have with material design is a very well documented approach to promoting this. The wrong direction? As a developer I lack the e
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by Sakes 12y ago
For me, startup depression was just something to get familiar with. I've been working on mine for about 3 years now, bootstrapped... on the weekends... making no money.... while supporting a family... being an involved father... but
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by Sakes 13y ago
Did anyone else read mcguire's "==" as equivalent rather than equal to? (===) js not so good parts depending upon your perspective.
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by Sakes 13y ago
Rather than jump into a condemning remark like "That is a stupid idea" I simply say, "I don't get it". Then I talk the idea through with them while trying to understand why they think it is a good idea. Sometimes I
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by Sakes 13y ago
Try and get an hour before work in, or an hour right after work. I like to sit at a coffee shop or a bar for this. Then finding some weekend time should be trivial. It's a marathon not a race, well, at least for many of us. Edit: Oh
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by Sakes 13y ago
Their app status page says it is up, but for me it is down as well. http://www.google.com/appsstatus
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by Sakes 13y ago
I think my what 1-3 is 100% right. The how obviously is my knee jerk reaction. Good job on identifying a need, and good luck monetizing!
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by Sakes 13y ago
What you need: 1) Determine if people are people happy with it 2) Happy customers championing your product for you 3) Charge for your product How: 1) Start tracking if users continue to use your product/are happy with product (sounds l
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by Sakes 13y ago
Thanks for the clarification. "Both a sense of perspective and a modicum of cash are necessary but not, imho, by themselves sufficient to be happy." I am 100% in agreement with this.
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by Sakes 13y ago
You got a friend in me. I'm in my early 30's and have no social life due to my responsibilities. Sometimes all you need is someone to bounce ideas off of to figure out how you want to move forward. I'd be more than happy to
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by Sakes 13y ago
Slurry Discussion Continued: If you are making the argument that there is a monetary threshold that needs to be met in order to be happy (for a normal person) I would agree. What that exact threshold is I am not sure. In my youth I had en
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by Sakes 13y ago
When I comment on this site I try very hard to say exactly what I mean and nothing more. I believe, but may be mistaken, that you have made some assumptions about what I was saying. Above I asserted an objective truth, and followed it with
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by Sakes 13y ago
Good point and you are correct. I would do that, but I think you just did it for me. Thank you.
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by Sakes 13y ago
I'm not sure if your comment trivializes or validates mine. But in any event, I am very much a student of the school of hard knocks. Everything I mentioned above are my conclusions derived from over a decade of failures, successes, &a
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by Sakes 13y ago
Money can buy security and that security increases your happiness. Not having money can make you unhappy. Sustainable happiness is recognizing what is truly valuable in life and appreciating it. For me this is: 1) No debt 2) Full stomach&#
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by Sakes 13y ago
Yes, the op has done fantastic. Perfection is unattainable but a great motivator. You can always get better and should. This past year you have learned a very valuable skill, pump out product. Now you should reflect upon how well your ap
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by Sakes 13y ago
They took two different universe models, neither of which match the one we live in, and mathematically produced the same black holes. The key differentiators being that one universe has gravity and multiple dimensions while the other has no
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by Sakes 13y ago
I think you will find more people applying to be CS majors, not necessarily graduating with CS degrees. The weed out classes at the better colleges will put an end to anyone striving for a CS degree that shouldn't have one. What I wou
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by Sakes 13y ago
Not for me. Not much of a person that likes to look at random pictures online. Critique: * Why are all the images full screen? This is something that makes sense for mobile, but not for desktops. * Big problem: you force the scroll to be s
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by Sakes 13y ago
I love talking about what I've built, I'd be happy to ping you later this evening.
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by Sakes 13y ago
Thanks for the advice, I don't get my feelings hurt, so be as harsh as you like. I agree with you, the focus now should be stabilizing home, steady paycheck, family expectations. The best way to do this is to simply have a full time
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Foggy Periods, just a confused thought dump
8 points by Sakes 13y ago|5 comments
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by Sakes 13y ago
I can't begin to describe how much I love IntelliJ. I sometimes use eclipse or visual studio, but no one does IDE's like JetBrains. The best thing about Visual Studios is ReSharper. If you are a VS guy go buy the VS ReSharper W
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by Sakes 13y ago
I didn't say anything about fair. I didn't even say that you don't need luck. I believe you do need luck. But, you can remove a lot of your dependence on luck by getting better at the game over time, as well as by playing a
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by Sakes 13y ago
I used to think I was really smart and that my intelligence would carry me when I finally set out to start a company. Wrong, while I still consider myself to be smart, I don't think I'm savvy enough to rely upon good decisions to
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by Sakes 13y ago
Don't look for ideas, look for people that have a problem that they are willing to pay you to solve. So, the question is "Ask HN: What is a problem you would pay for someone to solve."
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by Sakes 13y ago
My elevator pitch for crawlspa. "Worry about optimizing your site for search engines later. Use crawlspa to automate search engine indexing and focus on what matters, creating beautiful sites that convert visitors into customers."
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by Sakes 13y ago
Given the way one sets this up, I'd definitely say your target is developers. You can't use this if you are not technical. More specifically though, your target is developers who are not familiar with seo, or developers who would
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by Sakes 13y ago
This quote is correct but only with the proper perspective. Consider your goal to be starting a business, and this first SaaS is your starting strategy. Switching strategies (killing this first attempt) is very different from giving in or
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by Sakes 13y ago
What's funny to me is this guy is clearly talented. I laughed my ass off, but even in his rush to create total garbage, you can still see his sense of space and weight creeping in. God, click on on the testimonials and look at some of

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