amr_shawky

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by amr_shawky 21d ago
Technical pre-sales?
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A Cheating Empire(amrshawky.com)
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Show HN: PicPocket – Dedicated 'chats' for photo-sharing (share to organize)(picpocket.io)
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by amr_shawky 2mo ago
you don't ask the legal department, this way its both black market and white market simultaneously
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The Programming Tourist(amrshawky.com)
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Our tech has made things worse...(amrshawky.com)
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Show HN: Shared photo albums using a chat interface(picpocket.io)
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The Rise and Fall of a Tech Company(amrshawky.com)
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SMS Pumping Fraud(amrshawky.com)
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Making a better Social Media(amrshawky.com)
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by amr_shawky 4mo ago
Noted, I wasn't sure about the sticky scroll on the landing page, now I'm definitely getting rid of it.
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Show HN: Private social media feed with posts only from friends(picpocket.io)
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by amr_shawky 5mo ago
Its for the photos, in a nutshell the 'chat' will inherit/show you albums from everywhere that the user/group is a subset. For example, if you have a family group with a bunch of family photos, and you open the 'cha
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by amr_shawky 5mo ago
I think your analysis about the feed is correct, but the intention isn't to create a traditional feed to scroll for hours, we have plenty of those that do a very good job already. Its more of a different interface for effectively a cha
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by amr_shawky 5mo ago
The business side of things might become a challenge, I have some ideas on how to overcome this without affecting the core product, but its definitely going to be a lot of experimentation. As for the scattered users, because its private its
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by amr_shawky 5mo ago
Thanks! :) There could be, talking to users they would definitely like some 'magic button' that automatically organizes the photos into albums by date/location and auto-adds them to pockets. We've been trying to work on
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by amr_shawky 5mo ago
I completely agree, my only issue with WhatsApp is that when I get a message, I need to read it immediately and its 50/50 whether its important or just a random link to something. For me at least, the reason Instagram messages work is
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by amr_shawky 5mo ago
Ouch, I wrote this myself, but I am new to blogging so point taken.
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by amr_shawky 5mo ago
I think the 'sending posts directly to people' which mimics the way memes are sent on instagram helps a lot with this. If I know exactly who the audience is for what I'm sending it definitely makes it more comfortable.
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by amr_shawky 5mo ago
I think so, the feed doesn't really cost much and our infra isn't on AWS. The main focus is the photo storage and as long as that makes enough to cover costs long-term I'm happy keeping it the way it is. There isn't rea
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by amr_shawky 5mo ago
Which part? The photos or the feed?
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by amr_shawky 5mo ago
Sure, but it doesn't always work and isn't very organized. My point is that you already organized all of those photos every time you shared them. So why not capitalize on it for future photos without additional effort? The other t
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Organize your photos by people(amrshawky.com)
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We accidentally recreated old Facebook(amrshawky.com)
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by amr_shawky 6mo ago
The end-result is that each 'chat' (Pocket) is effectively a chronological history of all your memories with this person/people. A good friend of mine is using this for his newborn; he has a placeholder for him, and he and an
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by amr_shawky 6mo ago
There are 3 main problems with modern photo galleries: - Most photos in a camera roll are unimportant and just clutter actually valuable photos - Finding photos is difficult - Sharing generally happens via a messaging app, which is a separa
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Show HN: PicPocket – Efficient photo storage/sharing without AI(picpocket.io)
2 points by amr_shawky 6mo ago|2 comments
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by amr_shawky 6mo ago
I'm building a photo app specifically because AI sucks at helping me find photos in my camera roll. https://picpocket.io