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Show HN: I hacked up a hybrid android / iphone app in a week...
10 points by captainbenises 12y ago|2 comments
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by captainbenises 12y ago
I'm a solo founder, and it's hard keeping motivated, if i'm not committing to the code, it's just not getting done. If I had a cofounder there would be someone else adding code, and I'd feel compelled to do my share
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by captainbenises 12y ago
Wow that's uncool. Hey, I saw you spent $1 million on a toy, so you have to donate $8 million to my cause.
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by captainbenises 13y ago
I've been using raygun for zoomin.co.nz and it's a solid bit of kit.
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Ruby on Rails job ad, doge-style(trademe.co.nz)
1 points by captainbenises 13y ago|0 comments
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by captainbenises 13y ago
I've been running the prototype on my phone, and doesn't seem to use a noticeable amount of power at the moment. But you're right, all your friends have to be running the app for the detection to work.
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by captainbenises 13y ago
I definitely don't want to be orwellian about it. That's why it's not about sharing your location, it uses your location to work out where you are, but it only shares who you are with, not where. If you want to find out where
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by captainbenises 13y ago
I answered below, but basically post your location every 15 minutes to a server, and if you and a friend are near each other, send a notification asking you to 'check-in" with this person.
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by captainbenises 13y ago
It detects by sending your location to our server every 15 minutes. If you and a friend both send the same location, we send you a notification asking you to check in with your friends. As to making money, I don't know - maybe using on
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Ask HN: I'm thinking of building an app that records who you are with...
9 points by captainbenises 13y ago|13 comments
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I'm thinking of building an app that records who you are with...
2 points by captainbenises 13y ago|1 comments
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Smarter raygun github integration(raygun.io)
1 points by captainbenises 13y ago|0 comments
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by captainbenises 13y ago
So basically implemented with no technology? Maybe just an idea in your mind?
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by captainbenises 13y ago
Ignore the crazy motherfuckers in this thread, jesus. Like I said on reddit, use phonegap, angular and maybe a simple ruby on rails backend if you need something on the server. That'll be the easiest way to build the app, and you'
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by captainbenises 13y ago
Interesting article.
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Show HN: Radar, a Dopplr remake(getradar.in)
2 points by captainbenises 13y ago|0 comments
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by captainbenises 13y ago
I think you can monetize it more than the hosting costs. More ads, better positioned. Ahh, but your traffic is all from reddit, so maybe not. Damn adblockers.
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Radar - a Dopplr Remake for Dopplr Refugees(getradar.in)
2 points by captainbenises 13y ago|0 comments
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Radar: Remaking Dopplr in an afternoon(bennolan.com)
2 points by captainbenises 13y ago|0 comments
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by captainbenises 13y ago
Everyone is gonna give you advise on finishing and tenacity. Have you thought of the opposite viewpoint - that it seemed like a promising idea, but once you fleshed it out you found out there's reasons why no one else is doing it? I&#x
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Maps with nice urls for the mission(zoomout.us)
1 points by captainbenises 13y ago|0 comments
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by captainbenises 13y ago
Rails, devise, postgres, heroku, scss, backbone.js or angular.js. Stripe, Google Analytics, Xero, Dashing.
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by captainbenises 13y ago
Have you considered doing the same thing as a spotify app - this'd be a great spotify app!
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Google maps doesn't play nice(bennolan.com)
1 points by captainbenises 13y ago|0 comments
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Combine jQuery mentions plugin with the Google places api(commentmap.com)
2 points by captainbenises 13y ago|0 comments
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by captainbenises 13y ago
What do you mean "The same could have been said about places" - are you referring to foursquare's dominance of the places market?
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Peer to peer social network over WebRTC(bennolan.com)
1 points by captainbenises 13y ago|0 comments
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by captainbenises 13y ago
Decentralized still means pods that the NSA can get a warrant for and access. The only real answer is a peer-to-peer social network. http://bennolan.com/2013/08/22/social-network-over-webrtc.ht...
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by captainbenises 13y ago
I don't understand how you're the top rated comment, but whatever. The reason the original diaspora team didn't make a success of the diaspora project was that they were new coders. They were way out of their depth, they chos
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by captainbenises 13y ago
It is impressive, but far less impressive than going from a suborbital lob to a moon landing in 9 years.

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