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   by drum 13y ago

   Thanks! Backend is Ruby on Rails
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   by drum 13y ago

   Big Nerd Ranch Guide: iOS Programming -- This book was well worth the investment. Go through the chapters and do the exercises. After you start to feel somewhat comfortable, try testing your creativity by taking some of the code you've wr
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   by drum 13y ago

   Sweet, thanks for downloading and taking the time to do the profiling! I've stil yet to use the Instruments tool. When you say "soundtribe itself was at 38.4%" , what does that mean?
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   by drum 13y ago

   Hey thanks!! That last sentence just made my week! As for the time constraint, it may seem a little gimicky but I do believe there's value in keeping the audio clips short. Only time will tell
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   by drum 13y ago

   Started with Stanford classes - did the first/ second lecture probably 10 times. Then went to the Big Nerd Ranch iOS programming book. Built a few throwaway apps based off code from both. The pinnacle was building an app far betond my ski
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   by drum 13y ago

   Streaming sounds like a good idea. It's definitely on the to do list. Thanks for the international feedback! Cool to hear what's going on with the app market in China.
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   by drum 13y ago

   It's a tough balance between making the clips long enough for the creators to sing their song / tell their joke but short enough to where it's not annoying for listeners. I don't quite know the equilibrium yet. The looping nature of Vine vi
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   by drum 13y ago

   Thanks! First version took around 4 months... But that was after spending WWAYY too much time trying to build it in PhoneGap.
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   by drum 13y ago

   When we first built the app we figured that sometimes people want to express a message without a visual. i.e. tell a joke, play a song on the guitar - all without having to worry about what you look like or how somethings being filmed. The
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    Show HN: My first iOS app - Soundtribe - 45 second sound clips with filters(soundtribe.com)

    33 points by drum 13y ago|27 comments
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    by drum 13y ago

    In defense of the Facebook sign up, how about issues of safety? Meeting a stranger online can be risky. Forcing signup via Facebook helps provide data that users can use to perform a due diligence on the strangers they might be meeting. It
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    Hacker News Popularity Algorithm in One Line of Code for Rails/Postgres(rfriedman123.tumblr.com)

    3 points by drum 13y ago|1 comments
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    by drum 13y ago

    What about users who would use this as an alternative to Facebook ?
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    by drum 13y ago

    Lost me at sign up with Facebook as your only option
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    by drum 13y ago

    sorry, seems like the spammers are blocking some requests from hitting the Pusher api
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    by drum 13y ago

    only on hacker news :)
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    by drum 13y ago

    i like the comments idea!
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    by drum 13y ago

    thanks! now if only i can prevent the spam...
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    by drum 13y ago

    Ruby on Rails, with the Sync Gem by Chris McCord and Pusher
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    by drum 13y ago

    its starting to seem that way.. thanks for the suggestion!
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    by drum 13y ago

    haha thanks! I can't say I didnt expect some "porn star" style requests
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    Show HN: Needed Ideas for things to build, so I built this(aswhoiwant.com)

    41 points by drum 13y ago|45 comments